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In light of the crash of the Wichita State football team just over a month earlier, school officials originally planned to cancel the flight. Instead, they opted to fly on a different plane than the one which crashed in Colorado (a Martin 4-0-4), and chartered the Southern Airways DC-9. [ 7 ]
There were no survivors. [12] 2 October 1970: Wichita State University: American football: Golden Eagle Aviation: Martin 4-0-4: Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States: 31: 15: 14 players and coach Ben Wilson were killed, in one of two planes en route to game vs. Utah State University. Another plane with reserve players and assistant ...
California Polytechnic State University football team plane crash: Swanton Township: Ohio: Curtiss C-46 Commando: The aircraft crashed during takeoff due to a premature liftoff by the pilot. Contributing factors were that the aircraft was overloaded and partial loss of power from one engine. October 4, 1960 62 10 10 Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 ...
The deadliest plane crash involving a sports team in U.S. history occurred on Nov. 14, 1970 when a chartered DC-9 carrying 36 Marshall University football players, plus 39 coaches, support staff ...
A small jet crash landed into a car in southwest Florida on Friday, killing two people in a fiery collision that forced the closure of Interstate 75 near Naples, officials say.
Emergency officials investigate the scene of a plane crash on Interstate75 in Naples near Exit 105 on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. The plane carrying five people crashed on Friday, Feb. 9, 2023.
It was the deadliest plane crash in U.S. history until the September 11 attacks in 2001. American Airlines Flight 444 was attacked by the Unabomber on November 15, 1979, near Chicago Illinois . The bomb planted in the cargo hold malfunctioned, but 12 passengers had to be treated for smoke inhalation.
Two people died Friday when a small plane crashed at a small South Florida airport, Palm Beach County sheriff's officials said. The crash at the Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana happened ...