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TIL about Air Indiana Flight 216 that crashed on December 13, 1977. Plane was carrying the University of Evansville basketball team, the Evansville Purple Aces. The only member of the Purple Aces who survived the crash was David Furr. Two weeks after the crash, Furr was killed in a car accident.

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