In article 42, James
Robinson wrote:

... they were the first airline to
extensively contract out maintenance. Something done in many other
industries, I might add. There was an accident, which arguably wasn't the
fault of the airline management, and were then considered as "unsafe".

Please. They contracted things out to SabreTech because they were
CHEAPER, simple as that. Their subcontractor cut corners, and 110
people died as a result. ValuJet wasn't DIRECTLY responsible, no, but
they were most certainly at fault for using a shady contractor.

Further, the cabin-to-cockpit interphone had been deferred, meaning the
cabin crew had no way to communicate the fire to the flight crew other
than yelling through the cockpit door.

So yes, Valujet shared a great deal of responsibility for the crash.