Mayday
Season 5 Episode 3 - Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)
8.2 ?
2003
Documentary, Drama, Crime
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.
Episodes in Season 5
1
Explosive Evidence (Air India Flight 182)
45 min
2
Behind Closed Doors (American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight 981)
45 min
3
Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)
45 min
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4
Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)
45 min
5
Invisible Killer (Delta Air Lines Flight 191)
45 min
6
Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143)
45 min
7
Fanning the Flames (South African Airways Flight 295)
45 min
8
Fatal Distraction (Eastern Airlines Flight 401)
45 min
9
Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301)
45 min
10
Phantom Strike (Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907)
45 min
