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WASHINGTON, D.C.: The National Transportation Safety Board stuck to its guns today, ruling that ValuJet Flight 592 which plunged into a Florida swamp was brought down by a fire ignited by loaded chemical oxygen generators. The NTSB was even-handed in aportioning blame, saying SabreTech, ValuJet and the FAA are all partially responsible for the disaster, which killed 105 passengers and five crew members last year. According to the report, SabreTech helped cause the accident by failing to properly package and identify the hazardous oxygen generators. ValuJet was slammed for improperly overseeing the maintenance contractor while the FAA was charged...
...inventor presented his findings to NTSB technical staffers last Friday. But the information was rejected ? even though it was backed up by Vernon Gross, a former NTSB board member who also believes the ValuJet crash was caused by an electrical fire. Werjefelt says the industry has lobbied against his recommendation to replace aging wires. "Replacing that wiring would cost airlines about as much as it would for them to buy new planes," says Werjefelt...
...crash of ValuJet Flight 592 in the Florida swamps killed 110 people, shook up the FAA and made Mary Schiavo a star. What exactly happened? The FAA will release a full report Tuesday at a public NTSB meeting...
...official NTSB line, though, is that it will take days, possibly weeks, to pinpoint the cause of the crash. The Boeing 747 was carrying 254 passengers ? including 13 Americans ? when it went down, ending the lives of more than 200. Earlier this week, TIME's Elaine Shannon said crash investigators had been focusing on whether the crew of the plane was unfamiliar with the route, which could have caused confusion leading to the disaster. TIME's aviation expert, Jerry Hannifin, also suggested investigators should consider the long working hours the airline imposes on its crews...
...remembered fondly by many of the families for staying with them all night at the airport when Flight 800 went down, and for personally shepherding assistance and support for them in the immediate aftermath. Still, the Mayor's words cannot take the place of the one thing the NTSB and the FAA have been so far unable to give them: a reason...