Accidents and Incidents
- April 4, 1977
- Southern Airways Flight 242, left Huntsville bound for Atlanta but crashed near Rome, Georgia. The Douglas DC-9 operated by Southern Airways entered a severe thunderstorm with hail causing both engines to fail. The DC-9 pilots then attempted an emergency landing on State Highway 92 in Georgia but crashed, killing 63 people on the plane and 9 on the ground.
- December 11, 1991
- A Beechcraft Beechjet 400A crashed into Mount Lavendar after taking off from Rome, Georgia, to Huntsville. The aircraft crashed after entering mountainous terrain with low visibility.
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Famous quotes containing the words accidents and/or incidents:
“I can forgive even that wrong of wrongs,
Those undreamt accidents that have made me
Seeing that Fame has perished this long while,
Being but a part of ancient ceremony
Notorious, till all my priceless things
Are but a post the passing dogs defile.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)