Photographed on 4 November 2002
Located on the west side of Highway 329
GPS location: 44°29'58"N 64°04'07"W
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Photographed on 4 November 2002
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Photographed at 7:12am, 15 November 2002, ten minutes before dawn
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Photographed at dawn, 15 November 2002
Panel one: photographed at dawn, 15 November 2002
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Panel seven: photographed at dawn, 15 November 2002
Links to Relevant Websites
Swissair 111 Investigation Report: Executive Summary Transportation Safety Board
Transportation Safety Board of Canada: Official Report on Swiss Air Flight 111
Transportation Safety Board of Canada: Official Report on Swiss Air Flight 111
Brief history of the disaster On 2 September 1998 at 2118 ADT
Information and discussion of the crash, investigation, victims and
Lost at Sea: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Transcript 3 Sep 1998
PBS NOVA: Crash of Swissair Flight 111
Photograph: Swissair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 HB-IWB
Air Traffic Control Preliminary Transcript of Swissair Flight 111 2 Sep 1998
Swissair Flight 111 Nationmaster Encyclopedia
Before Swissair Flight 111 crashed, the pilot reported an in-flight fire.
Swissair flight 111
Fact Sheet: State Department on Swissair/Delta 111 Crash
Bill No. 115: Flight 111 Special Places Memorial Act
Swissair Crash Tests Relations With Insurers Wall Street Journal
Swissair's Drama – SR111 Aircraft Crashes Record Office, Geneva
Swissair 111 Reconsidered by William Henry, AirLiners.net
How to crash an in-flight entertainment system 2007 Feb 09
ISASI; International Society of Air Safety Investigators
Swissair Flight 111: The Accident that redefined CRM
Speech by Mr Jeffrey G. Katz President and CEO, Swissair
Swissair 111 Memorials To Carry Airline Name And Flight Number
Jack Gallagher, Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary, 3 Sep 1999
List of Mayday episodes (TV series)
List: Swissair historical McDonnell Douglas MD-11s
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 production list
ABC Evening News for Thursday, Sep 03, 1998
NBC Evening News for Sunday, Sep 06, 1998
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania:
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Swissair stopped flying on 31 March 2002
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Zurich, 3 Sep 1998 9:30am: Swissair aircraft involved in accident
Zurich, 3 Sep 1998 12:30pm: Update on Swissair accident
Zurich, 3 Sep 1998 5:30pm: No survivors
Zurich, 3 Sep 1998 8:30pm: Swissair offers immediate compensation to families
Zurich, 4 Sep 1998 12:50pm: Relatives en route to the accident site
Zurich, 4 Sep 1998 6:45pm: Few new details in crash of SR 111
Halifax, 5 Sep 1998 9:30am: Jeffrey Katz: "An emotional day for all concerned"
Zurich, 5 Sep 1998 11:00pm: Transcript of last radio contact...
Zurich, 6 Sep 1998 12:15pm: Direct approach to Halifax could not have been flown
Zurich, 6 Sep 1998 11:30pm: Flight data recorder of SR 111 recovered
Zurich, 7 Sep 1998 12:30am: Statement from Swissair's President and CEO
Zurich, 7 Sep 1998 11:00pm: No legible flight-data-recorder information...
Zurich, 9 Sep 1998 9:00am: Swissair files complaints against inflight entertainment system suppliers
Zurich, 9 Sep 1998 2:30pm: SAirGroup media conferences moved to Swissõtel Zurich
Zurich, 9 Sep 1998 5:00pm: Memorial services in Zurich, Geneva and New York
Zurich, 9 Sep 1998 5:50pm: Account number issued for children's donations
Zurich, 9 Sep 1998 6:00pm: Better weather aids recovery operations near Halifax
Zurich, 9 Sep 1998 7:00pm: SR111 crew had emergency checklist to deal with smoke in the cockpit
Zurich, 9 Sep 1998 8:00pm: Swiss Federal Councilors to attend memorial services for SR 111 victims
Zurich, 10 Sep 1998 7:00pm: Safety-standard comparison of long-haul aircraft
Zurich, 11 Sep 1998 6:45pm: Clarification regarding DC bus tie sensing relay
Zurich, 12 Sep 1998 1:00am: Voice Recorder recovered
Zurich, 12 Sep 1998 7:00pm: Halifax cancels air show, Personal effects to be returned
Zurich, 14 Sep 1998 7:00pm: SR 111 had 59 kg of valuables aboard
Zurich, 14 Sep 1998 11:00pm: Last six minutes missing on second black box, too
Zurich, 16 Sep 1998 5:00pm: SR 111 news update – Wednesday, September 16
Zurich, 17 Sep 1998 11:00pm: Analysis isolates DNA patterns for 142 victims
Zurich, 18 Sep 1998 5:45pm: SR 111 news update – News update Friday, September 18
Zurich, 15 Oct 1998 6:00pm: Swissair supports FAA endeavours on new insulation materials
Zurich, 29 Oct 1998 1:00pm: Swissair takes precautionary measure
Zurich, 20 Nov 1998 9:45pm: SR 111 update - heat or fire source localised
Zurich, 23 Nov 1998 5:30pm: SR 111 update - correct certification procedure for inflight entertainment system
Zurich, 1 Mar 1999 6:00pm: SR 111 update - immediate aid of CHF 195 000 per victim
Zurich, 3 Aug 1999 5:00pm: SR 111 update - Initial court date for Swissair
Zurich, 5 Aug 1999 6:00pm: SR 111 update - Swissair and Boeing to jointly pay any damages
Zurich, 9 Nov 1999 3:00pm: SR 111 update - Swissair to equip MD-11 fleet with new insulation material
Zurich, 21 Dec 1999 3:00pm: SR 111 update - Interment
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USA TodaySwissair Flight 111 ArchiveUSA Today, 2003 February 16 Doomed plane's gaming system exposes holes in FAA oversight A small Las Vegas company with large ambitions and marquee investors sold U.S. regulators and Swissair on a video gaming system for airplanes. Until Flight 111 crashed, no one realized how many chances had been taken with passengers' safety... http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2003-02-16-swissair-investigation_x.htm USA Today, 2003 February 17 Changes since FAA review of Flight 111 http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2003-02-17-findings_x.htm Note: The following item is one of the best descriptions I've seen, of the management and regulatory failures that led to the Swissair Flight 111 disaster. ICS Doomed plane's gaming system exposes holes in FAA oversight Even on an airline famous for its service, Swissair's night flight from New York to Geneva was something special. Flight 111 was dubbed "the U.N. shuttle" for its popularity with United Nations officials, although passenger lists regularly carried the names of prominent scientists, researchers and business executives, too. Hours after the jumbo jet crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 2, 1998, killing all 229 people aboard, Canadian and U.S. aviation authorities zeroed in on something else that was distinctive about Flight 111. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 was one of only a few jets in the world with a pioneering interactive entertainment system that let passengers select and watch movies on personal consoles, shop and, on various international flights, use credit cards to play computer casino games. Although the final accident report has not yet been released, the Canadian government has considered the system's electronics as a possible source of an electrical fire that may have caused the crash... Mlynarczyk says IFT's system was very rudimentary and unsuitable for aircraft use, but the company pressured him to accelerate the certification process. He says much work was needed before the equipment could pass FAA tests, including environmental and electromagnetic interference tests. "They had no clue what it would take to get an STC," says Mlynarczyk. "They would send some information about the system, and when we'd say, 'That's not good enough,' they'd say, 'You're trying to gouge us for more money.' They were running out of funds and trying to shortcut so many things"... In August 1997, the MD-11 jet that would later crash as Swissair Flight 111 entered a hangar for a maintenance overhaul by Swissair mechanics and an entertainment system installation by Hollingsead. IFT directors began leaving the company in the fall, a year before the crash... http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2003/2003-02-17-swissair.htm USA Today, 2003 February 25 FAA failings in Swissair crash follow a too-familiar pattern ...In all three tragedies, the FAA botched its paramount mission: to make sure that those inspecting, maintaining and modifying commercial airliners do their jobs properly... The Swissair crash underscores the risks of further delay. USA Today reported last week that the airline had fitted some of its planes with a sophisticated entertainment system that let passengers watch movies, shop and gamble. The FAA failed to oversee the installation, and problems later surfaced with both the system and Santa Barbara Aerospace, the company that signed off on the safety of the planes. Before the crash, the FAA repeatedly cited the firm for poor performance and even briefly suspended it while the entertainment system was being installed on Swissair planes. Those concerns should have prompted the FAA to take a closer look at the project. But it didn't. Swissair Flight 111 carried a system suspected of sparking a deadly electrical fire, though an official cause has not yet been released. Only after the crash did the FAA acknowledge risks with the system and Santa Barbara Aerospace's procedures... http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-02-25-our-view_x.htm USA Today, 2003 March 09 Officials to probe use of aviation contractors http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2003-03-09-swissair_x.htm USA Today, 2003 March 26 Employees warned of heat on jets' entertainment systems http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2003-03-26-swissair_x.htm USA Today, 2003 March 27 Crash report points to wiring An electrical wiring problem was the most likely cause of a fire that caused Swissair Flight 111 to crash into the Atlantic Ocean near Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1998, Canadian investigators said in a report Thursday... The entertainment system was made by a U.S. company, Interactive Flight Technologies. After the crash, Swissair disconnected the system from its planes and the Federal Aviation Administration, citing problems with its design, banned it from airliners... http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2003-03-27-swissair-crah_x.htm USA Today, 2003 July 08 In-flight entertainment systems linked to scores of jet 'difficulties' http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2003-07-08-plane-cover_x.htm USA Today, 2003 December 31 Report on air-safety checks nears finish http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2003-12-31-gao_x.htm USA Today, 2004 June 07 Fatal fire hazards find hiding places inside planes http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-06-07-plane-fires_x.htm USA Today, 2005 March 04 Troubled airline industry in for more costs The FAA in 2000 required that the insulation on certain models made by McDonnell Douglas be replaced, following the investigation of Swissair Flight 111, which crashed off the coast of Nova Scotia in 1998. The deadline is June 30, 2005... http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2005-03-04-insulation-replacement_x.htm USA Today, 2005 April 01 FAA: Safety rules require aircraft insulation change http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-04-01-boeing-insulation_x.htm USA Today, 2005 April 03 FAA: Replace jet insulation to cut fire risk http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-04-03-faa-jets-insulation_x.htm USA Today, 2007 June 07 Defendants acquitted in Swissair trial http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2007-06-07-489295710_x.htm These links were accessed and found to be valid on 28 September 2010. Table of Contents |
The Times LondonSwissair Flight 111 ArchiveLondon Times, 2002 November 20 Swiss cuts fleet and jobs after six months ...Swissair went bankrupt in October 2001, after more than 70 years in the skies... http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article833283.ece London Times, 2004 June 23 Wiring fault fires are linked to air crashes http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article448825.ece London Times, 2005 March 23 Alpine firms prove better at going downhill ...this week two famous firms gave up. Instead they sat down in the snow, clutched their sore ankles and waited for the air ambulance to arrive. In the case of Swiss, the inheritor of the insolvent Swissair, the stretcher bearers were Lufthansa cabin crew. A complicated holding company structure is being created to preserve landing rights and Helvetic pride but the Swiss Government has blessed the Lufthansa takeover and in the end Swiss will become German... http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/article434598.ece London Times, 2005 March 23 Lufthansa to take over Swiss http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/business/article430382.ece London Times, 2005 December 04 Brian Carey: Swisscom should learn from Swissair crash ...The experience of Swissair, whose Icarus-like demise was caused by overexpansion, still chastens those who govern the cantons. And the parallels are not only valid, they are downright eery. Swissair was once known as the "flying bank", such was its financial stability. The airline then decided to put itself at the centre of an alliance of smaller European airlines, taking stakes in Sabena and TAP and purchasing two regional French airlines. As a result of its "hunter strategy", the small airline racked up huge borrowings, and in the wake of 9/11 collapsed under the strain. The airline was grounded on October 2, and when the planes started flying again, pilots had to carry cash in satchels at the front of the plane to pay for fuel... http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article745316.ece London Times, 2006 April 03 Swissair executives to face fraud charges http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article701329.ece London Times, 2006 June 03 Council can't tell its art from its eyesore ...Ruined Art: 1998 Pablo Picasso's Le Peintre (The Painter), worth an estimated £1 million, is destroyed when a Swissair plane crashed near Halifax, Nova Scotia http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article671104.ece London Times, 2007 October 19 Swiss watch in bewilderment as black and white issues take centre stage in election ...For decades Switzerland has been synonymous with genteel cosmopolitanism – host to international organisations and peace negotiations – discretion and quality craftsmanship. Over the past decade that image has been badly bruised. Swissair, one of Europe's top airlines, went bust... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2690155.ece London Times, 2008 April 04 Tempus: Flagging hopes ...Swissair has become Swiss International Airlines, which is German-owned...
