The pilot of a stunt plane that crashed, killing a New Orleans TV anchor, radioed the tower that he was having unspecified problems with the aircraft shortly after takeoff, the NTSB said
The unidentified pilot, who also died in the crash Friday, was cleared to return to the Lakefront Airport in New Orleans when witnesses said it appeared the plane had engine problems. The nose of the plane pointed down and the aircraft crashed, the NTSB reported witnesses saying.Most of the aircraft was destroyed by fire, the NTSB said.Nancy Parker was shooting a story in a stunt plane, her employer WVUE, a CNN affiliate, reported when the crash happened in a field.
"Read MoreParker, 53, is survived by her husband and three children, according to the station. Parker's husband, Glynn Boyd, wrote Saturday on Facebook that the"dearest and most wonderful person in my life is gone.""Our Nancy was an amazing human being," Boyd, a former television journalist, wrote."I was so proud of her; first as an awesome mother of our three children, just incredible. She loved them so much. This is why this is so difficult to comprehend.
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