AIR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS

On May 11 1996 at 1413:42 eastern daylight time a Douglas DC-9-32 crashed into the Everglades about 10 minutes after takeoff from Miami International Airport Miami Florida. The airplane was being operated by ValuJet Airlines Inc. as flight 592 and was on its way to Atlanta Georgia. Both pilots the three flight attendants and all 105 passengers were killed. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the accident was a fire in the airplane's cargo compartment that was initiated by the actuation of one or more oxygen generators being improperly carried as cargo.