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Interactive Flight Technologies Inc.Interactive Flight Technologies was incorporated in Delaware in August 1994 and is the successor by merger to In-Flight Entertainment Services Corp., a New York corporation incorporated in February 1994. IFT completed an initial public offering of its securities in March 1995.Sixty stories Business Wire, 1995 April 27 Gaming system manufacturer reacts to DOT interpretation on in-flight gambling; Interactive Flight Technologies sees growth opportunities http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1995_April_27/ai_16870162 Business Wire, 1995 June 28 Interactive Flight Technologies reports 2nd quarter results http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1995_June_28/ai_17159818 Business Wire, 1995 August 02 Interactive Flight Technologies - Up, Up & Away!! In-Flight Entertainment System nets FAA STC certification based on Alitalia test flight http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1995_August_2/ai_17120179 Business Wire, 1995 October 16 Interactive Flight Technologies enters into agreement with seven major film distributors for digitalization of films for in-flight viewing http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1995_Oct_16/ai_17632783 Business Wire, 1995 December 06 Alitalia MD-11 jet departs Rome for Chicago with first totally digitized in-flight entertainment system featuring video-on-demand Interactive Flight Technologies, Inc. has announced that the first passenger flight equipped with its in-flight entertainment system featuring video-on-demand has been officially introduced on Alitalia's regularly scheduled Rome-Chicago, Chicago-Rome service... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1995_Dec_6/ai_17829140 New York Times, 1996 February 07 Business Travel; A historic reminder of how far commercial aviation has come http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE2D91439F934A35751C0A960958260 Business Wire, 1996 April 30 IFT signs $5 million deal with Debonair Airways; British carrier to offer casino-style gaming to airline passengers http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_April_30/ai_18234220 Business Wire, 1996 May 01 Interactive Flight Technologies announces pact with Spanish charter carrier, Oasis Airlines http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_May_1/ai_18240819 Business Wire, 1996 May 02 Interactive Flight Technologies signs agreement with Swissair; IFT to install In-Flight Entertainment System, complete with Casino-Style Gambling, On All 21 of its long-haul jets http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_May_2/ai_18242882 Business Wire, 1996 May 06 Interactive Flight Technolgies distributes supplement to its exercise offer prospectus http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_May_6/ai_18265862 New York Times, 1996 May 08 Business Travel; A casino operator's dream: potential gamblers who may be bored and are unable to walk away http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F07E1DE1539F93BA35756C0A960958260 Business Wire, 1996 June 18 Interactive Flight Technologies reports first quarterly revenues of $1.6 million in the fiscal second quarter http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_June_18/ai_18400596 Phoenix Business Journal, 1996 June 21 Interactive Flight Technologies leaving Las Vegas http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/1996/06/24/story1.html Phoenix Business Journal, 1996 July 12 Phoenix beats Colorado for Vegas company move...Interactive Flight Technologies expects to be up and running in its new Phoenix location by next week... http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/1996/07/15/story8.html Business Wire, 1996 July 23 Interactive Flight Technologies completes deal with Swissair valued at between $70 to $80 million; IFT to install in-flight entertainment system, complete with casino-style gambling, on all 21 of its long-haul jets http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_July_23/ai_18500428 New York Times, 1996 July 24 Swissair Enters Gambling http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E5D71639F937A15754C0A960958260 Business Wire, 1996 July 25 Interactive Flight Technologies selects Hollingsead International as supplier for systems integration Interactive Flight Technologies Inc. has selected Hollingsead International of Santa Fe Springs, California, as the systems integrator for its In-Flight Entertainment Network... Besides casino gaming, the system will offer passengers totally-digital video-on-demand and various children's video games. Passengers will access the system by a credit card swipe and enter the amount of money they wish to have in credits. This proprietary system allows passengers to touch the screen to begin casino-style gaming. Winnings will be credited back to their credit cards. Hollingsead International will be responsible for installation, as well as FAA certification... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_July_25/ai_18526374 SEC Info, 1996 July 30 Agreement between Interactive Flight Technologies Inc. and Hollingsead International ...This agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into July 30, 1996 by and between Interactive Flight Technologies Inc. ("IFT") and Hollingsead International Inc. ("HI") based on the following facts and circumstances: A. IFT has designed a unique interactive entertainment system for use on commercial aircraft ("Aircraft") which includes video on demand, interactive entertainment games and casino style gaming (the "System"). B. To date the system has been installed on first and business class seats for a limited number of Aircraft. C. The parties are entering into this Agreement for the purpose of HI providing to IFT the engineering services ("Services"), manufacture of the installation kit ("Kits"), the installation labor ("Installation Labor") and airworthiness certification ("Certification") to be performed in accordance with the time schedule attached hereto (the "Project Schedule") to enable use of the System by the airlines who are IFT's customers (the "Customers") subject to the terms of this Agreement. D. IFT shall have the sole responsibility for technical validation and total system architecture. E. This Agreement will specify the terms and conditions pursuant to which (i) HI will be the exclusive System Integrator and Program Manager to provide the Services, Kits, Installation Labor and Certification for installation of IFT's System for Swissair and (ii) IFT and HI will work together toward forming a strategic alliance for the growth, development and marketing of the System. The Terms and Conditions of the Strategic Alliance will be mutually developed and agreed upon within 45 days following the execution of this Agreement or such later date as may further mutually determined... 3.5 INSPECTION AND TESTING, REJECTION AND RETURN. During the course of the performance of the Services and the manufacture of the Kits or part(s) thereof, IFT (together with any representative of the Customer) shall be entitled to (i) witness the work associated with the Services, manufacture of the Kits or part(s) thereof or Installation Labor, (ii) inspect or test the Kits or part(s) thereof to determine if the Kits or part(s) thereof comply with the Engineering Drawings, Specifications and Statement of Work. The inspection which IFT may perform, at IFT's option, may take place either at HI's facility, IFT's facility in the United States or at the airport facility of the Customer at the installation location. Provided that HI shall have complied with the provisions of Sections 3.1 through 3.4, IFT shall accept the performance of HI pursuant to this Agreement. To the extent the Kits or part(s) thereof do not conform to the Engineering Drawings, Specifications or SOW ("Non-Conforming Kits or part(s) thereof"), IFT may reject any Non-Conforming Kits or part(s) thereof and return any such part to HI in accordance with HI's return material authorization procedure at HI's expense to HI's facility. HI will promptly repair or replace any Non-Conforming Kits or part(s) thereof with Kits or