Professional pilots such as Rick Erwin study plane crashes to learn how to understand and avoid what may have led to the disaster.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, one of 72 victims (63 onboard and 9 on the ground) as the pilots tried to land their DC-9-31 on a highway after both engines were destroyed in a hailstorm. There [...]
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