Mayday - Season 5 Episode 3 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.
Year: 2024
Genre: Documentary, Drama, Crime
Country: Canada
Studio: Channel 5, Discovery, Sky History, National Geographic Channel, National Geographic
Director: André Barro, Bernard Vaillot
Cast: Stephen Bogaert, Jonathan Aris
Crew:
First Air Date: Sep 03, 2003
Last Air date: Apr 14, 2024
Season: 24 Season
Episode: 219 Episode
Runtime: 46 minutes
IMDb: 8.20/10 by 253.00 users
Popularity: 192.073
Language: Russian, German, Japanese, French, English, Spanish
Keyword : airplane accident, airplane wreck, airplane crash, crash landing, exploding airplane, plane crash, plane
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Episode
Explosive Evidence (Air India Flight 182)
Behind Closed Doors (American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight 981)
Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)
Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)
Invisible Killer (Delta Air Lines Flight 191)
Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143)
Fanning the Flames (South African Airways Flight 295)
Fatal Distraction (Eastern Airlines Flight 401)
Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301)
Phantom Strike (Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907)