Swissair Flight 111
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Depiction of Swissair Flight 111
Swissair Flight 111 was a scheduled flight from New York to Geneva, Switzerland on September, 2 1998.[1] The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas MD-11. Onboard were 215 passengers and 14 crew members.[2] The plane had a cockpit fire.[2] It crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Nova Scotia. All 229 people died. It was the second-worst accident ever in the Halifax, Nova Scotia area.[3]
Nationality | Passengers | Crew | Total |
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1 | 0 | 1 |
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2 | 0 | 2 |
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1 | 0 | 1 |
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1 | 0 | 1 |
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5 | 0 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 3 |
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1 | 0 | 1 |
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30 | 0 | 30 |
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3 | 0 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 2 |
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1 | 0 | 1 |
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1 | 0 | 1 |
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4 | 0 | 4 |
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1 | 0 | 1 |
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3 | 0 | 3 |
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1 | 0 | 1 |
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2 | 0 | 2 |
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1 | 0 | 1 |
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2 | 0 | 2 |
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1 | 0 | 1 |
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1 | 0 | 1 |
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2 | 0 | 2 |
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1 | 0 | 1 |
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1 | 0 | 1 |
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28 | 13 | 41 |
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1 | 0 | 1 |
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6 | 0 | 6 |
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131 | 1 | 132 |
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1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 215 | 14 | 229 |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Swissair Flight 111 tragedy still raw 15 years later". CBC/Radio-Canada. September 2, 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "#OnThisDay in 1998, Swissair Flight 111 suffers a catastrophic cockpit fire near Halifax". AIRLIVE.net. September 2, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ↑ Mike Claffey (September 4, 1998). "They Got Vests & Waited to Die Jet Fell Minutes Short of Halifax". NYDailyNews.com. Retrieved December 25, 2016.