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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