EXPERTS have discovered the shocking causes behind the tragic plane crash that killed rock star Buddy Holly, two other rising musicians and their pilot 65 years ago.
Labeled “the day the music died” in Don McLean’s hit song American Pie, the Feb. 3, 1959, crash ended the careers of Holly, 22, Ritchie Valens, 17, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, 28, who were headed from Clear Lake, Iowa, to a concert in Moorhead, Minn., in a singleengine aircraft flown by Roger Peterson, 21.
Civil Aeronautics Board experts say gusty winds, freezing temps and “complete darkness” forced the pilot to “rely solely on “fluctuating” instruments. They believe he got “confused and thought that he was making a climbing turn when in reality he was making a descending turn” and flew straight…
