Once at altitude, Bill noticed a Northwest Airlines DC-9 a few miles off our left wing.
Corsetti also said that the DC-9 didn't have life raft capacity for all those aboard.
ValuJet Flight 592, a DC-9, crashes into the Florida Everglades at approximately 2:15 p.m.
CNN: Events and developments related to the crash of ValuJet Flight 592
The Atlanta-bound DC-9 crashed shortly after takeoff last May 11, killing all 110 people aboard.
The DC-9 crashed shortly after takeoff on a Miami to Atlanta flight, killing all 110 people aboard.
The Flight 592 crew had reported smoke in the cockpit and cabin shortly before the DC-9 crashed.
The DC-9 pilot faced 8- to 15-foot seas in the 1970 ditching and the Ethiopian jet was dealing with offshore waves.
Hinson said all ValuJet pilots meet FAA requirements and pointed out that both the pilot and copilot of the DC-9 that crashed had substantial flight experience.
In those last moments, voices can be heard screaming about a fire in the cabin just before the DC-9 slammed into the Everglades, killing all 110 people aboard.
Simulated tests using a cargo bay from a scrap jetliner similar to the DC-9 were completed Thursday at a Federal Aviation Administration technical center in Egg Harbor Township.
The only actual historical citation of an attempt I could find for a large plane landing on a U.S. Highway was Southern Airways Flight 242, a DC-9, in 1977.
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The source of the fire has still not been pinpointed, but it was widely speculated that a group of oxygen generators in the cargo hold may have caused or contributed to a blaze in the cargo hold of the DC-9.
While no official cause of the crash has been named, sources have told CNN that 150 of the oxygen generators -- improperly packed and stowed in the DC-9's cargo hold -- are believed to have ignited the fire that brought down the plane.
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