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Loading... Nov 16, 2009 · On November 14, 1970, a chartered jet carrying most of the Marshall University football team clips a stand of trees and crashes into a hillside just two miles from the Tri-State Airport in Kenova...
The 1970 plane crash that killed 75 people, mostly Marshall University football players and staff, near Huntington, West Virginia. Learn about the causes, the investigation, and the aftermath of the worst sports-related air tragedy in U.S. history.
Dec 6, 2023 · On Nov. 14, 1970, a Southern Airways flight carrying 75 people, mostly Marshall football players and staff, crashed and killed everyone on board. The crash sparked a recovery effort that inspired the film We Are Marshall, but the true story is more tragic than the movie.
A tribute to the 75 lives lost in the 1970 plane crash that claimed nearly the entire Marshall University football team and others. Learn about the victims, the impact, and the legacy of this tragic event.
A CBS Sports article remembers the deadliest tragedy in US sports history, when a Marshall University football team plane crashed in 1970, killing 75 people. It features the testimonies of those who witnessed, survived or were affected by the crash, and how they coped with the trauma and grief.
All 75 people on board died. 37 of them were members of the football team. It was the worst single air tragedy in NCAA sports history. The tragedy was depicted in the movie We Are Marshall (2006) and the documentary film Marshall University: Ashes to Glory (2000).
Explore digitized archives of the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 members, coaches, and fans of Marshall University. See photos, sketches, and historical markers related to the tragedy and its aftermath.
