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	Swissair Flight 111 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Swissair Flight 111 (SR-111) was a Swissair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 on a scheduled airline flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States to Cointrin International Airport in Geneva, Switzerland.
		The flight departed JFK at 8:18 PM (EDT) with 215 passengers and 14 crew en route to Geneva.
		Flight recorders were quickly retrieved (FDR on September 6 and CVR on September 11, 1998) and 78 recovered bodies were identified.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swissair_flight_111 (955 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: Swissair Flight 111 Report
		Flight 111, en route from New York to Geneva, crashed in September off the coast of Nova Scotia after the pilots reported smoke in the cockpit.
		Swissair attorney Desmond Barry said the airline and two of the three other co-defendants -- Boeing, which owns the company that built the MD-11 jetliner, and Delta Airlines, which had a ticket-sharing deal with Swissair -- would not contest whether they were to blame for the accident.
		Swissair is facing claims totaling $16 billion from families of U.S. victims suing on grounds of gross negligence, although attorneys expected a jury award would be far short of that figure.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/inatl/longterm/swissair/swissair.htm (454 words)

	Avation Law-Flight 111 Swissair Crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		While the initial focus of the media, press and TV, has been on the actions of the flight crew and the safety history of the aircraft, it is likely that the ultimate focus of the lawsuits, which arise from this crash which tragically took the lives of 229 people, will be on the aircraft itself.
		Swissair's liability will be governed by the IATA Accords which make the airline strictly liable for any and all damages, unless the air carrier is able to prove that it exercised, "all necessary measures" in the conduct of the flight.
		Because both the captain and the first officer on Swissair Flight 111 were instructor pilots, it may be shown that they were responding to the emergency which they encountered, an emergency they did not create, by following the emergency procedures set forth in the book.
	www.mcmc-law.com /avationlaw-fligh.html (721 words)

	Aviation Safety Network > News > News selection
		The forward wing slats of Swissair 111 were out of sync with the plane`s rear flaps, but investigators don`t know whether it was the result of a malfunction or if the pilot set them that way.
		Three fire extinguishers recovered from the crash of Swissair 111 were spent or partly spent, but the chief investigator says it isn`t known if their discharge happened before or because of the crash.
		The Swissair Flight 111 Flight Data Recorder was retrieved from 180ft of water, 5mls offshore from Peggy`s Cove; the FDR was found near three larger parts of the airliner`s fuselage.
	aviation-safety.net /news/news.php?field=coverage&var=SWR111 (1414 words)

	Aviation Safety Network > Accident investigation > CVR / FDR > Transcripts > ATC transcript Swissair Flight 111 - 02 ...
		Swissair one eleven roger, you can turn left heading three six zero to lose some altitude, the frequency is one zero niner decimal niner for the localizer, it's a back course approach.
		Swissair one-eleven uh roger, uh turn to the ah left heading of ah two zero zero degrees and ah advise me when you are ready to dump.
		Swissair one eleven heavy is declaring emergency [Second voice overlap] (Roger) we are between uh twelve and five thousand feet we are declaring emergency now at ah time ah zero one two four.
	aviation-safety.net /investigation/cvr/transcripts/atc_sr111.php (1240 words)

	airodyssey.net - "Tragedy at Peggy's Cove"
		Swissair has been advantaged in the last years by a very favorable reputation of good service and good safety record.
		It's with crashes like Swissair flight 111 that the eyes of the world are more and more turned to aviation safety.
		In despite of its already critical financial situation, it is believed by many, including this author, that the tragedy of flight 111 contributed to the demise of this once proud airline.
	www.airodyssey.net /articles/swr111.html (1362 words)

	World Airline News: Swissair Flight 111 Families Go On The Offensive
		Lawyers representing over 100 families of the victims of Swissair Flight 111 plan to openly accuse the airline's owners SAirGroup and Boeing [BA] of attempting to manipulate the U.S. legal system to limit their liability for the fatal disaster, during a first instance hearing of the case Sept. 13.
		Swissair and Boeing's reaction to the crash, however, has received much acclaim, both from within the industry and those still mourning the victims.
		Not only does this negate Swissair and Boeing's defense that punitive charges cannot be leveled at them as cause of the fire is (as yet) unknown, it also permits the plaintiffs to bring a separate case against Kapton and Mylar manufacturer Dupont.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0ZCK/is_37_9/ai_55727875 (1483 words)

	Swissair Flight 111 - Accident Causes (an early assessment)
		Loss of control in their accident was predicated by any combination of pilot incapacitation, loss of flight instrumentation or loss of control stemming from a later, sudden and drastic development.
		Flight controls, flight and engine instrumentation, even autopilot systems are protected, inasmuch as when one fails there is either another power source or another complete system (or probably both).
		Because it is an embarrassing mistake it is unlikely that a professional flight crew would want to advertise the fact that they'd compounded their own situation by oversight.
	www.geocities.com /Eureka/Concourse/7349/SwissairFlight111C.html (5397 words)

