built in the 1960s and renovated in the 1970s. Eastern Air Lines and Delta Air Lines had previously occupied the hangar. Delta's lease originally was scheduled to expire in 2010, but the airline returned the lease to the City of Atlanta in 2005 as part of its bankruptcy settlement. The city collected an insurance settlement of almost $900,000 due to the cancellation. Airlines and destinations Passenger : Ethiopian Airlines flights from Addis Ababa to Atlanta stop in Dublin for refueling. The flight from Atlanta to Addis Ababa is nonstop. Cargo Statistics Top destinations Airline market share Annual traffic On-Time Performance (Domestic Major U.S. Carriers Only) Accidents and incidents On May 23, 1960, Delta Air Lines Flight 1903, a Convair CV-880-22-1 (N8804E), crashed on takeoff resulting in the loss of all four crew members. This flight was a training flight for two Delta captains who were being type-rated on the 880. On February 25, 1969, Eastern Air Lines Flight 955 was hijacked by one passenger shortly after takeoff from ATL en route to Miami. The man pulled a .22 caliber pistol and demanded to be flown to Cuba. He got off the plane in Cuba while the DC-8 was allowed to fly back to the U.S. On April 4, 1977, Southern Airways Flight 242 was on descent to the airport when the hail was ingested into the engines, leading them to fail. Pilot errors and difficult weather forced the pilots to attempt an emergency landing on a highway. Upon touchdown, the aircraft struck several buildings and cars, killing 72 people. On January 18, 1990, an Eastern Air Lines Boeing 727 overran a Beechcraft King Air operated by Epps Air Service, based at another Atlanta airport. The King Air had landed and was taxiing when the 727, still at high speed in its landing roll, collided with the aircraft. The larger plane's wing impacted the roof of the smaller. The pilot of the King Air, an Epps charter pilot, was killed, while a passenger survived. No crew or passengers on the Eastern plane were injured. On October 11, 2022, comedian and television host Eric André, along with comedian Clayton English, filed a federal lawsuit against Clayton County, claiming that they were subject to a police program at the airport that, without reasonable suspicion, racially profiled, coerced, and illegally searched passengers boarding planes for drugs. Their lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the program.