Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)
Run Time: 46 mins
Air Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008
Average Rating: ⭐ 6.7 (3 votes)
5 Discovery Sky History National Geographic Channel National GeographicSeason 5 - Episode 3
Average Rating: ⭐ 6.7 (3)
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.