Air Crash Investigations: Disaster in the Everglades the Crash of Valujet Airlines Flight 592

Download or read book Air Crash Investigations: Disaster in the Everglades the Crash of Valujet Airlines Flight 592 written by Allistair Fitzgerald and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-12-11 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 11, 1996, at 1413:42 eastern daylight time, a Douglas DC-9-32 crashed into the Everglades about 10 minutes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida. The airplane was being operated by ValuJet Airlines, Inc., as flight 592 and was on its way to Atlanta, Georgia. Both pilots, the three flight attendants, and all 105 passengers were killed. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the accident, was a fire in the airplane's cargo compartment that was initiated by the actuation of one or more oxygen generators being improperly carried as cargo.