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Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 was a regularly scheduled commuter flight in Georgia in the southeastern United States, from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Glynco Jetport (since renamed Brunswick Golden Isles Airport) in Brunswick on April 5, 1991.
Apr 5, 1991 · Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311, N270AS. Brunswick, Georgia. April 5, 1991. On April 5, 1991, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc., Flight 2311, an Embraer EMB-120, N270AS, crashed during a landing approach to runway 07 at the Glynco Jetport, Brunswick, Georgia.
Apr 5, 1991 · Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. Flight 2311 Uncontrolled Collision with Terrain an Embraer EMB-120, N270AS
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.
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
Prop Design Causes Air Crash – Episode 122. A close look at the crash of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311. This 1991 accident brings focus to the importance of thorough and methodical inspection and maintenance beginning in the factory.
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.
