Southern Airways Flight 932 was a chartered Southern Airways DC-9 commercial jet flight from Stallings Field (ISO) in Kinston, North Carolina to the Huntington-Tri-State/Milton Airport (HTS) in Ceredo, West Virginia. At 7:35 pm on November 14, 1970, the aircraft crashed into a hill just short of the Tri-State Airport, killing all seventy-five people on board. Wilson, Amy. "The night Huntington died." 18 Dec. 2006 Lexington Herald-Leader (KY). 18 Dec. 2006 blank">http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/16264671.htm The plane was carrying thirty-seven members of the _Marshall University Thundering Herd football squad, eight members of the coaching staff, 25 boosters, four flight crew members, and one employee of the charter company. The team was returning home after a 17-14 loss against the East Carolina University Pirates (now their conference rivals) at Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina. Withers, Bob. "The story of the 1970 Marshall Plane Crash." 19 Dec. 2006 Herald-Dispatch [Huntington]. 19 Dec. 2006 blank">http://www.herald-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/MUCRASH01/606200301/1098. At the time, Marshall University's athletic teams rarely traveled by plane, with most away games within easy driving distance of the _Huntington, West Virginia campus. The team had originally planned to cancel the flight, but changed plans and chartered the Southern Airways DC-9. Drehs, Wayne. "Tragedy litters the sports landscape: Marshall remains the worst sports-related air disaster" 13 Nov 2000 http://espn.go.com/ncf/s/2000/1113/875480.html.