part(s) thereof which comply with the Engineering Drawings, Specifications and SOW... 3.1.9 CABLING AND HARNESS DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. HI shall design and supply specified cabling to connect the individual System components together and to connect the System to Aircraft power and existing System. The number of disconnects within the Aircraft shall be kept to a minimum to enhance reliability but support the maintainability of the System. It shall be the responsibility of HI to define the number and location of disconnects and grouping of cables between equipment within the Aircraft. Cable and harness design and assembly shall follow the guidelines of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas as applicable. All HI provided System cables and harness shall be designed with sufficient length to facilitate ease of installation, a lack of static tension on the cables and good installation maintenance practices (i.e. drip loops, etc.). Mounting hardware used to install all HI provided cables and harnesses shall be provided as part of the cable or harness assembly... http://www.secinfo.com/dRqWm.8CXg.c.htm Oklahoma City Journal Record, 1996 August 05 Airlines dabble in video gambling ...Swissair's gaming offerings will be limited at first to relatively benign games like lotto and bingo, spokeswoman Linda Parseghian said – holding back on blackjack, poker, electronic roulette and other games that its supplier, Interactive Flight Technologies Inc. of Las Vegas, is also developing. Swissair also said it plans to program its units to limit betting to $100 per passenger per trip... Interactive, which has retired Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr. (secretary of State under President Reagan) on its board, also has contracts to place units aboard Debonair's six commuter-size aircraft and Oasis' two Airbus A-310 planes... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_19960805/ai_n10095765 Business Wire, 1996 October 03 John Alderfer named Chief Financial Officer of Interactive Flight Technologies http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_Oct_3/ai_18734547 Air Transport World, 1996 November Fix it! IFE problems plague airlines ...AirView was short-listed as one of two final competitors in a competition for Swissair but lost out to Interactive Flight Technologies, according to Del Maners, VP-sales and marketing for transportation and entertainment. He added that the company is in final negotiations with other European airlines. The system going into Swissair will offer video-on-demand (VOD) with up to sixty feature-length films to choose from, as well as video games and gambling, according to IFT. The Pentium-based systems are scheduled to be installed late this year. IFT said it also has signed agreements with Debonair in the U.K., and Oasis, a Spanish charter operator... http://www.iasa.com.au/folders/sr111/fix_it.html New York Times, 1996 November 15 Hyatt investing in Interactive Flight Technologies http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEEDD173AF936A25752C1A960958260 Business Wire, 1996 December 03 Tom Metzler named president and chief operating officer of Interactive Flight Technologies http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_Dec_3/ai_18900433 Business Wire, 1996 December 20 Brian Barents named director of Interactive Flight Technologies http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_Dec_20/ai_18968223 Business Wire, 1997 January 27 IFT launches first flight with casino gambling on Swissair MD-11 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Jan_27/ai_19055442/pg_1 New York Times, 1997 January 29 There's a new scheme afoot... Really High Stakes A Swissair MD-11 took off from Zurich last Friday on a round-trip flight to Singapore, and has since flown round trip from Zurich to Montreal. What is special about those flights is that the plane is the first to provide in-flight gambling, according to Interactive Flight Technologies, the developer of the system. Touch screens at displays offer passengers music and computer games, as well as lotto, keno and video slot machines, all payable by credit card... http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E5DB1F3AF93AA15752C0A961958260 Business Wire, 1997 February 20 Interactive Flight Technologies announces the ability to buy on margin its Class A common stock http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Feb_20/ai_19141977 Business Wire, 1997 March 18 Interactive Flight Technologies reports fiscal first quarter results and changes to sales and marketing of its system http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_March_18/ai_19217693 Business Wire, 1997 April 14 IFT signs memorandum of understanding for Swissair's purchase of in-flight entertainment system http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_April_14/ai_19309326 Phoenix Business Journal, 1997 May 16 High-tech firm to trade on Nasdaq...Interactive Flight Technologies Inc., Phoenix, received approval from The Nasdaq Stock Market to begin trading on its national market... http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/1997/05/12/daily9.html Business Wire, 1997 June 05 Interactive Flight Technologies Inc. elects Tom Metzler to board of directors http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_June_5/ai_19482293 Business Wire, 1997 June 13 Interactive Flight Technologies reports fiscal second quarter results http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_June_13/ai_19494131 New York Times, 1997 July 06 Making Friendly Wagers In the Skies http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E6D61F31F935A35754C0A961958260 Business Wire, 1997 September 15 Interactive Flight Technologies Reports Fiscal Third Quarter Results http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Sept_15/ai_19766886 Phoenix Business Journal, 1997 September 26 Underwriter takes heat at Interactive Flight http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/1997/09/29/story4.html Business Wire, 1997 November 12 Interactive Flight Technologies Inc. Termination Of Strategic Alliance and Resignation of Directors ...John Pritzker and and Adam Aaron have resigned from the board of directors of Interactive Flight Technologies Inc... the company also announced the resignations of General Alexander Haig and Brian Barents from the board of directors... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Nov_12/ai_19973034 New York Times, 1997 November 23 On I.P.O.'s, This Book May Be a Few Pages Short http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940CE0DE133BF930A15752C1A961958260 Computergram International, 1998 January 28 Interactive Flight Blames Losses Weak In-Flight Market http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CGN/is_n3336/ai_20186949 Business Wire, 1998 April 01 Interactive Flight Technologies Inc. Announces Additional Orders from Swissair ... The Swissair orders include the purchase from Interactive Flight Technologies Inc. of an additional two years of warranty on the In-flight Entertainment Networks previously installed on nineteen Swissair aircraft. In addition, Swissair is placing an order for the purchase and installation of Interactive Flight Technologies Inc.'s In-flight Entertainment Network for the first and business class sections of three additional MD-11 aircraft... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1998_April_1/ai_n27519461 New York Times, 1998 August 19 Entertainment In the Skies; Glitches Still Hurting Video With Wings http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E7D7143DF93AA2575BC0A96E958260 Business Wire, 1998 August 27 Ocean Castle Partners, LLC Proposes New Board of Directors for Interactive Flight Technologies, Inc http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1998_August_27/ai_50269875 Business Wire, 1998 September 16 Interactive Flight Technologies, Inc. Settles Proxy Contest; Ocean Castle Nominees All Elected to Board, Replacing Former Board Members http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1998_Sept_16/ai_53012354 New York Times, 1998 October 30 Heat Damage Is Found in Wires of Swissair Video System http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1DA163FF933A05753C1A96E958260 Wired, 1998 October 30 Did Game System Doom Flight 111? http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/1998/10/15940 Business Wire, 1998 October 30 Interactive Flight Technologies, Inc. Issues Statement Following Decision by Swissair to Deactivate the Company's In-Flight Entertainment System On All Swissair MD-11s and 747s ...The Company and its system integrator/installation contractor, Hollingsead International Inc., intend to work closely with Swissair to address the installation concerns that have been raised and to take the necessary steps that will allow Swissair to reactivate the system as quickly as possible... