Kinston Regional Jetport - Marshall University Football Team Crash

Marshall University Football Team Crash

On November 14, 1970, Southern Airways Flight 932 crashed while carrying the Marshall University football team that had departed from the airport after a game against ECU. The 2006 movie We Are Marshall focuses on the aftermath of that crash.

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