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
Wreckage of the aircraft
An Atlantic Southeast Airlines Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, similar to the one involved in the accident
The logo of Hamilton Standard, which manufactured the defective propeller control unit
John Tower
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John Goodwin Tower was an American politician and military veteran who represented Texas in the United States Senate from 1961 to 1985. He was the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from Texa
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311
…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. Four years later, another Embraer Brasilia of ASA crashed in the Georgia countryside in similar circumstances, with nine fatalities…
Tower in 1978
Tower in the Southwestern University yearbook, 1948
Tower delivers the Tower Report to President Reagan in the White House Cabinet Room, Edmund Muskie at right, 1987.
John Tower cenotaph at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas