On this day, November 14, 1970, a plane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed near Huntington WV.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_14

• 1970 – Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including almost all of the Marshall University football team.

Southern Airways Flight 932

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Coordinates: 38°22?27?N 82°34?42?W {DU4 messes up the link from Wikipedia coordinates. Go to the map from the link at Wikipedia.}



A Southern Airways Douglas DC-9 similar to the aircraft involved in the accident

Accident
Date: November 14, 1970
Summary: Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
Site: On approach to runway 11 at Tri-State Airport in Huntington, West Virginia, United States
38°22?27?N 82°34?42?W {DU4 messes up the link from Wikipedia coordinates. Go to the map from the link at Wikipedia.}

Aircraft
Aircraft type: Douglas DC-9-31
Operator: Southern Airways
Registration: N97S
Flight origin: Kinston Regional Jetport, Kinston, North Carolina
1st stopover: Tri-State Airport, Huntington, West Virginia
2nd stopover: Hopkinsville-Christian County Airport, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Last stopover: Alexandria International Airport, Alexandria, Louisiana
Destination: Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Occupants: 75
Passengers: 71
Crew: 4
Fatalities: 75
Survivors: 0

Southern Airways Flight 932 was a chartered Southern Airways Douglas DC-9 domestic United States commercial jet flight from Stallings Field (ISO) in Kinston, North Carolina, to Huntington Tri-State Airport/Milton J. Ferguson Field (HTS) near Kenova and Ceredo, West Virginia. At 7:36 pm on November 14, 1970, the aircraft crashed into a hill just short of the Tri-State Airport, killing all 75 people on board in what has been recognized as "the worst sports-related air tragedy in U.S. history".

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This made me think of another plane crash involving an athletic team in which there were no survivors.

Wed Dec 13, 2023: On this day, December 13, 1977, Air Indiana Flight 216 crashed.

Tue Dec 13, 2022: On this day, December 13, 1977, Air Indiana Flight 216 crashed.

One member of the team was not on the aircraft. Then something almost unimaginable happened:

The only member of the Purple Aces who did not die in the crash was 18-year-old freshman David Furr; he was out for the season with an ankle injury and thus was not on the plane that day. But just two weeks after the crash, Furr and his younger brother Byron were killed in a car accident near Newton, Illinois, leaving the entire 1977 Evansville team dead.

From Dennis Donovan:

Sat Nov 14, 2020: 50 Years Ago Today; Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in WV. "We Are Marshall"

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1. Marshall University Memorial Fountain Ceremony

2015, 3 mins.

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2. 💚 'We Are Marshall': 2006 film about the tragedy, college & community.

- Starring Matthew McConaughey as head coach Jack Lengyel, with Matthew Fox as assistant coach William "Red" Dawson, David Strathairn Dedmon, & Robert Patrick as ill-fated Marshall head coach Rick Tolley.
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- Wiki, We Are Marshall is a 2006 American biographical sports drama film directed by McG. It depicts the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 people: 37 players of the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team, 5 coaches, 2 athletic trainers, the athletic director, 25 boosters, and the airplane crew of 5.

Matthew McConaughey stars as head coach Jack Lengyel, with Matthew Fox as assistant coach William "Red" Dawson, David Strathairn as university president Donald Dedmon, and Robert Patrick as ill-fated Marshall head coach Rick Tolley. Then-governor of Georgia Sonny Perdue has a cameo role as an East Carolina University football coach...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_Marshall

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3. 52 minute flight hit trouble at 45 mins

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4. I want to cross post this to the WV Group if ok with you, tx.

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5. I've got the template with all the quotes and bolding, but

I’m on my phone now, which makes the job nearly impossible.

I can do it, but it will take a bit of work.

Thanks.

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6. Just saw your msg. I posted this in WV Group 5:00. Hope

that didn't mess things up for you.

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7. Not at all. I don't own history. Dennis Donovan posted it first anyway. NT