55 years after the darkest day in Marshall University’s history, the city of Huntington paused Friday to honor the 75 lives lost in the 1970 plane crash that forever reshaped the school, its football ...

Fifty-five years ago, on Nov. 14, 1970, a commercial jet plane crashed into a West Virginia mountainside carrying 75 members of the Marshall football team and boosters.

It’s been 55 years since Nov. 14, 1970. On that night, fate took 75 lives from the Marshall community. Its football team, coaching staff, supporters and crew members were all lost in a plane crash on ...

On a clear, cold evening Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, trucks from the Ceredo and Kenova volunteer fire departments in Wayne County, ...

HUNTINGTON, WV (WVNS) — One rainy night in 1970 is remembered year after year by every West Virginian. On November 14, 1970, the Marshall Thundering Herd football program and boosters were returning ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - It’s a somber day in Huntington, with the city pausing to remember the 75 lives lost 55 years ago in the Marshall University plane crash. On this date in 1970, the plane ...

Marshall University’s football team left Tri-State Airport in Kenova on Nov. 13, 1970, to fly to Kinston, North Carolina, to ...

The crash, which happened around 4:15 p.m. on Oct. 17 northeast of Seeley Lake, killed pilot Mark Anderson and his two daughters, Lainey and Ellie Anderson, all of Huntsville, Alabama.