Le ngozi yenzeke izolo malunga nentsimbi yesi-4:09 pm (EST) ekupheleni komgaqo weenqwelomoya waseLake Placid Francis, owayesakuba yiNFL isiphelo esiqinileyo esandula kuthenga iLake Placid Airways ishishini lokukhenketha kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, kunye nabanini beenqwelomoya kunye nePilots Association's Senior Vice President Richard McSpadden, ebhodini.
Ivela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo iKailua kwisiqithi saseOahu Hawaii, URuss Francis, waba neenkwenkwezi kwi-NFL waza waphumelela i-Super Bowl kwiqela le-San Francisco 49ers. Wayebizwa ngokuba “yiHlabathi liphela” isiphelo esiqinileyo ngumdlali wezemidlalo odumileyo uHoward Cosell, wakhula efuna ukubhabha, kwaye wachitha ubomi bakhe esibhakabhakeni.
Wayengumjikelo wokuqala wePatriots ephuma e-Oregon ngo-1975 kwaye wachitha iminyaka eli-14 kwi-NFL apho wayedlala khona kwi-3 Pro Bowls. Kwakhona wakhethwa kwiqela le-All-NFL kwi-1976, 1977, 1978, kunye ne-1980. UFrancis wayelilungu le-Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame kwaye wayengumdlali wezemidlalo eHawaii kunye ne-ABC, i-CBS, kunye ne-ESPN emva komsebenzi wakhe we-NFL.
