On April 4 , 1977 , Southern Airways Flight 242 crashed near New Hope , killing 72 people after making an emergency landing on Georgia State Route 381 , Dallas Acworth Hwy . The Douglas DC-9 was damaged from a severe thunderstorm . Every 10 years since the crash , the survivors have attended a ceremony in remembrance of the victims of the crash . It is the largest survivors ' group of its kind
Southern Airways Flight 242
Southern Airways Flight 242
New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia