On May 11, 1996, at 1413:42 eastern daylight time, aDouglas DC-9 32 crashed into the Everglades about 10 minutes after takeoff from MiamiInternational Airport (MIA), Miami, Florida. airplane, registration number N904VJ, wasbeing operated by ValuJet Airlines, Inc., as flight 592. Both pilots, the three flightattendants, and all 105 passengers were killed. ValuJet passenger records indicated that104 passengers boarded the airplane. A 4-year-old child also was aboard; however, thepresence of this child was not shown on the passenger manifest or on the weight andbalance and performance fawn. Visual meteorological conditions existed in the Miami areaat the time of takeoff. Flight 592, operating under Part 121, was on an IFR flight mandestined for the William B. Hartsfield International Airport (ATL), Atlanta, Georgia.
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