Southern Airways Flight 932
Southern Airways Flight 932 was a chartered Southern Airways Douglas DC-9 domestic United States commercial jet flight from Stallings Field (ISO) in Kinston, North Carolina, to Huntington Tri-State Airport/Milton J. Ferguson Field (HTS) near Kenova and Ceredo, West Virginia. At 7:36 pm on November 14, 1970, the aircraft crashed into a hill just short of the Tri-State Airport, killing all 75 people on board in what has been recognized as "the worst sports-related air tragedy in U.S. history".
A Southern Airways Douglas DC-9 similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
Memorial at Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington, West Virginia to honor the victims of the 1970 plane crash
Southern Airways was a local service carrier, a scheduled airline certificated by the federal Civil Aeronautics Board, in the United States, from its founding by Frank Hulse in 1949 until 1979, when it merged with North Central Airlines to become Republic Airlines. Southern's corporate headquarters were in Birmingham, with operations headquartered at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, near Atlanta.
Nine Martin 4-0-4s at the Atlanta hub in 1972 before departing on the morning wave of flights
Douglas DC-9-15 at Atlanta in October 1973
Douglas DC-9-14 in final color scheme at St Louis in February 1978
