Well-wishers bid goodbye to the 75 Marshall University football players, coaches and fans. It was the last time they would see them alive.
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The cockpit voice recorder, although having been substantially damaged externally as a result of impact forces, yielded a satisfactory tape, the communications on which are summarized in the attached transcription.
HUNTINGTON -- Gary Bunn never has forgotten that night. He's afraid he never will.
HUNTINGTON -- It is still known as just "The Crash."
HUNTINGTON -- Thirty years later, Damon Slone cries easily and without shame when he recalls the Marshall University plane crash that killed most members of the Thundering Herd football team.
HUNTINGTON -- Remember 1970? In one way, the Marshall University plane crash didn't happen that long ago. But maybe it just seems so, because devastating tragedies burn themselves into our memories and anniversary observances keep them ever before us.
In March 2006, The Herald-Dispatch asked readers, "How much do you know about the Huntington of 36 years ago?"
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On Nov. 14, 1970, a plane carrying 75 people including Marshall's football team, coaches, staff, community members and flight crew crashed near the Huntington Tri-State Airport on a return trip following the Thundering Herd's game against East Carolina. All on board were killed.
At 7:36 p.m. Nov. 14, 1970, Southern Airways Flight 932 crashed into a hill just short of the Tri-State Airport, killing all 75 people on board.
A chartered jet airliner carrying the Marshall University football team, coaches and a number of prominent Huntington residents crashed in flames on its approach to Tri-State Airport Saturday evening.
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Historical Stories
Videos
- Video: Ernie Salvatore on 1970 crash (12/8/2006)
- Video: Ernie Salvatore on night of crash (12/8/2006)
- Video: Former Herald-Dispatch reporter Jack Hardin on the crash (Dec. 7, 2006)
- Video: Former Herald-Dispatch reporter Jack Hardin on the aftermath of the crash (Dec. 7, 2006)
- Video: Responder Damon Slone remembers Marshall crash (11/20/2006)
- Video: ECU player talks about the crash (11/13/2006)
Marshall Photos
One of the largest crowds ever turned out Friday, Nov. 14, for the annual memorial service to remember the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 football players, coaches, staff, supporters and flight.
Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. stood at the scene and listened as names of non-team members were read to him.
The chartered bus, striped prominently with its bright green, stood empty, still and useless.
After the Nov. 14, 1970, Marshall plane crash, several memorials and funerals were conducted.