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1998_Oct_30/ai_53149186 Business Wire, 1998 October 30 Interactive Flight Technologies, Inc. Makes Announcement ...Shareholders voted to approve the Company's slate of five new directors, thus replacing the entire former board... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1998_Oct_30/ai_53151514 New York Times, 1998 November 01 The New, Unsinkable Stock Options http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E6DF143FF932A35752C1A96E958260 1999 January 28 In-Flight Entertainment System [IFEN] on Swissair Aircraft [MD-11 and B-747] http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Concourse/7349/IFEN.html?200829 Business Wire, 1999 February 04 Interactive Flight Technologies, Inc. To Merge Its Interactive Entertainment Division With The Network Connection, Inc http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Feb_4/ai_53706331 Business Wire, 1999 February 04 The Network Connection, Inc. Announces Merger With Interactive Flight Technologies Entertainment Division http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Feb_4/ai_53706334 Business Wire, 1999 February 04 Interactive Flight Technologies, Inc. To Be Exclusive Operator Of A Daily Lottery In England... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Feb_4/ai_53706337 Business Wire, 1999 March 17 Interactive Flight Technologies, Inc. Announces First Quarter Financial Results ...Commenting on the results, Irwin L. Gross, Chairman and CEO, stated, "The Company's revenues are currently at a standstill pending the reactivation of its in-flight systems on Swissair..." http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_March_17/ai_54136632 Business Wire, 1999 March 19 Interactive Flight Technologies, Inc. Special Meeting of Stockholders Unable to Secure a Quorum http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_March_19/ai_54155704 Business Wire, 1999 May 03 The Network Connection, Inc. Signs Definitive Agreement With Interactive Flight Technologies, Inc. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_May_3/ai_54531254 Business Wire, 1999 May 19 Interactive Flight Technologies Exits Dry Cleaning Business... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_May_19/ai_54667383 Air Safety Week, 1999 June 14 News Briefs Not off the hook: In its $100 million lawsuit against Swissair, the manufacturer of the interactive inflight entertainment system installed in the accident airplane, Interactive Flight Technologies, declared that the wiring connecting its system to the accident aircraft had been exonerated by Canadian investigators of the Flight 111 crash. The assertion may be a bit premature... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0UBT/is_24_13/ai_54890277/pg_3 Business Wire, 1999 June 15 Interactive Flight Technologies Announces Second Quarter and Six Months Financial Results http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_June_15/ai_54880916 Business Wire, 1999 June 15 The Network Connection, Inc. -TNCi- Appoints Two New Board Members http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_June_15/ai_54888282 World Airline News, 1999 September 10 Swissair Flight 111 Families Go On The Offensive http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ZCK/is_37_9/ai_55727875/pg_1 Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 1999 September 11 Swissair Files Legal Complaint against Phoenix Firm as Precaution ...SAirGroup, the airline's parent, on Thursday filed a complaint in Switzerland against Interactive Flight Technologies Inc. as well as the companies that installed and certificated the movie and games system... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_199909/ai_n22425616 Air Safety Week, 1999 September 13 In-Flight Entertainment System Installation Found Deficient http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0UBT/is_37_13/ai_55745831 Business Wire, 1999 September 15 Interactive Flight Technologies, Inc. Enters Into Lottery System Purchase and Facilities Management Services Agreements With International Lottery & Totalizator Systems, Inc http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Sept_15/ai_55750626 Air Safety Week, 1999 October 04 No Longer Valid http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0UBT/is_40_13/ai_56001790/pg_1 Global Technologies Ltd., 2001 May 08 We are a defendant in a Multi-District Class Action Lawsuit... Swissair/MDL-1269, in regards to an air crash near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia. This Multi-district litigation, which is being overseen by the United States District Court for the Eastern Division of Pennsylvania, relates to the crash of Swissair Flight No. 111 on September 2, 1998. The aircraft involved in the crash was a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 equipped with an in-flight interactive entertainment system developed by the Interactive Entertainment Division that The Network Connection acquired from us. Since then, a number of claims have been filed by the families of the victims of the crash. We have been named as one of the many defendants, including Swissair, Boeing, DuPont and The Network Connection, in this consolidated multi-district litigation. Our aviation insurer is defending us in the action. We have $10 million in insurance coverage related to the action. With respect to additional insurance coverage, a court has ruled that an umbrella policy for an additional $10 million in insurance does not cover the Swissair action. Currently, we do not plan to appeal such ruling in connection with the Swissair crash. If liability is assessed against us, to the extent this liability exceeds the available insurance, our business will be adversely affected. If found liable for an amount substantially in excess of the limits of our coverage, we could lose all of our assets... Source:— Securities and Exchange Commission Global Technologies Ltd. Form S-3 Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2001
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TSB Official Report on Swissair Flight 111 Published 27 March 2003 1.0 Factual Information 1.14 Fire 1.6.10 Electrical System 1.9 Communications 1.11 Flight Recorders 2.0 Analysis 3.0 Conclusions 4.0 Safety Action 4.3.3 Aircraft Wiring Issues 5.0 Appendices Appendix C Swissair 'Smoke of Unknown Origin' Checklist |
