Swissair report cites wiring, FAA certification
EE Times Online - 39 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — An electrical spark from an in-flight entertainment system “most
likely” ignited insulation, causing the fire that brought down Swissair ...

Fire downed Swissair 111
BBC, UK - 1 hour ago
Investigators have concluded the Swissair Flight 111 crash was caused
by a fire on board the aircraft. The fire is thought to have ...

Spark behind doomed plane
News Interactive, Australia - 2 hours ago
A FIRE likely caused by an electrical spark crept undetected along the insulation
of Swissair Flight 111, giving the pilots no chance to save the 229 people on ...

Wiring fire downed Swissair jet in 1998 - Canada
Reuters AlertNet, UK - 4 hours ago
By Ka Yan Ng. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, March 27 (Reuters) - The fire
that downed a Swissair jet off the coast Nova Scotia in 1998 was ...

Crash report into SR-111
Swissinfo, Switzerland - 4 hours ago
An investigation into the 1998 crash of a Swissair plane off the coast of Canada
says the fire on board was likely caused by an electrical fault in the in ...

Spark from entertainment system likely caused Swissair crash
USA Today - 4 hours ago
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — A fire likely caused by an electrical spark crept
undetected along the insulation of Swissair Flight 111 four years ago, giving ...

Highlights of the report; chronology of events
Edmonton Sun, Canada - 5 hours ago
- The fire that led to the crash most likely started from electrical arcing
that began in wiring above the ceiling on the right side of the cockpit. ...

Electrical Spark Linked to Swissair Crash
Kansas City Star, MO - 5 hours ago
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia - A fire likely caused by an electrical spark crept undetected
along the insulation of Swissair Flight 111 four years ago, giving the ...

Investigators implicate entertainment system wiring in Swissair ...
Canada.com, Canada - 5 hours ago
By The Canadian Press. HALIFAX - Investigators believe electrical arcing
in the cockpit ceiling is the most likely cause of a catastrophic ...

Swissair report fails to pinpoint cause of crash
The Globe and Mail, Canada - 5 hours ago
By PAUL KORING. Halifax — After the most expensive and exhaustive
air-crash probe in Canadian history, investigators have failed ...

Employees warned of heat on jets' entertainment systems
USA Today - 15 hours ago
By Gary Stoller, USA TODAY. A company that supplied entertainment
systems for Swissair jets brushed off employees' concerns about ...

Air crash investigators to publish final report
Swissinfo, Switzerland - 23 hours ago
Thursday’s final report into the 1998 Swissair plane crash will bring an official
end to one of the most complex investigations in aviation history. ...

Fire probably caused crash of Swissair flight
WTVO, IL - 4 hours ago
Halifax, Nova Scotia-AP -- Investigators looking into the crash of a Swissair jet
off the coast of Nova Scotia six years ago say the crash was probably caused ...

Safety Board links wiring to Swissair crash
CTV, Canada - 5 hours ago
Electrical arcing in the cockpit wiring was the most likely flashpoint for a
catastrophic fire that brought down Swissair flight 111 off Nova Scotia in ...

Wiring fire led to Swissair crash, report says
CBC News, Canada - 5 hours ago
HALIFAX - A fire in the wiring was the major contributor to the crash
of Swissair Flight 111, the CBC has learned. A final report ...

Families hoping for answers in Swissair report
CTV, Canada - 6 hours ago
Family members of the 229 people who died in the 1998 crash of Swissair Flight
111 off Nova Scotia might finally get some answers on Thursday, when the ...

Final report on Swissair crash coming today
CBC News, Canada - 7 hours ago
HALIFAX - The final report on the crash of Swissair Flight 111 is scheduled to
be released by Canada's Transportation Safety Board on Thursday morning. ...

Report not likely to close book on Swissair Flight 111
Halifax Daily News, Canada - 7 hours ago
By RICHARD DOOLEY. After more than four years of investigation and
speculation into the cause of the crash of Swissair Flight 111 ...

Families hoping for answers in Swissair report
CTV, Canada - 21 hours ago
HALIFAX — For 4½ long years, Barbara Fetherolf has searched for an answer to
why her daughter - a bright, energetic 16-year-old - stepped on to a plane ...

Families hope for answers in final report of Swissair Flight 111 ...
Ottawa Citizen, Canada - 21 hours ago
An unidentified man visits the memorial to the victims of Swissair
Flight 111 at Whalesback, near Peggy's Cove, NS, on Wednesday. ...

Wiring fire downed Swissair jet in 1998 - Canada
Reuters AlertNet, UK - 33 minutes ago
By Ka Yan Ng. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, March 27 (Reuters) - The fire
that downed a Swissair jet off the coast of Nova Scotia in 1998 ...

Electrical Spark Linked to Swissair Crash
Guardian, UK - 1 hour ago
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) - A fire likely caused by an electrical spark crept undetected
along the insulation of Swissair Flight 111 four years ago, giving the ...

Electrical Spark Linked to Swissair Crash
ABC News - 1 hour ago
A fire likely caused by an electrical spark crept undetected along the insulation
of Swissair Flight 111 four years ago, giving the pilots no chance to save ...

Electrical Spark Linked to Swissair Crash
Austin American Statesman, TX - 1 hour ago
By TOM COHEN. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP)--A fire likely caused by an
electrical spark crept undetected along the insulation of Swissair ...

Wiring Fire Downed Swissair Jet
Washington Post, DC - 3 hours ago
By Ka Yan Ng. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia - The fire that downed a Swissair
jet off the coast of Nova Scotia in 1998 was likely caused by ...

No Chance In '98 Swissair Crash
CBS News - 3 hours ago
"Even if the pilots could have foreseen the eventual deterioration due to the fire,
because of the rapid progression of the fire, they would not have been able ...

Investigators: Fire probably caused by electrical spark brought ...
Newsday - 3 hours ago
By TOM COHEN. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- A fire likely caused by an electrical
spark crept undetected along the insulation of Swissair ...

Electrical fire downed Swissair flight 111
Swissinfo, Switzerland - 4 hours ago
The fire that brought down Swissair jet off the coast Nova Scotia in 1998 was
likely caused by an electrical fault in the plane's entertainment system. ...

Report: Electrical fire probably caused '98 Swissair crash
CNN - 4 hours ago
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) -- A fire likely caused by an electrical spark crept undetected
along the insulation of Swissair Flight 111 four years ago, giving ...

Investigators implicate entertainment system wiring in Swissair ...
Canada.com, Canada - 5 hours ago
Local residents Kerry Bevis and Christine Leblanc look off the coast
at Peggy's Cove, NS, Sepot. 3, 1998 where a Swissair jet plunged ...