{"id":2262682,"date":"2024-06-07T21:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T01:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-catches-moment-when-retired-apollo-8-astronaut-is-killed-in-plane-crash-over-washington\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T21:15:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T01:15:11","slug":"video-catches-moment-when-retired-apollo-8-astronaut-is-killed-in-plane-crash-over-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-catches-moment-when-retired-apollo-8-astronaut-is-killed-in-plane-crash-over-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Captures Fatal Plane Crash Involving Retired Apollo 8 Astronaut in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvideo-catches-moment-when-retired-apollo-8-astronaut-is-killed-in-plane-crash-over-washington%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2262682&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>William Anders, a 90-year-old Apollo 8 astronaut and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">resident<\/a> of\u200c San Juan County, was killed \u2064in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/search-and-rescue-teams-at-site-of-indonesian-plane-crash\/\" title=\"Search and rescue teams at site of Indonesian plane crash\">plane crash<\/a> over Puget Sound in Washington. The incident was \u2062captured on video \u200cand showed the vintage\u2062 Air Force T-34 Mentor plane, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-truth-about-hunter-bidens-laptop\/\" title=\"The Truth About Hunter Biden\u2019s Laptop\">belonged<\/a> to Anders, crashing into the water\u200c at a high speed. The only person on board was the pilot. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board\u2062 will be investigating the crash. Anders&#8217; son\u200d released a statement expressing the family&#8217;s devastation and \u200dnoting that his father was a great pilot. The \u200bvideo of\u2064 the crash has been shared on social \u200dmedia.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apollo 8<\/a> astronaut and San Juan County resident William Anders, 90, was killed in a plane crash over Puget Sound in Washington on Friday afternoon, and the incident was caught on video.<\/p>\n<p>Fox 13 reported that the plane \u2014 a viPntage Air Force T-34 Mentor, a small prop plane \u2014 belonged to Anders and that his friends said he was flying the plane when it crashed.<\/p>\n<p>Video showed the plane smacking the water at a high rate of speed as he appeared to be trying to pull up. A large flame briefly erupted with a plume of black smoke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Beechcraft T-34 Mentor crashed into the water near Roche Harbor, Washington, around 11:40 a.m. local time Friday, June 7. Only the pilot was on board,\u201d the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>His son, Greg Anders, said in a statement: \u201cThe family is devastated. He was a great pilot. He will be missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Plane flown by Apollo 8 crew member William Anders crashed near Seattle. His condition is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Video: Phillip Person <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NxP2O8aUAW\">pic.twitter.com\/NxP2O8aUAW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Quick News Alerts (@QuickNewsAlerts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QuickNewsAlerts\/status\/1799223804696105007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Apollo 8 Astronaut William Anders killed in plane crash near Orcas Island, WA this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Credit: Katie Person <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9ni2cgwROQ\">pic.twitter.com\/9ni2cgwROQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 avgeekjake (@avgeekjake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/avgeekjake\/status\/1799232105110716432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The United States Coast Guard Northwest said that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-opens-human-smuggling-probe-into-calif-deadly-crash\/\" title=\"ICE opens human smuggling probe into Calif. deadly crash\">crash happened<\/a> between Orcas Island and Jones Island.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USCG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USCG<\/a> units along with San Juan County Sheriffs are responding to reports of a plane crash between Orcas and Jones Island. Air Station Port Angeles and Station Port Angeles are on-scene conducting search and rescue efforts. Updates to follow.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USCGPacificNorthwest (@USCGPacificNW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USCGPacificNW\/status\/1799169443781873785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The New York Times reported that Anders flew on the first manned space mission to orbit the moon in 1968 and took the iconic \u201cEarthrise\u201d photo, which the newspaper said sparked \u201cthe modern environmental movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During their Apollo 8\u2019s orbit around the moon on Christmas Eve, the crew read from the book of Genesis in a live telecast that was viewed by millions of people around the world. <\/p>\n<p>The report noted that Anders was the first person to read from scripture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the beginning God created the heaven and the Earth,\u201d he said while reading Genesis. \u201cAnd the Earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/x.com\/BNONews\/status\/1799226986671616327<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, 90, from San Juan County, died in a plane crash over Puget Sound, Washington. The crash, captured on video, involved his vintage Air Force T-34 Mentor. Fox 13 reported the incident occurred on Friday afternoon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2262684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/Screen-Shot-2024-06-07-at-5.59.17-PM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2262682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/Screen-Shot-2024-06-07-at-5.59.17-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2262682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2262684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2262682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2262682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2262682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}