"Frank F. Matthews" wrote:

beavis wrote:

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.

They shipped dangerous cargo without proper care.

ValuJet did not knowingly ship dangerous cargo. Their policy was to not
handle dangerous items. The package was not labeled by SabreTech as
dangerous, so the airline did not know what they were handling.