Before the aircraft turned toward Dobbins, the closest airport was another general aviation airport, Cornelius Moore Airport (now Polk County Airport – Cornelius Moore Field), but the air traffic controllers did not know about it (it was just outside their area of responsibility) and it was not considered.
Antes de que o avión virase cara Dobbins, o aeroporto máis próximo era outro de aviación xeral, o aeroporto Cornelius Moore, pero os controladores de tráfico aéreo non sabían del e non foi considerado.