But one particular plane also earned this dubious nickname. This was unfortunately the case with the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, which the German forces and other countries dubbed the "widowmaker ...

Portraits are emerging of the 50 people who died Thursday night. All 49 aboard the plane died, along with one person on the ground. Renslow, 48, the captain of Flight 3407, lived in Lutz ...