The wreckage of a Southern Airways DC-9 sits in the front yard ... Excerpted from Southern Storm: The Tragedy of Flight 242 by Samme Chittum published by Smithsonian Books. A Note to our Readers ...

The crash of Southern Airways Flight 242 remains one of the worst in Georgia’s history. AJC archival photos of the Flight 242 wreckage, other 1970s Georgia plane crashes The regular route was ...

New Era of April 14, 1977, rested atop a black-and-white photo of a bulldozer shoveling wreckage ... The "ill-fated DC-9," Southern Airways Flight 242, originated in Muscle Shoals and took ...

One incident Erwin has become an expert on is the events that led to the crash of Southern Airways Flight 242 on April 4, 1977, in New Hope, Georgia. Erwin’s father-in-law died in the crash ...

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Southern Airways Flight 242 crashed in New Hope, Georgia on April 4, 1977. It had left Huntsville, AL and was headed to ...

The crash of Southern Airways Flight 242 remains one of the worst in Georgia’s history. AJC archival photos of the Flight 242 wreckage, other 1970s Georgia plane crashes The regular route was ...

One incident Erwin has become an expert on is the events that led to the crash of Southern Airways Flight 242 on April 4, 1977, in New Hope, Georgia. Erwin’s father-in-law died in the crash ...