Swissair Flight 111: fire onboard

Synopsis

On 2^nd September 1998, a Swissair's McDonnell Douglas MD-11, flying from John F. Kennedy International Airport (New York, United States) to Cointrin International Airport (Geneva, Switzerland) caught fire onboard and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Nova Scocia. The fire started in the entertainment system cables and spread because of the flammable material currently used on aircraft at the time. Also, standard operating procedures in Swissair at the time called for following the fire checklist before landing, operating procedures that the captain followed, instead of landing as soon as possible. All 229 people onboard died in the crash.

Aviation crash video

Part 1 of 5

(Video embedded from YouTube on 15 September 2009 —see Cineflix, undated1)

Part 2 of 5

(Video embedded from YouTube on 15 September 2009 —see Cineflix, undated1)

Part 3 of 5

(Video embedded from YouTube on 15 September 2009 —see Cineflix, undated1)

Part 4 of 5

(Video embedded from YouTube on 15 September 2009 —see Cineflix, undated1)

Part 5 of 5

(Video embedded from YouTube on 15 September 2009 —see Cineflix, undated1)

Footnotes

1. Also known as Fire in the sky.

2. Also aired as Air crash investigation, or Mayday.

References

1. CINEFLIX (undated). Fire on board.¹ Air crash investigations² (Montreal, Canada), undated. Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 retrieved from YouTube on 15 September 2009.

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