Hale boggs plane crash

All All. Sign In. Thomas Hale Boggs. Hale Boggs was an American Democratic politician and a member of the U. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the House majority leader and a member of the Warren Commission. In , while he was still majority leader, the twin engine airplane in which Boggs was travelling with congressman Nick Begich , of Alaska, and two others, disappeared while flying from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska.

On November 24, , after proceeding for 39 days, the air search was suspended. Neither the airplane nor any of its four occupants were ever found. Spouse Lindy Boggs January 22, - October 16, his death, 3 children. S congressional representative from Louisiana , In October , he was on a flight from Anchorage, Alaska to Juneau, when the plane disappeared.

Nick begich plane crash

In November he was reelected to another term as a U. Congressional representative from Louisiana. His body, as well as others on the plane, was never found. A Congressional resolution passed on 3 January declared his seat vacant, and a special election was held to fill the vacancy.