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OSU marks anniversary of fatal plane crash | News | stwnewspress.com
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The Oklahoma State University Cowboys basketball team plane crash occurred on January 27, 2001, at 19:37 EST, when a Beechcraft Super King Air 200, registration N81PF, carrying 2 players on the Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team along with 6 OSU broadcasters & members of the OSU coaching staff, crashed in a field 40 miles (64 km) east of Denver, near Strasburg, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The pilot had become disoriented in a snow storm. The plane was flying from Jefferson County Airport to Stillwater Regional Airport after the team's loss against the Colorado Buffaloes.

The plane was carrying 2 crew members (pilot Denver Mills, and co-pilot Bjorn Fahlstrom) and 8 passengers involved with Oklahoma State basketball. All ten individuals died. Oklahoma State has a memorial erected for the ten killed, entitled "Remember the Ten", inside Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma.


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See also

  • List of accidents involving sports teams

Maps Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team plane crash



References

Source of the article : Wikipedia

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