With reports of former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) being involved in a plane crash in Alaska, it should be noted that there have been many high-profile plane crashes in American politics. Let’s take a look.Ted Kennedy and Birch Bayh, Massachusetts, 1964 On June 19, 1964, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Sen. Birch Bayh (D-IN), were badly injured in a plane crash on the way to the Massachusetts Democratic Party convention. The two survived, but Kennedy aide Edward Moss and the pilot were both killed.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=122810