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The flight, operating a twin-turboprop Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, crashed north of Brunswick while approaching the airport for landing. All 23 aboard were killed, including astronaut Sonny Carter and former U.S. Senator John Tower .
Apr 7, 1991 · Here are the names and hometowns of the victims from Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311, which crashed and burned Friday outside Brunswick, Ga., killing all 23 people on board.
Apr 5, 1991 · On April 5, 1991, an Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) Embraer EMB-120 operating as Flight 2311 departed Atlanta, Georgia in route to Brunswick, Georgia with 20 passengers and three crew members (captain, first officer and a flight attendant).
Apr 7, 2001 · It has been 10 years since Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 crashed in a wooded area north of Brunswick, killing all 23 people aboard. The date, April 5, 1991, may not have...
Atlantic Southeast Flight 2311 was scheduled initially for Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia N228AS to depart at 13:24 EST. Because of mechanical problems an airplane change was made to N270AS. The flight departed Atlanta at 13:47 and arrived in the Brunswick area about 14:44.
- Friday 5 April 1991
- Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia
- 14:51
This report explains the loss of control in flight and crash of Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc., Flight 2311, while the airplane was conducting a landing approach to runway 07 at the Glynco Jetport, Brunswick, Georgia.
The 1991 crash of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 became an international media sensation. Revisit the crash and investigation of a commuter plane that claimed the lives of a NASA astronaut and a former senator.
