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Plane Carrying Members Of Oklahoma State Basketball Program Crashed In Colorado 20 Years Ago
The crash on Jan. 27, 2001, killed 10 people, including players and staff from the Oklahoma State University men's basketball program.
January 27, 2021
BYERS, Colo. (CBS4) – Wednesday marks 20 years since a devastating charter plane crash on Colorado’s Eastern Plains. The crash on Jan. 27, 2001, killed 10 people, including players and staff from the Oklahoma State University men’s basketball program.
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The plane, a twin-engine Beech King Air 200, went down a short time after takeoff during a snowstorm at 6:37 p.m. The team had just played a game against the Colorado Buffaloes in Boulder and was returning to Stillwater, Oklahoma. There were two other chartered planes carrying other members of the program and they landed safely.
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