Johnny mote said: вЂњOne of them was hugging me around the neck, and telling me, вЂњWe got to get them out.вЂќ

They managed to go to the farm of Johnny Mote, who thought they were some escaped convicts, fired his rifle before he comprehended that these people needed help. The cockpit smashed into the tree, killing both the pilots McCreary and William Gray.Д®verybody was suffering from injuries, and the three borders of the plane, road crew member Ken Peden, Billy Powell, and Artimus Pyle, gained their strength to ask for help.

The moment finally comes when the plane crashed another 140 feet - with a total of 495 feet right from the time it hit its first tree. When Houston asked McCreary to confirm that, he only stated: вЂњ I am sorry, itвЂ™s just an indication of it.вЂќ That was the last communication from him. But less than a minute later, proclaimed that theyвЂ™re out of fuel. They were supposed to be headed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana when Walter McCreary, the pilot, informed everyone that they were low on gas, and вЂњjust about out of it.вЂќ McCreary requested to land at McComb Airport in Mississippi, to which the control center agreed. The plane, after being filled with 400 gallons of 100-octane, low-lead fuel, departed in the airport of South Carolina.

Ronnie Van Zant talked everyone to use it, allegedly saying: вЂњIf itвЂ™s your time to go, itвЂ™s your time to go,вЂќ before boarding the plane. The plane that theyвЂ™ve chosen was the 1948 Convair 240, a twin-engine airplane that was, well, old. In 1977, the band decided to go for a 3-month long tour to promote their newly-released album Street Survivors.

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