Dangerous Goods, The hidden risks to commercial aviation

11 May 1996. After a delay caused by a mechanical problem Valujet flight 592, a Douglas DC-9-32 with 105 passengers and five crew onboard pushes back from the gate at Miami International Airport for departure to Atlanta. Twenty minutes later, after taxiing to runway 9 Left, the aircraft is airborne but after only six minutes the flight crew receive indications of significant electrical malfunctions. Shortly after, screams from the cabin of “fire” are recorded on the cockpit voice recorder, with a flight attendant heard to say that the cabin was “completely on fire”. Three minutes after the first indication of a problem the aircraft crashes into the Everglades. There are no survivors.