Houston
A private jet crashed near Houston on its way to pick up former president George H.W. Bush this week, killing all three crew members. The Gulfstream charter jet was supposed to be flying at 1,000 feet as it descended in heavy fog three miles from Hobby Airport. But the plane, just 120 feet off the ground, clipped a light pole beside a highway and showered cars with fuel and debris. It then slammed into a muddy field and exploded. Bush, who was planning to fly to a conference in Ecuador, found out that his plane had crashed when he reached the airport. “I’d flown with this crew before and knew them well,” he said. “It’s very sad.”
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