Date: | May 11, 1996 |
Location: | Everglades, Miami, Florida |
Aircraft: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
Reg: | N904VJ |
Airline: | ValuJet |
Flight No: | 592 |
Fatalities: | 110 : 110 |
The wreckage of a Valujet DC-9 lies beneath this sawgrass swamp near Miami Florida. The plane crashed after an uncontrollable fire broke out in the cargo hold which resulted from illegally transported oxygen generators lacking safety caps. |