Incidents
- July 23, 1973: Ozark Air Lines Flight 809 between Nashville International Airport and Lambert-St. Louis International Airport had intermediate stops in Clarksville, Tennessee, Paducah, Kentucky, Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Marion-Williamson County Airport before arriving in St. Louis in the midst of a tornado warning. The plane crashed on the campus of the University of Missouri - St. Louis killing 38 of the 44 aboard.
- December 21, 1978: TWA Flight 541 from Louisville International Airport to Kansas City International Airport was hijacked by 17-year-old Robin Oswald to Williamson in attempt to secure the release of Garrett Brock Trapnell who was serving time at United States Penitentiary, Marion for the January 28, 1972 hijacking of TWA Flight 2 from Los Angeles to New York. Oswald's mother Barbara Oswald was killed May 24, 1978, after hijacking a helicopter in an attempt to rescue him (and Martin J. McNally who was serving time for the June 23, 1972 hijacking of a St. Louis-Tulsa American Airlines flight). Robin surrendered after 10 hours at the Williamson airport.
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