Swissair Flight 111
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Swissair Flight 111 (SR111/SWR111) was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States, to Cointrin Airport in Geneva, Switzerland. The flight was also a codeshare flight with Delta Air Lines.[1] On 2 September 1998, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 performing this flight, registration HB-IWF, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax Stanfield International Airport at the entrance to St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia. The crash site was 8 kilometres (5 mi; 4 nmi) from shore, roughly equidistant from the small fishing and tourist communities of Peggy's Cove and Bayswater, killing all 229 passengers and crew on board the MD-11, making the crash the deadliest accident in the history of Swissair and the deadliest accident involving the McDonnell Douglas MD-11. It is also the second-deadliest aviation accident to occur in Canada, behind Arrow Air Flight 1285R.
Accident | |
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Date | 2 September 1998 (1998-09-02) |
Summary | Crashed after in-flight fire |
Site | Atlantic Ocean, 9 km (5.6 mls) southwest off Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada 44°24′33″N 63°58′25″W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 |
Aircraft name | Vaud |
Operator | Swissair |
IATA flight No. | SR111 |
ICAO flight No. | SWR111 |
Call sign | SWISSAIR 111 |
Registration | HB-IWF |
Flight origin | John F. Kennedy International Airport New York, NY, United States |
Destination | Geneva Airport Geneva, Switzerland |
Occupants | 229 |
Passengers | 215 |
Crew | 14 |
Fatalities | 229 |
Survivors | 0 |
The search and rescue response, crash recovery operation, and investigation by the Government of Canada took more than four years and cost CA$57 million.[2] The investigation carried out by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) concluded that flammable material used in the aircraft's structure allowed a fire to spread beyond the control of the crew, resulting in the crash of the aircraft. Several wide-ranging recommendations were made which were incorporated into newer US Federal Aviation Administration standards.[3]: 253