Overview
- Local remembrance coverage marked the 30th anniversary of the Everglades crash that killed all 110 people aboard.
- The DC-9 went down minutes after takeoff from Miami on a flight to Atlanta after smoke filled the cockpit.
- An FAA report in August 1997 concluded an in-flight cargo fire ignited by improperly shipped oxygen generators caused the crash.
- Regulators grounded ValuJet after the disaster for serious maintenance problems, and the airline name disappeared in a 1997 merger with AirTran.
- First responders recalled a grueling recovery in deep marsh, with partial remains of 70 victims identified and families brought near the remote site to mourn.