The city is also near the location of the Southern Airways Flight 932 aviation disaster . On November 14 , 1970 , a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 airplane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed on a hillside on approach to the Tri-State Airport , killing all 75 on board . A movie about the tragedy , '' We Are Marshall '' , was released in 2006
Southern Airways Flight 932
Southern Airways Flight 932
Ceredo, West Virginia