Aircraft Accident Report In-Flight Fire and Impact With Terrain ...

Explains the in-flight fire & impact with terrain of ValuJet Airlines Flight 592, a DC-9-32, in the Everglades near Miami, FL, on May 11, 1996. Safety issues discussed include: minimization of the hazards posed by fires in class D cargo compart.; equip., train., & proced. for addressing in-flight smoke & fire aboard air carrier airplanes; guidance for handling of chem. oxygen generators & other haz. aircraft components; SabreTech's & ValuJet's procedures for handling co. & haz. materials; ValuJet's oversight of its contract heavy maint. facil.; the FAAs oversight of ValuJet & ValuJet's contract maint. facilities; FAA's & the RSPA haz. materials program & undeclared haz. materials in the U.S. mail; & ValuJet's procedures for boarding & accounting for lap children.Leonard, Barry is the author of 'Aircraft Accident Report In-Flight Fire and Impact With Terrain ...' with ISBN 9780756727598 and ISBN 0756727596.