Editor’s note: The video above aired in Jan. 2025.
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Sixty-one years ago, a plane crash claimed the lives of 30 people and left an indelible mark on a north Wichita neighborhood.
On Jan. 16, 1965, just before 9:30 a.m., a Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker took off from McConnell Air Force Base. The military refueling plane failed to gain altitude and crashed into a residential neighborhood near 20th and Piatt streets…