Mayday · SEASON 12

Fire in the Hold (ValuJet Flight 592)

Episode 2 · 2012-08-10

★ 7.4
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Season 12Episode 2★ 7.4/10
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Episode overview

On 11 May 1996, 10 minutes after takeoff, ValuJet Flight 592 crashes into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board. The cause was an in-flight fire which was started by the accidental triggering of a chemical oxygen generator improperly shipped as cargo.

45 minutes

Season 12 episodes

1. Fight for Control (Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8)2012-08-03 2. Fire in the Hold (ValuJet Flight 592)2012-08-10 3. Caution to the Wind (Singapore Airlines Flight 006)2012-08-17 4. Pushed to the Limit (SilkAir Flight 185)2012-08-24 5. Blind Landing (TANS Perú Flight 204)2012-08-31 6. Grand Canyon Disaster (United Airlines 718 and Trans World Airlines 2)2013-01-24 7. Death of the President (2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154)2013-01-27 8. Catastrophe at OHare (American Airlines Flight 191)2013-02-25 9. Lokomotiv Hockey Team Disaster (2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Air Disaster)2013-03-04 10. Focused on Failure (United Airlines Flight 173)2013-03-11 11. Heading to Disaster (Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409)2013-03-25 12. 28 Seconds to Survive (Santa Barbara Airlines Flight 518)2013-04-01 13. Vanished (Air France Flight 447)2013-04-15