Part 10: Georgia

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These two plane crashes take us to the state of Georgia, which is located next to the following states: Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee.

WARNINGS OF PLANE CRASHES

Number 1- Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311

 Pictured above is a similar type of aircraft involved in this crash

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Pictured above is a similar type of aircraft involved in this crash.

Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311, registered as November 270 Alpha Sierra (N270AS), was a regularly scheduled commuter flight from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlantic International Airport (IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL), Atlanta, Georgia to Glynco Jetport (renamed to Brunswick Golden Isles Airport, IATA: BQK, ICAO: KBQK), in Brunswick, Georgia on the 5th of April 1991.

Flight 2311, an Embraer 120RT Brasilia, departed Atlanta at 13:47pm, 23 minutes behind schedule, the flight had to deviate the flight path due to poor weather.

As the plane was approaching the airport in visual conditions and the plane was at a much lower altitude of 100 to 200 feet above the ground and then suddenly the plane rolled to the left until the wings were perpendicular to the ground (90°), the aircraft then descended in a nose down attitude and it impacted flat ground 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) short of the runway, all 23 people on board the plane were killed in the crash.

The summary of the crash was propeller malfunction due to control system design flaw.

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Number 2- Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529

Number 2- Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529

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Pictured above is the crash site of the plane.

Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, registered as November 256 Alpha Sierra (N256AS), was an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia aircraft that crashed near Canollton, Georgia on the 21st of August 1995, nine of the 29 people on board the plane were killed in the accident.

At 12:43:25pm while the plane was climbing through 18,100 feet, one of the blades of the Hamilton Standard propeller on the left engine failed and the entire engine assembly became dislodged, deforming the engine nacelle and distorting the wing's profile.

At 12:52:45pm before the emergency landing could take place in a field, the aircraft pitched over and began an uncommanded dive, stinking tops of trees, the plane hit the ground nose first and the impact ripped off the left wing, the aircraft was in the air again and came back down for the final impact which split the fuselage and started a fire.

The summary of the crash was left engine disintegration due to corrosion, metal fatigue and improper maintenance.

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