Marshall Football Team’s Plane Evacuated

A charter plane carrying the Marshall University football team to **a game against East Carolina was evacuated Friday, 11/10**, after smoke was reported in an engine, emergency officials said. No injuries were reported among the 200 people aboard, but the timing was *eerie*.

Almost 36 years ago, **on Nov. 14, 1970, a plane carrying the Marshall football team home from a game against East Carolina** crashed, killing 75 people, including most of the team.

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