Mayday: "Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)"
Season 5 · Episode 3
Mayday Season 5 Episode 3
Mayday: "Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)" Season 5 · Episode 3
Mayday Season 5 Episode 3
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Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)
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.
Actors: Jonathan Aris, Stephen Bogaert, John Cox
Production: cineflix productions
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