In-flight fire caused by improperly packaged cargo leading to loss of control and/or pilot incapacitation
Site
Miami-Dade County, Florida 25°54′47″N80°34′41″W / 25.91306°N 80.57806°W / 25.91306; -80.57806
Aircraft
Aircraft type
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
Operator
ValuJet Airlines
IATA flight No.
J7592
ICAO flight No.
VJA592
Call sign
Critter 592
Registration
N904VJ
Flight origin
Miami International Airport
Destination
William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport
Occupants
110
Passengers
105
Crew
5
Fatalities
110
Survivors
0
ValuJet Airlines Flight 592 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami to Atlanta. On May 11, 1996, the ValuJet Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the route crashed into the Everglades about 10 minutes after departing Miami as a result of a fire in the cargo compartment possibly caused by mislabeled and improperly stored hazardous cargo. All 110 people on board were killed.[1][2] The airline already had a poor safety record before the crash, and the accident brought widespread attention to the airline's problems. ValuJet's fleet was grounded for several months after the accident. When operations resumed, the airline was unable to attract as many customers as it had before the accident. It acquired AirTran Airways in 1997, but the lingering damage to the ValuJet name led its executives to assume the AirTran name. It is the deadliest plane crash in Florida as of 2024.
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^Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 N904VJ Everglades, FL". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on April 27, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
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