NTSB Says Spatial Disorientation A Factor In JFK Jr. Crash

NTSB concluded its investigation into the crash that killed pilot John Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and her sister Lauren Bessette, saying the probable cause with the pilot's failure to maintain control of the Piper aircraft over water at night due to spatial disorientation.

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