On August 21, 1995, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia flying from Atlanta to Gulfport, Mississippi, crashed near Burwell, Georgia, killing 9 of the 29 people aboard. The tragedy was triggered when a propeller blade section separated, causing the entire engine to violently dislodge and deform the wing, creating excessive drag that the aircraft could not overcome. This incident bore striking similarities to the 1991 crash of Flight 2311, and investigations into both concluded that design flaws in the propellers were to blame. The pilots, Captain Edwin Gannaway and First Officer Matthew Warmerdam, initially tried to return to Atlanta but were forced to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport due to the rapid descent. As they searched for a field to make an emergency landing, the aircraft suddenly pitched over into an uncommanded dive, striking trees and crashing nose-first, with the impact ripping off the weakened left wing.