In February 2025, a commuter jet crashes upon touchdown in Toronto and rolls onto its roof. Remarkably, all passengers and crew escape with their lives. Then, on 12 June, an Air India plane bound for London crashes just seconds after take-off. Only one passenger survives. 260 people are killed.

James, 57, was killed in the crash along with his wife Melody Carole, 59, and her daughter, Meryl Wilson, 28. The trio departed from John C. Tune Airport in Nashville in a Cirrus SR22T plane and was heading to Macon County Airport (MCA) in Franklin, N.C.