Name: Mayday
Genre: Documentary

Mayday Episode 5.03 Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)

Mayday Episode 5.03 Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)

Episode Premiere

April 23, 2008

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

Cineflix Productions

Official Site

http://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Mayday

Information

Episode Premiere

April 23, 2008

Genre

Documentary

Period

2003 -

Production Co

Cineflix Productions

Distributor

Official Site

http://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Mayday

Cast and Crew

Director

Ian Robertson

Screenwriter

Christopher Blow

Main Cast

Stephen Bogaert

Additional Cast

Brian Young
Paul Braunstein
Paul Stephen
Ashleigh Rains
Brittany Allen

Synopsis

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.