Santa Barbara Aerospace Inc.Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 1997 April 04 Aircraft Repair Firm to Expand in San Bernardino, California The aircraft maintenance business is booming. So much so that a Santa Barbara firm is doubling the size of its planned repair facility at San Bernardino International Airport before the business has had a chance to get off the ground. Santa Barbara Aerospace Inc. is expected in the next few weeks to sign a 30-year lease worth an estimated $54.5 million for more than 500,000 square feet of hanger space at the former Norton Air Force Base... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_199704/ai_n22331374 Business Wire, 1997 October 30 Employment Training Panel Provides Over $1 Million in Job Training Funds for Training at Former Site of Norton Air Force Base and in Santa Barbara ...California's Employment Training Panel announced today they awarded $1,077,246 to Santa Barbara Aerospace, Inc. to retrain 599 of its employees... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Oct_30/ai_19937572 Transportation Safety Board of Canada, 1998 SR111 Supporting Information: Companies and Agencies Involved in the In-Flight Entertainment Network (IFEN) Project Swissair...contracted with Interactive Flight Technologies Inc. (IFT) to install a passenger entertainment system in its fleet of MD-11 and B-747 aircraft... On 10 October 1996, Swissair accepted an offer, dated 2 September 1996, known as the September 1996 Offer, from its technical services department to coordinate and oversee the installation. The on-aircraft installation was carried out by Hollingsead International (HI). IFT was also a signatory to this document... Located in Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Aerospace Inc. (SBA) was an approved repair station... HI contracted with SBA to provide the certification services necessary to obtain a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC). SBA did not perform any design or installation functions in support of the STC. SBA performed all certification activities, including approving data to demonstrate compliance with applicable regulations, test witnessing, drawing review, and parts and installation conformity activities... http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/air/1998/a98h0003/02sti/18additionalinformation/companies.asp M2 Presswire, 1998 June 09 FAA proposes civil penalty against Santa Barbara Aerospace ...The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a $300,000 civil penalty against Santa Barbara Aerospace of Goleta, California... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_199806/ai_n19780995 Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 1998 October 12 Aerospace Firm to Move Headquarters to San Bernardino Facility Bumped from its headquarters in Santa Barbara, an aircraft refurbishment company said it plans to consolidate its operations at its San Bernardino International Airport facility by Dec. 14. By then, the only connection Santa Barbara Aerospace will have with its former home will be its name... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_199810/ai_n22368568 Air Safety Week, 1998 November 16 Swissair Flight 111 Accident Puts Spotlight on Wiring Practices Decision to Connect Entertainment System to Essential Electrics Questioned http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0UBT/is_46_12/ai_53230618 Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 1998 November 30 Airline Gives Maintenance Contract to Victorville Firm ...Sun Country, a charter carrier based in Minnesota, was unsatisfied with the performance of Santa Barbara Aerospace... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_199811/ai_n22379956 Troubled Company Reporter, 1999 August 13 Santa Barbara Aerospace: Files Chapter 11 The Press Enterprise Co. reports on August 8, 1999 that about 230 Santa Barbara Aerospace employees were laid off after their company abruptly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The jet maintenance company filed an emergency petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Riverside on Friday. Employees at the facility on the former Norton Air Force Base were told at the end of their shift Friday that the company would be closed in order to reorganize. Santa Barbara Aerospace operated in four hangers and 500,000 square feet of space at the former Norton Air Force Base. The company neglected to pay rent for nearly a year, said Jim Monger, airport manager. He said the rent was about $ 43,000 a month. He said the Santa Barbara International Airport Authority had been patient with Santa Barbara Aerospace but had recently decided to file an unlawful detainer against the company to force Santa Barbara Aerospace to either pay up or leave. http://bankrupt.com/TCR_Public/990813.MBX Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 1999 August 14 San Bernardino Airport Strained by Aerospace Firm's Bankruptcy The former Norton Air Force Base, struggling to find a new purpose, has had few success stories to boast about. For two years, Santa Barbara Aerospace Inc. was one of them. The aircraft maintenance firm moved a large chunk of its business to the re-named San Bernardino International Airport in 1997... But last week, crippled by high debts and inadequate revenue, Santa Barbara Aerospace laid off all of its 230 employees and sought bankruptcy... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_199908/ai_n22420287 Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 1999 August 16 Bankruptcy Grounds San Bernardino Aircraft Firm TAn aircraft refurbishment company based at San Bernardino International Airport has laid off about 230 employees and filed for bankruptcy protection following a tempestuous eleven months. Santa Barbara Aerospace Inc. filed an emergency petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Riverside, California, Aug. 6, citing more than $16 million in claims against it. ... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_199908/ai_n22420203 Inland Empire Business Journal, 1999 September Editorial: Medical Coverage Must Be a Sacred Trust When the Santa Barbara Aerospace company closed up in San Bernardino on Aug. 6th, they left 230 people holding the bag. It wasn't just the pink slips, either. It turned out that the company had not been paying the medical insurance for its employees, even though that money was deducted from their paychecks. Blue Shield coverage actually ended on May 1st of this year. Blue Shield did not notify the employees because they expected the company to do so. Santa Barbara Aerospace did not notify its people because no law required it to. This has resulted in what one person said amounts to a death sentence. Incurred medical expenses are showing up in former employee's mailboxes. Three things must be done immediately.... http://www.busjournal.com/content/archives/sep99/editorial.html World Airline News, 1999 September 10 Swissair Flight 111 Families Go On The Offensive ...This would leave Swissair, Boeing, Delta, Dupont as well as other defendants, including Interactive Flight Technologies (the manufacturer of the in-flight entertainment system), installers Hollingsead International and the certification company Santa Barbara Aerospace, open to attack in Pennsylvania – a court chosen by an independent panel of U.S. judiciary members for its ability to hear the case... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ZCK/is_37_9/ai_55727875/pg_3 Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 1999 October 06 New Suitor Has Eyes on San Bernardino-Based Aerospace Firm A potential new buyer has emerged for Santa Barbara Aerospace Inc., a troubled aircraft maintenance firm based at San Bernardino International Airport... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_199910/ai_n22430154 Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 1999 October 26 Buyer Cancels Offer for San Bernardino-Based Aerospace Firm A Florida-based venture capital firm has withdrawn a $4.25 million offer to buy the assets of Santa Barbara Aerospace Inc., a troubled aircraft maintenance company based at San Bernardino International Airport... An auction for Santa Barbara Aerospace, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection two months ago, had been scheduled for Nov. 9... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_199910/ai_n22434503 Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 1999 December 15 San Bernardino Aerospace Firm Fails to Make Airport Payment Santa Barbara Aerospace Inc., a struggling aircraft maintenance firm based at San Bernardino International Airport, has defaulted on a court-ordered $154,000 payment to the airport and has 60 days to vacate its hangar space... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_199912/ai_n22444743 Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 1999 December 29 California Aerospace Firm Given Hangar Lease at San Bernardino Airport Just when it appeared Santa Barbara Aerospace Inc. was about to crash and burn, the struggling aircraft maintenance firm has a new lease on life – a hangar lease, to be specific.... