Southern Airways Flight 242 was a DC-9-31 jet, registered N1335U, that executed a forced landing on Georgia State Route 381 in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, United States, after suffering hail damage and losing thrust on both engines in a severe thunderstorm on April 4, 1977.
At the time of the accident, the Southern Airways aircraft was flying from Northwest Alabama Regional Airport to Atlanta Municipal Airport. Sixty-three people on the aircraft and nine people on the ground died; 20 passengers survived, as well as the two flight attendants.
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