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ValuJet Airlines Flight 592 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami to Atlanta in the United States. On May 11, 1996, the ValuJet Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the route crashed into the Florida Everglades about ten minutes after departing Miami as a result of a fire in the cargo compartment caused by mislabeled and improperly stored hazardous cargo (oxygen generators).
Candalyn "Candi" Kubeck (née Chamberlin, May 10, 1961 – May 11, 1996) was an American commercial airline pilot and the captain of ValuJet Flight 592.This flight crashed into the Everglades in 1996, after oxygen generators illegally placed inside a cargo hold, which started and maintained a fire that disrupted aircraft functionality and flooded the entire cabin and cockpit with smoke.
Until May 11, 1996, Eastern Flight 401 was the deadliest aviation disaster in South Florida history. That was the day ValuJet Flight 592 nosedived into the swamp, 23 years after the Eastern plane ...
The flight lost control due to severe turbulence and a downdraft caused by a thunderstorm. January 21, 1943 19 0 0 Pan Am Flight 1104: near Ukiah: California: Martin M-130: The flight became off-course in poor weather at night and struck a mountain. October 23, 1942 12 0 2 American Airlines Flight 28: Chino Canyon near Palm Springs: California
Aircraft slammed nose-first into the swamplands of the Everglades National Park just west of the Miami International Airport minutes into the air. There were no survivors.
On May 11, 1996, Valujet Flight 592, a regularly scheduled ValuJet Airlines flight from Miami International to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta, crashed about 10 minutes after taking off as a result of a fire in the cargo compartment caused by improperly stored and labeled hazardous cargo. All 110 people on board died.
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In the book's analysis of the ValuJet Flight 592 Crash, Schiavo reviewed evidence that showed the FAA had to have known ValuJet was quite unsafe. Schiavo believed the FAA wanted ValuJet to survive, leading it to take a lax view of overseeing and enforcing rules. Due to Schiavo's objections, the FAA grounded ValuJet for much of the summer of 1996.