JFK Jr.'s Plane Crash & Death: What Went Wrong?

Those who were alive in July 1999 remember the tragic and heartbreaking news about John F. Kennedy Jr.: A president's son, his beautiful young wife, and her sister were lost at sea, their plane missing off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. Many people had the same thought: At least Jackie Kennedy Onassis was not around to see this.

At first, there was hope. The dashing JFK Jr., 38, once a little boy giving his father's casket a final salute, might turn up. His plane hadn't arrived at a cousin's wedding...