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Bo Rein...
Posted by FT on 9/20/13 at 6:20 pm11
quote:Who else didn't know about this?
Following the 1979 season, Rein was hired away from NC State by Louisiana State University. In January 1980, Rein took a recruiting trip to Shreveport, Louisiana. On his January 10 return trip back to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, his private aircraft crashed leaving no survivors.[1]
Rein and experienced pilot, Louis Benscotter, left Shreveport in a Cessna 441 aircraft. The flight was planned to be a 40-minute trip, but when Benscotter rerouted east to avoid a storm, air traffic control lost contact with him. The plane climbed to 40,000 feet and kept heading due east. After being tracked on radar, the plane was eventually intercepted by U.S. National Guard aircraft over North Carolina, a thousand miles off course and at an altitude of 41,600 feet, 6,600 feet higher than its maximum certified ceiling. The military pilots could not see anyone in the cockpit. The plane continued on over the Atlantic Ocean, where it crashed after running out of fuel.
The military pilots spotted some debris, but no wreckage was ever recovered. The bodies of Rein and Benscotter have never been found.
re: Bo Rein...Posted by Iam4LSUnTN on 9/20/13 at 6:22 pm to FT
Was a Jr at LSu and remember vividly waking up that morning with the news of this tragedy. We will never n
Know how good we could have been under Bo Rein.
Know how good we could have been under Bo Rein.
re: Bo Rein...Posted by FT on 9/20/13 at 6:23 pm to Iam4LSUnTN
I thought I was well read on LSU Football history. Can't believe I somehow missed this.
re: Bo Rein...Posted by lsu2006 on 9/20/13 at 6:25 pm to NorthshoreTiger76
quote:
i thought everyone knew this
re: Bo Rein...Posted by JustSmokin on 9/20/13 at 6:27 pm to USLttarP
quote:
What are the theories?
Likely loss of cabin pressure and they passed out. Plane eventually ran out of gas. But we'll never know.
re: Bo Rein...Posted by USLttarP on 9/20/13 at 6:29 pm to JustSmokin
Right..here is what his wiki said. Makes sense why it was so off course and no one noticed a pilot. Crazy.
quote:
The cause of the crash is undetermined but was most likely cabin depressurization causing hypoxia, a lack of oxygen, resulting in the occupants losing consciousness.
This post was edited on 9/20 at 6:30 pm
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re: Bo Rein...Posted by LSUlefty on 9/20/13 at 7:01 pm to NorthshoreTiger76
quote:
i thought everyone knew this
re: Bo Rein...Posted by tigerpimpbot on 9/20/13 at 7:11 pm to NorthshoreTiger76
quote:
i thought everyone knew this
re: Bo Rein...Posted by omegaman66 on 9/20/13 at 7:13 pm to LSUlefty
Where did they bury the survivors?
Old... I know.
Bo is probably in the top 3 of LSU's most revered football coaches and he never coached a single game.
Old... I know.
Bo is probably in the top 3 of LSU's most revered football coaches and he never coached a single game.
re: Bo Rein...Posted by MottLaneKid on 9/20/13 at 7:13 pm to LSUlefty
I remember my uncle looking like he just saw a ghost the next morning. He wore an LSU hat but the disbelief on my uncle Larry's face was horrid.
re: Bo Rein...Posted by SportTiger1 on 9/20/13 at 7:14 pm to FT
Didn't know the details either. Crazy stuff.
I assume they found the plane but no bodies? That's odd isn't it.
I assume they found the plane but no bodies? That's odd isn't it.
re: Bo Rein...Posted by craignettles on 9/20/13 at 7:16 pm to FT
And Jerry Stovall was working with the Athletic Dept., became head coach and kept the entire staff. Bo Rein was expected to do great things.
re: Bo Rein...Posted by Paul Allen on 9/20/13 at 7:17 pm to SportTiger1
Similar to what happened to Payne Stewart
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