May, 1996
Valujet planes
crashes in Everglades
Survivors unlikely
in ValuJet crash
Jet was
up-to-date on safety checks, says CEO
109 feared dead in ValuJet
crash
Animation of
ValuJet plane crash - 329K Quick Time movie
Pilot
eyewitness describes crash of ValuJet plane - 828K QuickTime movie
Disaster
in the swamp
May 12, 1996
Families,
loved ones in shock
Road to be
built at plane crash site
Pena says ValuJet
followed safety rules
Search for
survivors called off
Maintenance record
of downed jet shows problems
Metro Dade Fire
Rescue spoke to reporters Saturday about the ValuJet crash - 2.1M QuickTime
movie
Deadly
Florida crash site a logistical puzzle - 225K QuickTime movie
Friends and family spend
nightmarish hours at airport
Safety problems spark
Valujet review
A rollercoaster of shock,
dread, then resignation
South Florida's bloodiest
new record
Major crashes in the
United States since 1985
May 13,
1996
High school
sweethearts, missionaries among crash victims
FAA to increase
scrutiny of ValuJet
FAA official says
ValuJet was thoroughly inspected
Safety
issues may hurt no-frills tix sales
Divers recover
flight data recorder
Crash
prompts concern over aircraft age
Everglades pose
unique problems for search and rescue
The search for Flight
592: Discouraging day yields little
Tales of the lives that
were lost
Workers battle a hostile
environment
May 14, 1996
Flight data
recorder recovered
Recovery workers
brave harsh conditions at crash site
Grandparents,
missionaries and family of five among crash victims
Transportation
watchdog reviews FAA record
FAA director defends
ValuJet inspections
'There could
have been an explosion'
Hunt for remains, debris
is methodical and slow
ValuJet stocks and bonds
plummet, passenger bookings drop off
Divers brave murky swamp
for nightmarish finds
Identifying victims a
daunting task
Flying a tradition in
Valujet pilot's family
May 15, 1996
Poll: fliers
will still flock to cheaper skies
Church grapples with
loss
Investigators recover more
parts
FAA
steps up ValuJet inspections
ValuJet not cleared to
haul oxygen generators
Expert: Oxygen
generators should be safe as cargo
'We felt their
pain'
NTSB inventories
plane
Officials searching the
ValuJet crash site - 366K QuickTime movie
Mourners
arrive at ValuJet crash site - 733K QuickTime movie
Animation of final
moments of ValuJet flight 592 - 1.3M QuickTime movie
Clues start to mount in
jet's fatal plunge
Did FAA 'go soft' on
ValuJet? Watchdog to check claims that agency was pressured
Experts: jet's safety
can't be judged by its age
Start-ups resist
comparisons to ValuJet
Storms could cause
havoc
May 16, 1996
Oxygen canisters
aboard ValuJet raise questions
How safe are
oxygen generators?
ValuJet chief tries to
allay fears
Large pieces
recovered from crashed ValuJet
ValuJet CEO
criticizes media 'rush to judgment'
No evidence of
ValuJet engine fire
ValuJet struggles
to overcome woes
FAA study
raises new questions
Relatives visit crash site
for a final farewell
Everglades poses severe
challenges to ValuJet recovery
Scorched jet pieces are
best clues yet; cargo canisters not authorized
Dade recovery-effort costs
likely will be reimbursed
911 call: `A large jet
aircraft has just crashed'
May 17,
1996
Divers to
search Everglades crash site Saturday
ValuJet cuts daily
flights
Gathering the pieces:
mire yields more clues
Memorial service unites
victim's 2 loving families
Passenger list problems
caused painful doubts
May 18,
1996
Divers going into
crater caused by DC-9 crash
Poll shows
confidence gap in budget airlines
Muddy crater may
hold clues to ValuJet crash
Recovery effort
continues; big pieces of jet are sought
Relief organizations feed
rescuers
Mutilated plane parts
yield clues
May 19,
1996
Radar added to
ValuJet search
More signs of fire
found in ValuJet debris
Crash victims' relatives
facing a horrible void
FAA's ValuJet documents
reveal steady stream of safety violations
May 20, 1996
ValuJet searchers
face stormy weather
Chemicals focus of jet
probe; canisters in cargo lacked safety device
Weather may threaten crash
probe; diver's await special suits
May
21, 1996
ValuJet
co-founder sells shares
Divers begin probe of ValuJet crash
crater
'There's no airplane
left'
Crash
probe goes high-tech; biohazard suits, radar to aid divers
May 22, 1996
U.S. to ban
oxygen generators as air cargo
ValuJet searchers to dredge crash
crater
Memorial services for
ValuJet victims - 546K QuickTime movie
Divers pull wreckage
from the Everglades - 371K QuickTime movie
Vanished! Search crews
can't find the jet
'People,
don't get on this plane'
ValuJet searchers to dig up
wetlands
ValuJet
shareholders look ahead
Warning left unsaid
haunts passenger on prior flight
ValuJet stock is off 32%
since Everglades crash
Bar: Suspend licenses of
lawyers who solicited jet crash families
May 24, 1996
Crews move beyond
crash crater in ValuJet recovery effort
Tape captures jet's final
minutes, source says
Super-hose to be used to
clear muck, vegetation
May 25, 1996
Investigators
identify 8 ValuJet crash victims
Eight crash victims
identified, coroner says
Everglades crash site
forbidding to Indians; spirits must rest, Miccosukees say
May 26, 1996
A new
theory: burned steering cables
Stronger evidence points
to possible fire aboard ValuJet
Searchers recover
ValuJet cockpit voice recorder
Hazards in cargo hold:
Potentially dangerous products pose risks in flight
Crash probe findings to be
disclosed
May 27, 1996
Cockpit
tape confirms fire aboard ValuJet
Crew knew about fire before
ValuJet crash
Critical ValuJet
discoveries: Cabin was ablaze, voice recorder found
May 28, 1996
Word came from cabin:
Fire! ... Cockpit door burst open, and unsuspecting pilots were told
May 29, 1996
U.S. News Briefs
- ValuJet dredging operation delayed
U.S. News Briefs - ValuJet
excavation delayed until Friday
Giant scoop to dig through
crash site for missing pieces
May 30, 1996
Shareholders
sue ValuJet
New details from ValuJet
voice recorder
Doomed jetliner turned
back after loud noise
May 31,
1996
U.S.
