Posted by CrazyOne:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The person posting the crash history might try making an actual point.
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The point is:
I don't fly Airtran!
Why did they change their name from ValueJet to Airtran? They want us to forget this horrible crash.
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.....the hazardous oxygen generators blamed for the cargo hold fire that caused the Everglades crash 11 minutes after takeoff, killing all 110 people aboard May 11, 1996.....
.....The case revolved around 144 oxygen generators removed by SabreTech from other ValuJet planes. The canisters are usually installed over seats to supply oxygen to masks that drop when a passenger cabin loses pressure.
Five cartons of the generators, which resemble shaving cream cans, were delivered to the ill-fated flight even though ValuJet was not allowed to carry hazardous cargo.
Crash investigators blamed the generators for starting a 2,200-degree fire that spread to the jet's cabin and melted aluminum seat tracks and plastic tray tables.