>> reporter: valujet flight 592 from miami to atlanta, the day before mother's day 1996, the pilots hear a loud boom six minutes in to the flight. >> return to miami. >> what kind of problem? >> smoke in the cabin. >> the pilots head to the nearest airport. meanwhile, passengers are yelling about a fire. the aircraft rolls on its side and then crashes nose nose first in to the florida everglades killing all 110 people on board. the ntsb determined the fire began in a cargo compartment. >> if we have fire detection system the crew would have been afforded more time to get the plane on the ground. >> reporter: the faa took those words to heart and as a result revised standards for cargo requiring smoke detectors and automatic fire extinguishers in cargo holds. >> we are on a mayday. we're going down.