West Virginia considers state holiday for 1970 Marshall plane crash

FILE – Parts of the engine lie on the ground after the Nov. 14, 1970, plane crash at Tri-State Airport in Huntington, W.Va., that killed 75 Marshal...

January 17, 2023
4:50 PM

FILE – Parts of the engine lie on the ground after the Nov. 14, 1970, plane crash at Tri-State Airport in Huntington, W.Va., that killed 75 Marshall University… FILE – Parts of the engine lie on the ground after the Nov. 14, 1970, plane crash at Tri-State Airport in Huntington, W.Va., that killed 75 Marshall University football players, coaches, supporters and crew members. West Virginia could soon have a new holiday to memorialize 75 people killed in the Marshall University plane crash more than 50 years ago.