Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 was a regularly scheduled commuter flight from Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Glynco Jetport ( since renamed Brunswick Golden Isles Airport ) in Brunswick , Georgia on April 5 , 1991 . The flight , operated using a twin-turboprop Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia , crashed just north of Brunswick while approaching the airport for landing . All 23 people aboard the plane were killed , including passengers Sonny Carter and John Tower . Four years later , another Embraer Brasilia of ASA crashed in the Georgia countryside in similar circumstances , with nine fatalities
crashed in the Georgia countryside in similar circumstances
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311