RDoug
Well-Known Member
The 40th anniversary of the crash was yesterday:
40 years later: Remembering the 72 who died in New Hope plane crash
40 years later: Remembering the 72 who died in New Hope plane crash
Remembering Southern Airways Flight 1121 40 years later
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Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
Very sad. I remember reading about this accident. The FO was PF and continued to be once the engines were out and for the approach/landing. After the vectors to Dobbins and Cartersville, when they couldn't make any runway, the CA said he'd find an open field. The FO emphatically overrode him with a "No" and "Bill, you've got to find me a highway." Very sad, IMO, had the CA taken over and tried to land in an open field they may have actually had more survivors. And even if not that, then at least nobody on the ground would have died.
The FO's landing on the highway would have worked out had it not been for that gas station and grocery store. Still, a consequence of landing on a highway was crushing and destroying any cars in the way and 9 people on the ground died as a result, including a family of 6 in one car (wife, husband, kids) all dead.
The FO's landing on the highway would have worked out had it not been for that gas station and grocery store. Still, a consequence of landing on a highway was crushing and destroying any cars in the way and 9 people on the ground died as a result, including a family of 6 in one car (wife, husband, kids) all dead.
Murdoughnut
Well sized member
Did a search of his name (the father) out of curiosity and noticed he comes up on the SCAB list. Not something I care one way or the other about, but I know it matters for some folks on here. Hope his son didn't face any sort of backlash as a result.