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_199912/ai_n22446664 Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 2000 January 05 San Bernardino Aerospace Firm Misses another Rent Deadline ...In a bankruptcy court hearing last week, Santa Barbara Aerospace indicated that the $154,000 rent payment would be made on Monday or Tuesday, but an airport lawyer said late Tuesday that it had not been received. "It's just another broken promise by Santa Barbara Aerospace"... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200001/ai_n22447066 Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 2000 January 11 South Carolina Firm May Buy San Bernardino-Based Aerospace Firm The dogfight swirling around Santa Barbara Aerospace Inc. is about to get more intense. Although several companies in recent months have maneuvered to take over the troubled San Bernardino-based aerospace firm, the first heavyweight has entered the fray. ... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200001/ai_n22447678 Rob Plenert's Court Transcript, 2000 January 28 Transcript of the intervention of Boeing in the court proceedings surrounding the sale of Santa Barbara Aerospace's assets Private reference material for the use of those interested in the discussion on the crash of Swissair Flight 111... http://www.digistar.cl/SR111/courtxt2.html Riverside Press-Enterprise, 2000 January 29 Boeing Intervenes Santa Barbara Aerospace Inc. hit more turbulence Friday in its bid to be acquired by a South Carolina-based company. Concerned that Santa Barbara Aerospace had a role in the September 1998 crash of a SwissAir passenger jet, aviation giant Boeing Co. convinced a bankruptcy court judge to delay the sale closing date by four days. In that time, Boeing investigators will be allowed to review Santa Barbara Aerospace's business records on the chance that they may find a "smoking gun" related to the air disaster off Nova Scotia. All 229 passengers and crew members were killed in the crash. Boeing built the MD-11 airplane, but Santa Barbara Aerospace – an aircraft maintenance firm based at San Bernardino International Airport – issued a safety certificate for the plane's in-flight entertainment system. Faulty wiring in the entertainment system is a suspected cause of the crash. However, no official cause has been determined... As for the SwissAir investigation, the airline has already filed a complaint against Santa Barbara Aerospace and other companies involved in the manufacture and installation of the in-flight entertainment system. The system was built by Interactive Flight Technologies Inc. and installed by Hollingsead International. Santa Barbara Aerospace never actually had the plane at its hangar, but the firm reviewed documents pertaining to the entertainment system and issued a safety certificate stating that the work met standards set by the Federal Aviation dministration. The FAA routinely contracts out this type of work... http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Oaks/8553/bankruptcy.html Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 2000 February 05 Sale of Santa Barbara-Based Aerospace Firm Cleared ...As a condition of the deal, the San Bernardino-based aircraft maintenance firm was ordered to preserve all of its business records, especially documents pertaining to work performed on a SwissAir passenger jet that crashed off the coast of Nova Scotia in September 1998... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200002/ai_n22452563 Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 2000 February 07 Boeing Searches San Bernardino Firm for Records in 1998 Crash The sale of bankrupt Santa Barbara Aerospace Inc. was interrupted for four days while aircraft giant Boeing Co. searched the San Bernardino company's records for evidence in the 1998 Swissair disaster... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200002/ai_n22452221 American Aircarriers Support Inc., 2000 May 15 American Aircarriers Support Incorporated, founded in 1985, provides integrated aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul services including spare parts for commercial airlines, cargo operators and maintenance and repair facilities worldwide. AAS offers engine and aircraft management services, maintenance, repair and overhaul of flight controls, landing gear systems and jet engines at its FAA licensed facilities, and, as of February 2000, heavy maintenance for complete aircraft... Effective February 15, 2000, AAS completed the acquisition of certain assets of Santa Barbara Aerospace Inc., for a purchase price of $2.3 million in cash and notes. The name of subsequently changed to AAS Aircraft Services Inc. The acquisition involved the purchase of assets used in the operation of a facility that was FAA certified to provide heavy maintenance and modification services. AAS entered into a lease of the facilities previously used for these services from the San Bernardino International Airport Authority... The assets of Santa Barbara Aerospace Inc. were purchased out of bankruptcy... Source:— Securities and Exchange Commission, Form 10-Q for quarter ended 2000 March 31, filed 2000 May 15
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Santa Barbara Aerospace, also an aircraft maintenance firm, sold most of its assets to American in February and went out of business... http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6466300_ITM Riverside Press-Enterprise, 2001 April 13 SB Airport still searching for its niche A few months ago, I speculated that some kind of malevolent spirit hung over San Bernardino International Airport (nee Norton Air Force Base). What else could bedevil the airport to the point where not one, but two aircraft maintenance firms would take over the main airport hangars and go bankrupt only a few months later?... http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-73147266.html Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 2002 March 09 Aviation Service to Close Santa Barbara Facility, Cutting 125 Jobs Garrett Aviation Services will soon cease operations at the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, where the company's 125 employees upgrade the interiors of corporate jets and Boeing 737s inside giant hangars... The firm replaced Santa Barbara Aerospace, which was evicted... http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83643562.html USA Today, 2003 February 25 FAA failings in Swissair crash follow a too-familiar pattern ...USA Today reported last week that the airline had fitted some of its planes with a sophisticated entertainment system that let passengers watch movies, shop and gamble. The FAA failed to oversee the installation, and problems later surfaced with both the system and Santa Barbara Aerospace, the company that signed off on the safety of the planes. Before the crash, the FAA repeatedly cited the firm for poor performance and even briefly suspended it while the entertainment system was being installed on Swissair planes... http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-02-25-our-view_x.htm USA Today, 2003 March 27 Crash report points to wiring An electrical wiring problem was the most likely cause of a fire that caused Swissair Flight 111 to crash into the Atlantic Ocean near Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1998, Canadian investigators said in a report Thursday... The entertainment system was made by a U.S. company, Interactive Flight Technologies. After the crash, Swissair disconnected the system from its planes and the Federal Aviation Administration, citing problems with its design, banned it from airliners... USA Today reported Feb. 17 that the faulty systems were improperly installed and certified by contractors without adequate FAA oversight. The TSB said mistakes were made by contractors Hollingsead International and Santa Barbara Aerospace. Hollingsead employees did an electrical analysis for the entertainment system, even though they had no experience with MD-11 jets, the TSB said. Neither Santa Barbara, which certified the system met FAA safety standards, nor Hollingsead had staff members familiar enough with the MD-11's electrical design to judge whether the system was compatible, the TSB said... http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2003-03-27-swissair-crah_x.htm Air Safety Week, 2003 April 07 Canadian Investigators Decry Lack of Preparedness for In-Flight Fire ...The certification of the IFEN system by Santa Barbara Aerospace (the Designated Alteration Station, or DAS, acting with FAA approval) was justifiably criticized by the TSB. The DAS did not employ personnel with "sufficient aircraft-specific knowledge to appropriately assess the integration of the IFEN power supply with aircraft power before granting certification," according to the dry wording of the TSB judgment. More bluntly, this was a case of negligence in action, considering the authority the DAS was granted to oversee the IFEN installation... