Air Indiana was a regional, charter and cargo airline that operated Douglas DC-3 aircraft during the late 1970s.

In December 1977, Air Indiana Flight 216, a DC-3 registered N51071 carrying the University of Evansville basketball team, crashed after takeoff at Evansville Regional Airport, killing the coach (Robert L. Watson) 29 passengers, team players and crew.[1]

Destinations

Air Indiana served the following scheduled destinations as of 1979:[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Aircraft Accident Report" (PDF). Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ "Danville, Illinois - Effective November 15, 1979". DepartedFlights.com. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Airlines and Aircraft Serving Saint Louis Effective November 15, 1979". DepartedFlights.com. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

4. Coach Robert L. Watson was originally from Bethel Park, PA, a Pittsburgh, PA suburb. Coach Watson was a graduate of Bethel Park, PA High School, and a graduate of VMI. Bob served in Vietnam in 1965 - 66 and again in 1967 - 68. He was highly decorated with many military honors, to include the Bronze Star, Silver Star and Purple Heart.


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