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It immediately developed a scary safety record. they were only founded in 1992, but by 1995, they had already had an aircraft evacuated on the runway just before it burned down. by the following year, 1996, it was a terrible fatal crash, may 11, 1996, value jet flight 592 had an on board midair fire. it was caused by hazardous, flammable materials that were improperly stored on board, and that plane came down. all 110 people on board that plane died and the plane crashed into the florida evergla...

Pretty immediately developed a scary safety record. they were only founded in 1992, but by 1995, they had already had an aircraft evacuated on the runway, just before it burned down. by the following, year 1996, it was a terrible fatal crash, may 1996. value jet flight had an on board midair fire. it was caused by hazardous flammable materials that were improperly stored on board. and that plane came down, all 110 people on board that plane died, the plane crashed into the florida everglades. ju...

To help you feel less hungry between meals. experience the meta effect with our multi-health wellness line. cockpit door on flight 9525, it was so secure it ended up on the plane. we look at what might be done in the wake of this incident. first, some background from "360"s randi kaye. >> reporter: value jet flight 592 from miami to atlanta, the day before mothers day, 1996. the pilots hear a loud boom six minutes into the flight. >> what kind of problem are you having? >> smoke in the cabin. ...

More now on the cockpit door of germanwings airlines 9525 that was so well designed to keep the pilot from regaining access on it that kept him from regaining taking control of the plane. and now, we look at what might have sparked this incident. some background from randi kaye. >> reporter: value jet flight 592 from miami to atlanta, the day before mothers day, 1996. the pilots hear a loud boom, six minutes into the flight. >> what kind of problem are you having? >> smoke in the cabin. >> repor...

Compartment. if you did smell the smoke first thing would be to put on your oxygen mask which includes the goggles. you have to use a different mike switch on your yoke to communicate. its a lot of confusion. >> as a pilot do you have an immediateceps of how serious the fire is? i know alarms are going off. but are they accurate in terms of how big the fire is, or do you just smell smoke? >> oftentimes youll smell something. a lot of times with us it turns out to be something theyre burning in t...

Stops circulation down in that compartment. if you did smell the smoke first thing would be to put on your oxygen mask which includes the goggles. you have to use a different mike switch on your yoke to communicate. its a lot of confusion. >> as a pilot do you have an immediate sense of how serious the fire is? i know alarms are going off. but are they accurate in terms of how big the fire is, or do you just smell smoke? >> oftentimes youll smell something. a lot of times with us it turns out to...

Moments later, the pilot loses control of the plane and plunges into the everglades. >> they discovered that it had already burnt up pretty much in the sky. >> may 11, 1996, value jet flight 592 has just taken off from miami bound for atlanta, georgia. six minutes after take-off, the pilots hear a loud noise from inside the body of the plane. seconds later the electrical systems fail. the first officer radios air traffic control. >> return to miami. >> jesse fisher is on duty. >> his voice was v...

>> may 11, 1996, value jet flight 592 has just taken off from miami bound for atlanta, georgia. six minutes after take-off, the pilots hear a loud noise from inside the body of the plane. seconds later the electrical systems failed. the first officer radios air traffic control. >> jesse fisher is on duty. >> his voice was very calm. very in control. he didnt sound urgent. >> while the pilots are assessing the electrical failure, smoke has started to come up through the floors of the cabin. >> wh...