News Briefs - NTSB urges permanent ban on oxygen generators as air cargo
Blaze on jet could
alter FAA rules; fire detectors may be required in all holds
June, 1996
June 1, 1996
U.S. News Briefs - FAA temporarily bans oxygen generators as commercial cargo
June 2, 1996
The causes of a calamity:
Most may have died before crash; gas could kill in one breath
Retired pilot recalls '72
blaze, toxic fumes
June 3, 1996
ValuJet
legal ordeal begins for families
New crater discovered at
ValuJet crash site
June 4, 1996
Larger chunks of wreckage retrieved
June 5, 1996
Pieces of
crucial electrical panel found in Everglades, paper says
Key pieces of ValuJet puzzle
emerge
June 6, 1996
U.S. News Briefs
- Tests may never reveal how ValuJet passengers died
Probe at crash site may be
near end
June 10, 1996
Search is over for ValuJet wreckage and remains
Search called off
in ValuJet crash; 75% of plane is recovered
ValuJet maintenance
procedures inadequate, FAA's report says
June 12, 1996
FAA
asked to ground ValuJet
U.S. News Briefs - Crash
victims' families ask FAA to ground ValuJet
June 17, 1996
ValuJet
to cease operation
The
crash of ValuJet Flight 592
ValuJet
grounded
Events and developments
related to the crash of ValuJet Flight 592
June 18, 1996
Suspension
'grossly unfair,' says ValuJet
ValuJet customers
cope with shutdown
ValuJet promises
refunds
FAA chief defends
grounding of ValuJet
ValuJet crash prompts
FAA shakeup, new rules
ValuJet shares
plunge
ValuJet
crash prompts shakeup at FAA
ValuJet suspension
frustrates low-fare flyers
FAA
chief proposes sweeping changes
ValuJet accepts a
shutdown; Interim grounding follows FAA probe
June 19, 1996
Air crash victims'
families urge reform
Terms
of ValuJet consent order released
New fallout from
ValuJet crash: FAA to reorganize
ValuJet vows quick
return to skies: Stock tumbles 35% after grounding
June 20, 1996
ValuJet, if it
flies again, will be smaller and poorer
Two unsung heroes of the
ValuJet search resume their routines
ValuJet flew with bad
parts, FAA says
June 22, 1996
Cheap airline
woes weigh on travelers
FAA is lax on safety,
critics say; more inspectors, tough line urged
June 25, 1996
ValuJet
CEO acknowledges 'deficiencies' at House hearing
FAA's 'culture of
unaccountability' criticized
FAA chief to
leave by year's end
June 26, 1996
Taking names at FAA hearing; panel asks who put oxygen canisters on ValuJet 592?
June 27, 1996
NTSB
shuts down the field office in ValuJet crash
U.S. News - FAA releases
ValuJet air traffic control tapes
U.S. News -
Transcript of ValuJet air traffic control tape-
U.S. News -
Excerpts from ValuJet air traffic control tape
2 SabreTech mechanics
were temps; pair filed false records
June 28, 1996
Pilots
anxious, but not panicked
Excerpts of air traffic
control tape
July, 1996
July 3, 1996
U.S. News Briefs - ValuJet files recovery plan with FAA
July 9, 1996
FAA inspector: White House didn't force her out
July 18, 1996
Schiavo says
lobbyists may have influenced ValuJet probe
U.S. News Briefs - Unidentified remains of ValuJet passengers to be buried
July 23, 1996
Poll: Mechanical failure top concern of airline travelers
July 25, 1996
ValuJet probe delayed
by TWA crash
July 31, 1996
Memorial
Service for unidentified ValuJet crash victims
ValuJet
funeral services - QuickTime movie
August, 1996
August 7, 1996
IU.S. News Briefs - FBI searches SabreTech in ValuJet crash probe
August 19, 1996
ValuJet:
up in the air?
