1998 — Sep 2, Swissair 111 (NY to Geneva) crashes off Peggy’s Cove, N.S., CA–117US of 229

–229  Transportation Safety Board of Canada. In-Flight Fire Leading to Collision with Water. –117  U.S. CNN. “Names of Swissair Crash victims.” Accessed 10-28-2017   States of Residence of U.S. Victims   Alabama          (  1) California        (  7) Colorado         (  2) Connecticut     (10) Florida             (  9) Georgia           (  3) Illinois             (  1) Indiana                        (  2) Kansas             (  1) Louisiana         (  3) Maryland         (  4) Massachusetts (  8) Michigan         (  2) Nevada            (  2) New Jersey      (  9) New York       (27) Ohio                (  7) Pennsylvania   (  1) Utah                (  1) Virginia           (  1) Washington     (  4) Not noted        (11) Narrative Information   TSB Synopsis: “On 2 September 1998, Swissair Flight 111 departed New York, United States of America, at 2018 eastern daylight savings time on a scheduled flight to Geneva, Switzerland, with 215 passengers and 14 crew members on board. About 53 minutes after departure, while cruising at flight level 330, the flight crew smelled an abnormal odour in the cockpit. Their attention was then drawn to an unspecified area behind and above them and they began to investigate the source. Whatever they saw initially was shortly thereafter no longer perceived to be visible. They agreed that the origin of the anomaly was the air conditioning system. When they assessed that what they had seen or were now seeing was definitely smoke, they decided to divert. They initially began a turn toward Boston; however, when air traffic services mentioned Halifax, Nova Scotia, as an alternative airport, they changed the destination to the Halifax International Airport. While the flight crew was preparing for the landing in Halifax, they were unaware that a fire was spreading above the ceiling in the front area of the aircraft. About 13 minutes after the abnormal odour was detected, the aircraft’s flight data recorder began to record a rapid succession of aircraft systems-related failures. The flight crew declared an emergency and indicated a need to land immediately. About one minute later, radio communications and secondary radar contact with the aircraft were lost, and the flight recorders stopped functioning. About five and one-half minutes later, the aircraft crashed into the ocean about five nautical miles southwest of Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada. The aircraft was destroyed and there were no survivors.” (Transportation Safety Board of Canada. Aviation Investigation Report. In-Flight Fire Leading to Collision with Water. Swissair Transport Limited… “Synopsis.”)   Sources   CNN. “Names of Swissair Crash victims.” Accessed 10-28-2017 at: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html   Find A Grave. “Eudyce D Ball.” Record added 9-25-2016. Accessed 10-28-2017 at: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=170566942   Find A Grave. “Jane Browne Bove.” Record added 4-13-2012. Accessed 10-28-2017 at: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88463012   Find A Grave. “Susan Jean Burghardt.” Record added 2-17-2012. Accessed 10-28-2017 at: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85091796   Kimber, Stephen. Flight 111: A Year in the Life of a Tragedy. Seal Books, a division of Random House of Canada, Ltd., 1999. Google digital preview accessed 10-28-2017 at: https://books.google.com/books?id=mFZcDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false   Lawrence Journal World, KS. “Services Scheduled for Victim of Crash.” 10-13-1998. Accessed 10-28-2017 at: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/1998/oct/13/services_scheduled_for_victim/   New York Times. “Deaths: Bolsterli, Andrew H.” 9-5-1998. Accessed 10-28-2017 at: http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/05/classified/paid-notice-deaths-bolsterli-andrew-h.html   New York Times. “Topf, Gibson, Nancy.” 9-8-1998. Accessed 10-28-2017 at: http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/08/classified/paid-notice-deaths-topf-gibson-nancy.html   Newspaperarchive.com. “Obituaries: Odette Tahmoush.” Accessed 10-28-2017 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/odette-tahmoush-obituary-22297151/   Transportation Safety Board of Canada. Aviation Investigation Report. In-Flight Fire Leading to Collision with Water. Swissair Transport Limited, McDonnell Douglas MD-11 HB-IWF, Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia 5 nm SW, 2 September 1998 (Report # A98H0003). 352 pages. Accessed 10-28-2017 at: http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/1998/a98h0003/a98h0003.pdf