It was a dense night take off for Swissair Flight 111 on Wednesday, 2 September 1998. The Swissair Flight 111, was scheduled at 20:18 (GMT) from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, US to Cointrin International Airport in Geneva, Switzerland. All the passengers are lodged in and the monster plane is ready to take off. The airliner performed its phenomenal duty to its best level. Take off, gaining speed and height was on smooth surface. Then the trouble began. At first the aircraft experienced an unexpected thirteen minute radio blackout. The cause was later determined to be due to an error in the tuning of the
communication radios. Just after 2 hours of take off, the flight crew was alarmed by an odour in the cockpit and determined it to be smoke from A/C system. Immediately the Air Conditioning system was shut down to neutralize the situation. Few minutes later, the odour and the smell returned again and smoke was visible. The pilots then began to divert the journey to a near-by airport calling it an emergency landing, but failed.
Despite of all the efforts by pilots and crews, the disaster cannot be averted. The situation was as if the plane being strapped in a blackhole.
Just 20 mins after this blackout, the aircraft began crashing down to the ocean shattering into millions of pieces. The rescue operation was kick started immediately.The rescue operation was completely futile and useless, as no survivors were noted in disaster. Around 227 people on board died. Most of the people are American, France, Swiss. What makes this disaster a highest rated and notable is the reason behind this catastrophic event. Even black boxes and other witnessing instruments did not give satisfactory answers to reaveal the mystery of this disaster. As the plane got plunged into millions of small pieces, the task was really tedious and irritating. It took around 5 years to excavate the lurking truth, with an estimated amount of $48.5 million, making it the most expensive transport investigation ever made.
Thanks to $ampreeth $harma for his help. Watch Nat Geo Documentary at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiy8ttJSJDI
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communication radios. Just after 2 hours of take off, the flight crew was alarmed by an odour in the cockpit and determined it to be smoke from A/C system. Immediately the Air Conditioning system was shut down to neutralize the situation. Few minutes later, the odour and the smell returned again and smoke was visible. The pilots then began to divert the journey to a near-by airport calling it an emergency landing, but failed.
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| Swissair Flight 111 |
Just 20 mins after this blackout, the aircraft began crashing down to the ocean shattering into millions of pieces. The rescue operation was kick started immediately.The rescue operation was completely futile and useless, as no survivors were noted in disaster. Around 227 people on board died. Most of the people are American, France, Swiss. What makes this disaster a highest rated and notable is the reason behind this catastrophic event. Even black boxes and other witnessing instruments did not give satisfactory answers to reaveal the mystery of this disaster. As the plane got plunged into millions of small pieces, the task was really tedious and irritating. It took around 5 years to excavate the lurking truth, with an estimated amount of $48.5 million, making it the most expensive transport investigation ever made.
Thanks to $ampreeth $harma for his help. Watch Nat Geo Documentary at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiy8ttJSJDI
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