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'''ValuJet Flight 592''', a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 airplane, crashed in the [[Florida]] [[Everglades]] on May 11, 1996, killing all 110 on board. The cause was the of loading [[oxygen]] generators as cargo. The investigation revealed that the canisters labeled as "expired" on the tags by SabreTech, but "oxygen cannisters-empty" on the cargo manifest. ValuJet contracted out SabreTech to the dispose of the oxygen generators, only for them to end on a ValuJet plane in the cargo hold. An oxygen generator can reach 430° degrees Celsius, as demonstrated by previous incidents of oxygen generators starting fires on commercial aircraft.<ref>https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19860810-0</ref><ref name=AAR97-06>[http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR9706.pdf "NTSB Report AAR97-06"]</ref>
[[File:ValuJet DC-9-32; N1266L@FLL, February 1994 (5423968471).jpg.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A ValuJet Douglas DC-9, like the one that crashed]]
'''ValuJet Flight 592''', a Douglas DC-9 airplane, crashed in the [[Florida]] [[Everglades]] on May 11, 1996, killing all 110 on board. The cause was the of loading [[oxygen]] generators as cargo. The investigation revealed that the canisters labeled as "expired" on the tags by SabreTech, but "oxygen cannisters-empty" on the cargo manifest. ValuJet contracted out SabreTech to the dispose of the oxygen generators, only for them to end on a ValuJet plane in the cargo hold. An oxygen generator can reach 430° degrees Celsius, as demonstrated by previous incidents of oxygen generators starting fires on commercial aircraft.<ref>https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19860810-0</ref><ref name=AAR97-06>[http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR9706.pdf "NTSB Report AAR97-06"]</ref>
Because of this incident ValuJet merged into AirTran and assumed its name. This allowed ValuJet to recover and even increase operations, considering their infamous safety record.<ref>http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/2006/05/after_valujet_t.html</ref>
Because of this incident ValuJet merged into AirTran and assumed its name. This allowed ValuJet to recover and even increase operations, considering their infamous safety record.<ref>http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/2006/05/after_valujet_t.html</ref>