	The New York Review of Books: Swissair 111, TWA 800, and Electromagnetic Interference
		Swissair 111 had its last normal exchange with the Boston air controllers at 8:33 PM, after which it lost radio contact with every air controller on the northeast coast for the next thirteen minutes.
		This may be why Swissair 111, like TWA 800 earlier, had been directed onto the Bette route in traveling east out of New York, for this route is assigned when the military exercise zones south and southeast of Long Island, called W-105 and W-106, are in use by the military.
		Swissair 111 actually first appears on the FAA tape of the Augusta Controller Center one minute earlier at 8:46; but the transmission is not completely clear and perhaps because the plane is not yet in the Augusta region, the air controller—who at that moment is in conversation with another plane—does not hear the call.
	www.nybooks.com /nyrev/WWWarchdisplay.cgi?20000921092F (8950 words)

	Swissair Flight 111: in-flight fires.
		The captain, aware of a previous flight’s problem with the auxiliary power unit, which caused in-flight fumes, was skeptical about her smoke report.
		All 261 on board died as the in-flight fire burned through the control cables while the plane was on its final landing approach.
		There was no warning, until the flight attendants yelled to the cockpit that the cabin was on fire, because the plane was not equipped with fire/smoke detectors or a fire suppression system for its cargo compartments.
	www.airlinesafety.com /faq/faq8.htm (3082 words)

	In-flight Firefighting-Swissair Flight 111 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The SR 111 accident raised awareness of the consequences of an odour/smoke event, and the rate for flight diversions increased as a result.
		For example, neither flight crews nor cabin crews are trained to fight in-flight fires in the cockpit.
		The division of roles and responsibilities between the flight and cabin crews with respect to who will be combatting an in-flight fire in the cockpit is not clearly identified in manuals and company procedures.
	www.tc.gc.ca /tcss/tsb/air/2000-recs/A98H0003C/en/Swissair_e2_c.htm (1416 words)

	Netlaw - SWISSAIR FLIGHT 111 LIABILITY ISSUES & Aircraft Accident Litigation
		The investigation into the Swissair Flight 111 disaster has raised joint liability issues as to airlines that participate in partnership flights.
		The efficiencies of these flights have made sharing agreements a popular way for airlines to increase profits and to expand routes without having to commit fleets and extensive new personnel to international venues.
		As to damage laws, Delta Airlines and Swissair are reported to have rescinded the recovery limits set forth in the Warsaw Convention ($75,000 Cap Rule), in favor of the application of compensation laws in the applicable jurisdiction.
	www.netlaw.net /swissair2.html (744 words)

	Swissair Flight 111
		On September 2, 1998, Swissair Flight 111, en route from New York to Geneva, was lost in the waters off St. Margaret’s Bay, Nova Scotia at 22:30 hrs.
		Flight 111 was "lost" on the night of September 2, 1998.
		The recovery of Swissair 111, its passengers and its crew would eventually involve the resources, expertise and co-operation from several airlines, countries, the US Navy, several levels of the Nova Scotia government and Canada’s Federal Government.
	www.femf.org /education/dis99syllabus/mckeage.htm (1927 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Fire downed Swissair 111
		Investigators have concluded the Swissair Flight 111 crash was caused by a fire on board the aircraft.
		All 229 people on board the flight were killed when the aircraft plunged into the Atlantic in 1998.
		Swissair Flight 111 plummeted into the sea off Nova Scotia while en route from New York to Geneva.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/2893019.stm (309 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Swissair Flight 111
		Swissair officials reported that 137 Americans were among the victims; they said they would not release the full passenger list until all next-of-kin had been contacted.
		Swissair is generally considered to have a good safety record; its last fatal crash occurred in 1979, when a DC-8 plowed into a fence while landing at the Athens airport, killing 14 people.
		Investigators quickly began poring over Flight 111's cargo manifest, to see if the airliner was carrying any materials that might have caused a fire that produced the smoke in the cockpit.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/inatl/longterm/swissair/stories/crash090498.htm (1303 words)

	Transportation Safety Board Fact Sheets - Swissair 111 Investigation Report Executive Summary
		While the flight crew was preparing for the landing in Halifax, they were unaware that a fire was spreading above the ceiling in the front area of the aircraft.
		As the aircraft was not required to be equipped with built-in fire detection in the hidden area where the fire was located, the pilots were not alerted to the presence of the fire.
		The Board concluded that the actions by the flight crew in preparing the aircraft for landing, including their decisions to have the passenger cabin readied for landing and to dump fuel, were consistent with them being unaware that an on-board fire was under way.
	www.bst.gc.ca /en/media/fact_sheets/A98H0003/execsummary_a98h0003.asp?print_view=1 (2054 words)

	CBS News \| No Chance In '98 Swissair Crash \| March 27, 2003 11:47:37
		Swissair Flight 111 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off the Nova Scotia coast while en route from New York to Geneva.
		Since the crash, Swissair has gone out of business in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States that crippled the airline industry.
		The report noted that a check of 15 other Swissair MD-11s showed the wiring for the entertainment system was installed differently on four of them.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/03/27/world/main546355.shtml (837 words)

