The devastating crash of the Swissair Flight 111 in 1998 will be retold in a feature project that just started shooting, and is produced by Zurich-based C-Films AG and Nova Scotia’s Auguste Content.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- An electrical spark in wiring of an in-flight entertainment system likely started the fire that brought down Swissair Flight 111 four years ago, and pilots had no chance to ...

Have students locate New York, Halifax, and Geneva on a map. Explain to students that Swissair Flight 111 was bound from New York to Geneva but tried to make an emergency landing in Halifax. Ask ...

NPR's Michele Norris talks with David Evans, editor of Air Safety Week, about methods of investigating airline disasters, and NOVA's documentary Crash of Flight 111, which airs tonight on PBS. The ...

Swissair Flight 111 leaves a valuable safety legacy: Investigators were able to review aircraft flammability standards and improve testing and certification of materials. It also leaves a painful ...

WASHINGTON An electrical spark from an in-flight entertainment system “most likely” ignited insulation, causing the fire that brought down Swissair Flight 111 four years ago, killing all 229 ...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- An electrical spark in wiring of an in-flight entertainment system likely started the fire that brought down Swissair Flight 111 four years ago, and pilots had ...

The devastating crash of the Swissair Flight 111 in 1998 will be retold in a feature project that just started shooting, and is produced by Zurich-based C-Films AG and Nova Scotia’s Auguste Content.

Have students locate New York, Halifax, and Geneva on a map. Explain to students that Swissair Flight 111 was bound from New York to Geneva but tried to make an emergency landing in Halifax. Ask ...