Families of crash
victims: let 'professionals' handle us
August 21, 1996
ValuJet's return to skies is delayed
August 22, 1996
August 29, 1996
August 30, 1996
ValuJet
plots return
ValuJet sprucing
up, scrubbing down for return to air
September, 1996
U.S. News Briefs - DOT rejects flight attendant's ValuJet probe request
September 18, 1996
FAA review is complete, sources say
September 26, 1996
ValuJet
cleared to fly
ValuJet back in the
air
September 27, 1996
U.S. News Briefs - Flight attendant's try to stop ValuJet from resuming service
September 29, 1996
ValuJet struggles to balance safety, bottom-line
September 30, 1996
October, 1996
October 17, 1996
U.S. News - Simulated fire part of ValuJet crash probe
November, 1996
November 6, 1996
NTSB to recreate fires from doomed Valujet flight
November 7, 1996
Fiery tests show probable cause for ValuJet nosedive
November 8, 1996
FAA
chief to resign
FAA simulates fire
aboard ValuJet 592 Everglades crash
November 14, 1996
Government to require airline cargo fire detectors
November 15, 1996
ValuJet 592 crash to be blamed on oxygen canisters
November 17, 1996
Six months later,
ValuJet families still grieve
Transcript of final
moments of ValuJet Flight 592 released
Piecing together
ValuJet disaster
November 18, 1996
Hearing
into ValuJet crash opens
ValuJet testimony:
Oxygen canisters mislabeled
They didn't have a
chance -- the main story.
ValuJet's rapid rise in
the airline business.
It was a rough first day
for the families
Today, relatives and
friends of those aboard ValuJet Flight 592 must confront the horror
again.
The
unedited transcript of the cockpit recording
NTSB hazardous materials
report
November 19, 1996
The final moments
of the 110 on board
ValuJet worker:
Oxygen canisters were labeled 'empty'
Test video shows
oxygen canisters sparking intense fire
Test shows oxygen canisters
sparking intense fire
The fire on board: a
3,000-degree inferno.
A grand jury ponders
criminal charges against Sabretech.
A video reenactment of the
jet's fire difficult to watch
Tests shows oxygen canisters
sparking intense fire - 1.7M QuickTime movie
November 20, 1996
ValuJet
executive tries to deflect blame for canisters
ValuJet exec admits
responsibility for oxygen canisters
Victims'
families seek faster, better information
'Who is responsible?' --
those words echoed over and over.
The FAA and NTSB have
long been at tenderhooks.
Frustrated families speak
out
November 21, 1996
TWA, Delta
once carried oxygen canisters too, documents show
Investigators assail FAA
for lax safety measures.
John Goglia -- the man
conducting the hearing.
No easy answers for the
families
November 22, 1996
Families
of ValuJet victims attend NTSB hearings
'This smells. This really
smells'
FAA
confronts more intense scrutiny, workload
FAA managers wanted to
ground ValuJet -- four months before crash.
The government won't let
families hear the cockpit tape.
Going home with heavy
hearts
ValuJet flight returns to Orlando after takeoff
November 25, 1996
Lawyers
for the families plan their lawsuits
December, 1996
December 12, 1996
Airlines
announcing cargo hold safety measures
December 19, 1996
ValuJet
expansion halted
15,000 ValuJet
customers may be stranded
December 22, 1996
ValuJet cancels flights operated by charter
Ban made permanent for transporting oxygen generators
January, 1997
January 9, 1997
SabreTech to close Miami facility
January 18, 1997
Company that packed ValuJet oxygen canisters closes Orlando facility
April, 1997
April 4, 1997
ValuJet accuses subcontractor of negligence in fatal crash
May, 1997
May 3, 1997
May 4, 1997
ValuJet: Success,
tragedy, rebirth
Panel's
conclusions
Airline
rebuilds
May 5, 1997
Report expected to
fault ValuJet, others, in Everglades crash
Contractor mostly a
memory
May 6, 1997
How much is a human life worth?
May 10, 1997
Valujet: The Crash of Flight
592
Valujet: The Crash of
Flight 592 - The Accident
Valujet: The Crash of
Flight 592 - The Airline
Valujet: The Crash
of Flight 592 - The Investigation
Valujet: The Crash of
Flight 592 - The Families
Valujet: The Crash of Flight
592 - The FAA
Valujet: The Crash of
Flight 592 - Data Points
Valujet:
The Crash of Flight 592 - Aviation Disasters
Valujet:
The Crash of Flight 592 - Fatal airline accidents
Valujet:
The Crash of Flight 592 - Hazardous Air Cargo
Valujet:
The Crash of Flight 592 - Flying vs. driving
May 11, 1997
Report critical
of FAA oversight at ValuJet
Friends, relatives
remember ValuJet crash
Even after tragic
crash, aviation safety rules slow to change
May 15, 1997
Airline safety officials push for
anti-fire systems
