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Southern Airways Flight 242 was a flight from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to Atlanta, Georgia, with a stop in Huntsville, Alabama.On April 4, 1977, it executed a forced landing on Georgia State Route 381 in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, United States, after suffering hail damage and losing thrust on both engines in a severe thunderstorm.
Two fatal accidents (Southern Airways Flight 932, November 14, 1970, and Southern Airways Flight 242, April 4, 1977) had put negative impact on the airline's once excellent safety record. Improved highways including the interstate freeway system coupled with an increased willingness of passengers to drive to airports farther away for more ...
Southern Airways Flight 242: Douglas DC-9: Georgia, US Hail & water ingestion After entering thunderstorm at 14,000 ft, both engines flamed out. Aircraft performed emergency landing on Georgia highway but struck gas station & exploded during rollout. [8] 72 (incl. 9 on ground) 85 2 December 1977 1977 Benghazi Libyan Arab Airlines Tu-154 crash
Southern Airways Flight 932 was a chartered Southern Airways Douglas DC-9 domestic United States commercial jet flight from Stallings Field (ISO) in Kinston, North Carolina, to Huntington Tri-State Airport/Milton J. Ferguson Field (HTS) near Kenova and Ceredo, West Virginia.
She was returning home via Atlanta after working on tracks for the album when her flight, Southern Airways Flight 242, crashed in New Hope, Georgia, during a severe thunderstorm on April 4, 1977, killing her at age 32.
On 4 April 1977, Southern Airways Flight 242, a flight from Huntsville, Alabama, to Atlanta, Georgia, flies through a severe thunderstorm and is hit by large hailstones. After both engines fail, the aircraft makes an emergency landing on a highway in New Hope , Paulding County, Georgia .
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British Airways Flight 38, a case where ice in the fuel system blocked the engines from receiving the fuel they needed, leading to dual engine failure; Southern Airways Flight 242, a flight that experienced dual engine failure after their engines ingested hail