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Swissair Flight 111 Memorial

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Swissair Flight 111 Memorial
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial
Address:
8250 Highway 333, Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

Swissair Flight 111 was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States to Cointrin International Airport in Geneva, Switzerland. This flight was also a codeshare flight with Delta Air Lines. On 2 September 1998, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 performing this flight, registration HB-IWF, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax International Airport at the entrance to St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia. The crash site was 8 kilometres from shore, roughly equidistant from the tiny fishing and tourist communities of Peggy's Cove and Bayswater. All 229 passengers and crew onboard the MD-11 were killed, making the crash the deadliest McDonnell Douglas MD-11 accident in aviation history.The search and rescue response, crash recovery operation, and investigation by the Government of Canada took more than four years and cost $57 million CAD. The investigation carried out by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada concluded that flammable material used in the aircraft's structure allowed a fire to spread beyond the control of the crew, resulting in the crash of the aircraft. Several wide-ranging recommendations were made which have been incorporated into new US Federal Aviation Administration standards.Swissair Flight 111 was known as the UN shuttle because of its popularity with United Nations officials; the flight also carried business executives, scientists, and researchers.
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