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.
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5 - 1Explosive Evidence (Air India Flight 182) April 09, 2008 -
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5 - 3Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242) April 23, 2008 -
5 - 4Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481) April 30, 2008 -
5 - 5Invisible Killer (Delta Air Lines Flight 191) May 07, 2008 -
5 - 6Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143) May 14, 2008 -
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5 - 8Fatal Distraction (Eastern Airlines Flight 401) May 28, 2008 -
5 - 9Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301) June 04, 2008 -
5 - 10Phantom Strike (Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907) June 11, 2008