Marshall football Deja Vu

[Coastal89]

The 1970 crash happened following the game at ECU. Spooky.

Updated: Nov. 10, 2006, 2:03 PM ET
Marshall football plane evacuated for engine smoke

KENOVA, W.Va. -- A charter plane carrying the Marshall University football team to a game against East Carolina was evacuated Friday 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. A movie about the rebuilding of Marshall's football program after that crash is scheduled to open nationwide on Dec. 22.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2656671

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publicity stunt for the movie

[AmsterBison]

That is scary.

[Tribefan]

publicity stunt for the movie

Bingo

[BlueHen86]

Considering the subject matter of the movie, it would be a very bad publicity stunt.
I think it was just a coincidence.

[HZWV]

publicity stunt for the movie

Trust me this was no publicity stunt. But it was nothing that serious either. The engine needed routine maintenance and somethings were left on that shouldn't have. Thats what caused the sussposed smoke, and delay.

[patssle]

I blame East Carolina. They obviously pulled a prank to mess up the players heads.