Mid-Flight Fire: Swissair Flight 111 | Fascinating Horror

This short documentary tells the story of Swissair Flight 111, which crashed into the ocean in 1998 just a few minutes after the pilots smelled a strange odour emanating from the air conditioning system...

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CHAPTERS: 🔖
► 00:00 - Intro
► 00:59 - Background
► 02:19 - The Crash of Swissair 111
► 07:47 - The Aftermath

MUSIC: 🎵
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory

SPECIAL THANKS: 🤝
► Many thanks to 0578 Hazen who helped source the Cockpit Voice Recordings from Flight 111, which was vital in researching this story.

SOURCES: 📑
► "Dissection of a Disaster" by Gary Glassman, published by Nova, February 2004. Link: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/aircras...
► "The Crash of Flight 111; A List of Those Killed on Swissair Flight 111" published by The New York Times, September 1998. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/04/ny...
► "Air transportation safety investigation report A98H0003" published by the Transportation Safety Board. Available via: https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-re...
► "Swissair Flight 111: Working together in the midst of tragedy" published by the RCMP Gazette, August 2024. Link: https://rcmp.ca/en/gazette/swissair-f...
► "Mystery of lost diamonds endures, 20 years after the Swissair Flight 111 crash" by Aly Thomson, published by CBC, August 2018. Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...
► "Operation Persistence" published by Veterans Affairs Canada. Link: https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembr...
► "Swissair 111: A Cabin Crew Perspective" by Patricia Green, published by Simple Flying, June 2024. Link: https://simpleflying.com/swissair-111...

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