‘Mythbusters’ Host Jessie Combs Crash Investigators Still Searching For Clues On What Went Wrong
is being probed for data in its engine and system information computers, Oregon authorities said today.
The data could reveal what happened to cause the fiery crash in Oregon’s Alvord Desert earlier this week that resulted in Combs’s death.said the Combs vehicle was “a car only in the loose sense,” saying it was more akin to a Mach 2-capable fighter-jet F-104 Starfighter. “It does have wheels and controls somewhat similar to what you can find in a car, but all the similarities end there,” said TopSpeed.
Combs set the official 2013 land speed record when she hit 398 mph. She became a team member on the North American Eagle Supersonic Speed Challenger team as a driver that same year, and later hit 483 miles per hour in a practice run on the same course in 2016.“It may seem a little crazy to walk directly into the line of fire… those who are willing, are those who achieve great things. People say I’m crazy. I say thank you,” she wrote, adding the hashtags #gottabreak512 #aimingfor619.
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