The Everglades Disaster: How A Mislabelled Box Killed 110 People

From "Mayday', Season 12, Episode 2: The investigation into the 1996 ValueJet 592 crash reveals how improperly packaged chemical oxygen generators created a deadly inferno in the DC-9's cargo hold. Witness the NTSB's grueling recovery mission in the Everglades, the recreation of the explosive fire, and the exposure of the FAA's catastrophic regulatory failure that allowed the disaster to happen.

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