Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)

Name: Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)
Director: Ian Robertson
Released: 2008-04-23
Duration: 45 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Brian Young, Paul Braunstein, Paul Stephen, Ashleigh Rains, Brittany Allen

S5 E3 April 23, 2008 0h 45m ★ 7.4

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Overview

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. Both engines of the DC-9-31 fail, and the aircraft makes an emergency landing on a highway in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia. However, it collides with a gas station and explodes, killing 62 people on board and eight on the ground. Two more die later of injuries sustained during the crash.