Southern Airways Flight 242

When

4 Apr 1977

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

33.96° N, 84.79° W

Description

1977 aviation accident in Georgia, United States

Deaths

63

Injured

22

1977 aviation accident in Georgia, US

Southern Airways Flight 242 was a scheduled flight from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to Atlanta, Georgia, with a stop in Huntsville, Alabama. On April 4, 1977, the Douglas DC-9-31 executed a forced landing on a spur route of Georgia State Route 92 in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, United States, after suffering hail damage and losing thrust on both engines in a severe thunderstorm.

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