Winds light and variable. After the Nov. 14, 1970, Marshall plane crash, several memorials and funerals were conducted.
Marshall University (white jerseys) lost to Morehead State (dark jerseys) 6-29 in the season opener Sept. 18, 1971, at Morehead. The 43rd Annual Marshall University Memorial Fountain Ceremony is held on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, at the Memorial Student Center Plaza in Huntington.
A memorial service was conducted Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004, honoring the 75 people who died on Nov. 14, 1970, when the plane carrying Marshall football players, coaches, staff, supporters and flight crew crashed into a mountain near the Huntington Tri-State airport.
Since then, he has gone on to the NFL and played for the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins. 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.
Scattered thunderstorms developing after midnight. Southern Airways Flight 242 was a DC-9-31 jet, registered N1335U, that executed a forced landing on a highway in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, United States after suffering hail damage and losing thrust on both engines in a severe thunderstorm on April 4, 1977.:1. Some passengers were killed on impact, others were ejected from the fuselage alive, but injured. No damage was noted within the protective steel case.
Can't get a code on it, thoughCAM-1 How many miles you got on it?
Marshall University holds its annual Spring Fountain Celebration on Saturday, April 22, 2017, at the Memorial Student Center Plaza in Huntington.
These scenes for "We Are Marshall" were filmed Tuesday, April 4, 2006, near Twin T… The flight crew consisted of Captain Bill McKenzie, age 54, a highly experienced pilot with 19,380 flight hours, and co-pilot Lyman Keele, age 34, who had 3,878 flight hours.As the aircraft descended from its cruise altitude of 17,000 feet (5,200 m) to 14,000 feet (4,300 m) near Rome The crew attempted unsuccessfully to restart the engines, gliding down unpowered while simultaneously trying to find an emergency landing field within range.
That's been four or five minutesCAM-2 Minimum is nineteen ---- wonder how much they'll charge us?CAM-3 Well, we get contract price, whatever that is, whatever we pay for itCAM-3 Hope we don't have this all the way in. You can advise on the lights, the wind is now three four zero degrees seven16:58.8 CAM Sound similar to click of flap selectorRDO-2 Okay, the lights be good about step three, I guessHTS Roger, that's where they are, with the rabbit. Winds light and variable..Partly cloudy this evening. Lots of sunshine.
Voice identification was accomplished through the assistance of Southern Airways flight crewmembers, who are familiar with the voices of all three occupants of the flight deck of N97S.TRANSCRIPTION OF COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER TAPE -- DOUGLAS DC-9,N97S, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 14, 1970, DCA 71-A-5() = Words within parentheses are subject to further interpretation0:00 RDO-1 Charleston Tower, this is Southern nine thirty-twoRDO-1 We're going over to Huntington, we passed just south of Charleston.
By now, the fire had died down and she was able to exit through the broken fuselage. "We Are Marshall, The Movie Kickoff Party" was conducted Saturday, April 1, 2006, in Huntington. I can't * * * it's gone off4:57.4 IND Southern nine thirty two, descend and maintain five thousand, say again5:02.8 RDO-2 Okay, Southern nine thirty two, we're out of eight now, we're going to five, and approximately how far do you show us from the Huntington Airport?5:09.8 IND Nine thirty-two approximately twenty miles southeast of Huntington AirportIND Southern nine thirty two squawk zero four zero zero, contact Huntington Approach Control one two zero point niner, radar service terminated.RDO-2 Huntington Approach, Southern nine thirty two, we're descending to five thousandHTS Southern nine thirty two, Huntington Approach Control, you're cleared for an approach, correction, you're cleared for a localizer one one approach, the surface wind's favoring runway two nine, wind three five zero degrees at six, altimeter two nine six seven, report leaving five thousand.
The 1971 team had a 2-8 record under coach Jack Lengyel. Southern Airways Flight 242, a DC-9 jet, had lost thrust in both engines from hail damage and plowed into the earth in the New Hope community, just southwest of Acworth.