NBC Sports Chairman Ebersol Survives Plane Crash

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NBC Sports president Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Sports, survived a charter plane crash on takeoff Sunday.
The Associated Press
Updated: 6:17 p.m. ET Nov. 28, 2004

MONTROSE, Colo. - NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol survived a charter plane crash on takeoff Sunday at Montrose Regional Airport, the network said in a statement through its Denver affiliate KUSA-TV.

At least two people — the pilot and the co-pilot — died in the crash, according to the network.

Ebersol and two other people were seriously injured, and rescuers were searching for a person listed on the plane’s manifest whose seat from the plane was missing from the wreckage.

The crash occurred at Montrose Regional Airport, which serves the Telluride Ski Area.

There was snow in the area but regional FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer said he did not know if it was a factor.

The plane was on its way to South Bend, Ind. Kenitzer identified it as a CL-60 Challenger owned and operated by Global Aviation of Los Angeles, a charter service company.

Investigators from the FAA and National Safety Transportation Board were en route to the airport, 185 miles southwest of Denver.