Evansville Basketball Plane Crash
13 1977 when a plane carrying the men s basketball team crashed shortly after takeoff killing all 29 on board.
Evansville basketball plane crash. Ap a plane loaded with college basketball players and team supporters was trying to turn back with a sputtering engine in rain and dense fog when it crashed into a muddy hillside killing all 29 aboard witnesses said. Evansville ind tragedy struck the community of evansville on dec. It s the story of how air indiana flight 216 which carried the evansville men s basketball team crashed after takeoff on dec.
The air indiana flight 216 crash occurred on december 13 1977 at 19 22 cst when a douglas dc 3 registration n51071 carrying the university of evansville basketball team crashed on takeoff at the evansville regional airport in evansville indiana the aircraft lost control and crashed shortly after lift off. By charles roberts associated press writer. The aircraft lost control and crashed shortly after lift off.
The plane was on its way to nashville international. More 3 evansville men killed in plane crash were en route to mission trip church member says for some unspeakable reason plane crashes haunt evansville especially two major tragedies that. The air indiana flight 216 crash occurred on december 13 1977 at 19 22 cst when a douglas dc 3 registration n51071 carrying the university of evansville basketball team crashed on takeoff at the evansville regional airport in evansville indiana the aircraft lost control and crashed shortly after lift off.
The university of evansville men s basketball plane crash occurred on december 13 1977 at 20 22 est when a douglas dc 3 registration n51071 carrying the university of evansville basketball team crashed on takeoff at the evansville regional airport in evansville indiana. 11 1978 just under two months after the crash the pittsburgh steelers came to evansville to play in a charity basketball game to raise money for the crash victims and their families. The plane was on its way to nashville international airport taking the team to.
Crash kills evansville team.