At 16:19 Eastern Standard Time on 4 April 1977, a Southern Airways, Inc, DC-9, Flight 242, crashed in New Hope, Georgia. After losing both engines in flight, it had attempted an emergency landing on a highway.
Of the 85 persons aboard Flight 242, 62 were killed, 22 were seriously injured, and 1 was slightly injured. Eight persons on the ground were killed and one person was seriously injured.
Berlie Craton had been hit and killed by the plane while in her front yard. There were seven members of the same family who were in a car in front of Newmans store when the pumps exploded. All seven were killed,Edna Gamel,Courtney and John Gamel her children, Fay Griffen and her baby Larry, Cathy Carter and her baby. Ernest Prewett was standing in front of the store where he died a month later from his injuries.
Flight 242 entered a severe thunderstorm between 17,000 feet and 14,000 feet near Rome, Georgia, en route from Huntsville to Atlanta. Both engines were damaged and all thrust was lost. The engines could not be restarted and the flight crew was forced to make an emergency landing.
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was the total and unique loss of thrust from both engines while the aircraft was penetrating an area of severe thunderstorms. The loss of thrust was caused by the ingestion of massive amounts of water and hail which in combination with thrust lever movement induced severe stalling in and major damage to the engine compressors.
Of the 85 persons aboard Flight 242, 62 were killed, 22 were seriously injured, and 1 was slightly injured. Eight persons on the ground were killed and one person was seriously injured.
Berlie Craton had been hit and killed by the plane while in her front yard. There were seven members of the same family who were in a car in front of Newmans store when the pumps exploded. All seven were killed,Edna Gamel,Courtney and John Gamel her children, Fay Griffen and her baby Larry, Cathy Carter and her baby. Ernest Prewett was standing in front of the store where he died a month later from his injuries.
Flight 242 entered a severe thunderstorm between 17,000 feet and 14,000 feet near Rome, Georgia, en route from Huntsville to Atlanta. Both engines were damaged and all thrust was lost. The engines could not be restarted and the flight crew was forced to make an emergency landing.
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was the total and unique loss of thrust from both engines while the aircraft was penetrating an area of severe thunderstorms. The loss of thrust was caused by the ingestion of massive amounts of water and hail which in combination with thrust lever movement induced severe stalling in and major damage to the engine compressors.
At 16:19 Eastern Standard Time on 4 April 1977, a Southern Airways, Inc, DC-9, Flight 242, crashed in New Hope, Georgia. After losing both engines in flight, it had attempted an emergency landing on a highway.
Of the 85 persons aboard Flight 242, 62 were killed, 22 were seriously injured, and 1 was slightly injured. Eight persons on the ground were killed and one person was seriously injured.
Berlie Craton had been hit and killed by the plane while in her front yard. There were seven members of the same family who were in a car in front of Newmans store when the pumps exploded. All seven were killed,Edna Gamel,Courtney and John Gamel her children, Fay Griffen and her baby Larry, Cathy Carter and her baby. Ernest Prewett was standing in front of the store where he died a month later from his injuries.
Flight 242 entered a severe thunderstorm between 17,000 feet and 14,000 feet near Rome, Georgia, en route from Huntsville to Atlanta. Both engines were damaged and all thrust was lost. The engines could not be restarted and the flight crew was forced to make an emergency landing.
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was the total and unique loss of thrust from both engines while the aircraft was penetrating an area of severe thunderstorms. The loss of thrust was caused by the ingestion of massive amounts of water and hail which in combination with thrust lever movement induced severe stalling in and major damage to the engine compressors.
Of the 85 persons aboard Flight 242, 62 were killed, 22 were seriously injured, and 1 was slightly injured. Eight persons on the ground were killed and one person was seriously injured.
Berlie Craton had been hit and killed by the plane while in her front yard. There were seven members of the same family who were in a car in front of Newmans store when the pumps exploded. All seven were killed,Edna Gamel,Courtney and John Gamel her children, Fay Griffen and her baby Larry, Cathy Carter and her baby. Ernest Prewett was standing in front of the store where he died a month later from his injuries.
Flight 242 entered a severe thunderstorm between 17,000 feet and 14,000 feet near Rome, Georgia, en route from Huntsville to Atlanta. Both engines were damaged and all thrust was lost. The engines could not be restarted and the flight crew was forced to make an emergency landing.
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was the total and unique loss of thrust from both engines while the aircraft was penetrating an area of severe thunderstorms. The loss of thrust was caused by the ingestion of massive amounts of water and hail which in combination with thrust lever movement induced severe stalling in and major damage to the engine compressors.
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