abstract:Southern Airways was a regional airline (known at the time as a "local service air carrier" as designated by the federal Civil Aeronautics Board) operating in the United States from their founding by Frank Hulse in 1949 until 1979 when they merged with North Central Airlines to become Republic Airlines, which on October 1, 1986, then became part of Northwest Airlines, which, in turn, was merged into Delta Air Lines in 2008. Southern was headquartered at William B.
BangkokAirwaysplaneyesterdayafternooninsouthernThailandresort of Koh SamuiAirportskidded off the runwaywhenlanding, flying into the airport controltowerafterthe fire.
The only actual historical citation of an attempt I could find for a large plane landing on a U.S. Highway was SouthernAirways Flight 242, a DC-9, in 1977.