Hadarin ya faru ne jiya da misalin karfe 4:09 na yamma (EST) a karshen titin filin jirgin saman Lake Placid tare da Francis, tsohon dan wasan NFL wanda kwanan nan ya sayi kasuwancin yawon shakatawa na Lake Placid Airways a filin jirgin sama, da Babban Mataimakin Shugaban Kamfanin Jiragen Sama da Pilots Association Richard McSpadden, a cikin jirgin.
Hailing daga Kailua High School a tsibirin Oahu in Hawaii, Russ Francis, ya yi tauraro a cikin NFL kuma ya lashe Super Bowl akan ƙungiyar San Francisco 49ers. Shahararren dan wasan wasanni Howard Cosell ne ya kira shi "Duk Duniya", ya girma yana son tashi, kuma ya yi rayuwarsa a sama.
Ya kasance zaɓaɓɓen zagaye na farko na Patriots daga Oregon a cikin 1975 kuma ya shafe shekaru 14 a cikin NFL inda ya taka leda a 3 Pro Bowls. An kuma zaɓe shi ga ƙungiyar All-NFL a cikin 1976, 1977, 1978, da 1980. Francis ya kasance memba na Hall of Sports Hall of Fame kuma ya kasance ɗan wasan wasanni a Hawaii da ABC, CBS, da ESPN bayan aikinsa na NFL.
