On a clear Friday afternoon in early October 1970 , a chartered airplane carrying half of the Wichita State University football team crashed just northeast of the ski area . A total of forty were on board and only nine survived ; the cause was attributed to several pilot errors . First responders were motorists ( I-70 / US-6 ) and construction workers at the Eisenhower Tunnel
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Wichita State University football team plane crash
Loveland Ski Area