On this day: 1996 Air Crash

On this day in disaster history, ValuJet Flight 592 departed from Miami International Airport (MIA), en route to Atlanta-Hartsfield International Airport (ATL), carrying many passengers traveling for Mother's Day. The aircraft, a McDonnell-Douglass DC-9-32, powered by two Pratt and Whitney JT8D-9A engines, showing 105 passengers and five crew members on its manifest, crashed shortly after departure in the Florida Everglades killing all souls on board. Shortly after departure the crew contacted departure control and reported an electrical problem and the "loss of everything". Shouts were heard in the background stating that there was smoke and fire in the cabin. During the investigation, while examining the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), a flight attendant was recorded as saying "completely on fire".  The crash was attributed to a fire whichb began in the cargo hold when one or more improperly labelled and improperly stored oxygen generators activated. ValuJet emerged after the accident as AirTran which was acquired by Southwest Airlines in 2011.

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