	Transportation Safety Board Fact Sheets - Swissair 111 Abbreviated Investigation Chronology
		SR 111 is cleared to proceed direct to Halifax International Airport, Nova Scotia, from its position 56 nautical miles southwest of the airport.
		March 2, 2000: TSB reports that, although the flight crew reading light (map light) was not involved in the origin of the SR 111 fire, deficiencies in its design had the potential for electrical arcing.
		Appropriate regulatory authorities, in conjunction with the aviation community, review the adequacy of in-flight firefighting as a whole, to ensure that aircraft crews are provided with a system whose elements are complementary and optimized to provide the maximum probability of detecting and suppressing any in-flight fire.
	www.tsb.gc.ca /en/media/fact_sheets/A98H0003/chronology_a98h0003.asp (1612 words)

	Investigating the Swissair Flight 111 In
		No one on board was aware of the disaster unfolding in the ceiling of the aircraft and, when a strange odour entered the cockpit, the pilots thought it was a problem with the air-conditioning system.
		Twenty minutes later, Swissair Flight 111 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean five nautical miles southwest of Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, with the loss of all 229 lives on board.
		This compares well with data available from the SR 111 investigation, where extensive fire damage in the area above the ceiling in the front section of the aircraft was concentrated about 1.5 metres forward and 5 metres aft of the cockpit wall.
	fseg.gre.ac.uk /fire/smartfire_MD11Proj.html (1040 words)

	Plane crashes -- Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash off Los Angeles on January 31 2000, EgyptAir Flight 990, Swissair ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There are odd similarities in the crashes of TWA Flight 800 and the Swissair flight 111 and EgyptAir flight 990.
		Both TWA Flight 800 and Swissair 111 had almost exactly the same number of people on board.
		And Swissair Flight 111 remains unexplained as far as cause, and Egypt Air 990 is another crash where the cause of the crash is unusual.
	www.revelation13.net /aviation.html (347 words)

	SARSCENE Winter 99 - E
		A woman whose parents were killed on the flight is now considering moving permanently to Peggy’s Cove because of the kindness of the community and the strong sense of kinship she feels for its people.
		During the recent Swissair 111 mission, NSGSARA volunteers answered the call, taking nearly 400 taskings for over 40 000 person hours to recover human remains, personal effects and aircraft parts from the shores and islands of the south shore.
		Following the crash of TWA Flight 800, all major American airlines were regulated by the U.S. government to ensure that family members were treated well and given access to crash sites, personal effects and the remains of their loved ones.
	www.nss.gc.ca /site/ss/magazine/vol8_4/winter98.htm (6476 words)

	Transportation Safety Board Fact Sheets - Swissair 111 Investigation Report Executive Summary
		The flight crew assessed that there was an anomaly associated with the air conditioning system.
		About 13 minutes after the abnormal odour was first detected, the aircraft's flight data recorder began to record a rapid succession of aircraft systems-related failures.
		It could not be determined whether this occurred on the flight.
	bst.gc.ca /en/media/fact_sheets/A98H0003/execsummary_a98h0003.asp?... (2054 words)

	Swissair Flight 111 Memorial, Whalesback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		SwissAir jet vanishes from radar near Nova Scotia 11:16pm EDT (0316 UTC)
		Swissair 111 Memorials To Carry Airline Name And Flight Number
		Jul 23, 1999 — It was announced July 22 that memorials for the 229 people who died in the crash of Swissair Flight 111 in the Atlantic off Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada in September 1998 will bear the airline's name and flight number.
	www.newscotland1398.net /hfxrm/swisswhale.html (1024 words)

	Disasters in Nova Scotia - Titanic Shipwrecks Swissair Flight 111 Halifax Explosion
		Here is a guide to the documentation, reports and more of Swissair Flight 111, one of the world's worst disasters in recent history, and of the heroic efforts to find its victims.
		Here is a guide to the documentation, reports and more of Flight 111, one of the world's worst recent disasters and the heroic efforts to find its victims.
		Since Swissair Flight 111 went down just outside Halifax just over a year ago, The Halifax Herald has maintained a diligence in reporting the aftermath.
	www.highway7.com /links/link-disasters1.html (701 words)

	CNN - 229 killed in Swissair crash off Nova Scotia - September 3, 1998
		Swissair officials confirmed that the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit shortly before the crash.
		The pilot initially considered landing in Boston, Swissair officials said, but that proved too difficult and he decided to attempt an emergency landing in Halifax.
		One Delta Air Lines flight attendant and 53 Delta passengers were aboard the flight, which was operated by Swissair in a code-sharing agreement with Delta, officials said.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/americas/9809/03/swissair.crash.05 (970 words)

	Memorial
		On September 2nd, 1998 SwissAir flight 111 from New York to Geneva went down in the Atlantic Ocean only 6 nautical miles of the coast of Nova Scotia.
		SwissAir flight 111 Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia Canada disaster tradgedy sympathy passenger crew condolences airplane crash SwissAir Flight 111 Memorial Page SwissAir Flight 111 Memorial Page dedicated to the families of those lost.
		SwissAir flight 111 Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia Canada disaster tradgedy sympathy passenger crew condolences airplane crash
	plato.acadiau.ca /COURSES/FREN/Paratte/SWISS3 (469 words)

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