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0UBT/is_14_17/ai_99726586/pg_6 Air Safety Week, 2003 June 02 Beyond Conflict Of Interest • "Regulations require the approval of the STC by an appointed designee, which was, in this case, Santa Barbara Aerospace (SBA)." (SBA supplied the IFE and obtained the STC for its installation.) • "The TSB report indicates that the design associated with the STC, as approved by SBA and its associated DER's call for powering the IFE from the cabin bus, was modified by Hollingshead International (HI) when it was discovered that the cabin bus lacked adequate capacity." (HI installed the system.) • "It is unknown if this change was communicated to SBA. Therefore, there must be no documentation to support that it was communicated." • "The installed system varied materially from the approved design. There is no documentation to support that the modification was approved." • "And so, therefore, the system as installed was effectively not certified." http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0UBT/is_22_17/ai_102677821 Mother Jones, 2006 July-August (page one) With overseas mechanics and overstretched inspectors, FAA oversight of the airlines is an accident waiting to happen ...What Fetherolf doesn't know is why the FAA, despite its own apparent misgivings before the accident, allowed Santa Barbara Aerospace to retain its designee status – a setup that amounts to industry self-regulation.... Some call it evolution. Others call it abdication. "It's giving away the farm," says a veteran FAA inspector, who refused to be identified because he feared losing his job. "I don't know that we've really learned the lesson we should have from Swissair 111"... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1329/is_4_31/ai_n16701796 Mother Jones, 2006 July-August (page six) With overseas mechanics and overstretched inspectors, FAA oversight of the airlines is an accident waiting to happen ...The crash of Swissair Flight 111, which killed 229 people... should serve as a cautionary tale. The source of the fire that caused the crash is believed to have been an in-flight entertainment system that allowed first- and business-class passengers on Swissair's long-haul flights to gamble. The installation of that system was overseen by an FAA designee, Santa Barbara Aerospace. The installation process did not go smoothly. Postcrash investigations by Canadian and U.S. authorities revealed that it was hurried and ill conceived.... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1329/is_4_31/ai_n16701796/pg_6 Boeing Company (no date) In-Flight Entertainment Systems Integration http://www.boeing.com/commercial/modifications/inflight_entertainment.html These links were accessed and found to be valid on 21 August 2008. Table of Contents |
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Aviation Safety & Security DigestSwissair Flight 111 ArchiveAviation Safety & Security Digest, 2008 January 09Practical Advice on Wiring Maintenance Provided by Job Aid 1.0 ...The recent mandate to inspect electrical wiring is of great significance. For the first time in its history as a regulatory authority, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has decreed that wiring needs attention and continuous maintenance throughout the life of the airplane... The regulation is an outgrowth of the efforts of the Aging Transport Systems Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ATSRAC), which determined that the state of wiring on old aircraft (those with 20 or more years of service) was deficient. Based on those findings, ATSRAC recommended wiring inspections for the entire fleet of transport category aircraft... Note by ICS: This article includes nine excellent photographs illustrating various ways in which aricraft wiring can be damaged by careless or incompetent installation. These photographs are of a much better quality than any I've seen online provided by any other organization – including those in the TSB Final Report on the Swissair Flight 111 crash.
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Aviation Safety & Security Digest, 2008 May 27 Agency Accuses Airline of Sloppy Maintenance While Sidestepping Its Own Safety Oversight Shortcoming ...In the case of the Swissair MD-11, the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada found that electrical arcing caused a fire in the space above the ceiling in the forward passenger cabin, which quickly became a runaway fire because of the flammable materials in the area and the lack of fire detection and suppression. The airplane crashed in Canadian waters...
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Aviation Safety & Security Digest, 2008 July 21 Congress Seeks Separation of Agency From Airlines
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Aviation Safety & Security Digest, 2008 August 11 Cargo Jet Fire Seems a Replay of Deadly Inferno ...The crew reported smoke and fire just to the rear of the cockpit. It was sufficiently intense to force them to evacuate via a cockpit window... Electrical arcing occurred in the process of powering up the aircraft pursuant to engine start... The Airborne Express pilots are luckier than the Swissair flight 111 pilots and passengers on the night of 2 September 1998. All 229 aboard the MD-11 were killed when a fire in the attic space above the forward galley, ignited by arcing, sustained by flammable metalized mylar insulation blankets, and reinforced by a burned-off end cap to an emergency oxygen line, burned its way into the cockpit. Captain Urs Zimmerman was driven out of his seat by molten globs of ceiling plastic falling on him, and First Officer Stefan Loew was unable to maintain control of the airplane in the night sky as the flight instrument screens blanked out as a result of the progressive electrical failures triggered by the fire...
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Aviation Safety & Security Digest, 2008 August 26 Canadian Investigators Decry Failure to Enact Safety Recommendations ...As a result of its findings in the Swissair tragedy, the TSB issued 23 recommendations, which may be grouped in five areas... Only 5 of the 23 recommendations have been fully implemented, for a success rate of just 21%. Two recommendations have been classed "Unsatisfactory" because no action has been proposed. The remainder are classed either "Satisfactory Intent" or "Satisfactory in Part," indicating that when implemented, the recommendation will either eliminate or reduce the safety deficiency...
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Aviation Safety & Security Digest, 2008 August 26 The Tragic Legacy of Swissair Flight 111 ...Someone had to speak out for all the senseless deaths and the many families destroyed by the FAA's lack of attention to: • The hazards associated with specific aircraft wiring insulation types, snaked throughout the airliner and long known for their propensity to arc when chafed or cracked. • The dangers of the metallized Mylar thermal acoustic insulation blankets, present throughout the airframe and highly flammable when ignited by an arcing wire. The FAA was alerted to this deadly hazard by the Civil Aviation Administration of China in 1996, two years prior to the crash of Flight SR-111...
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Aviation Safety & Security Digest, 2008 August 27 A Decade of Minimal Action ...Canadian safety officials say some limited progress has been made on recommendations coming out of the Swissair flight 111 disaster. Cut through the positive-sounding rhetoric, though, and it is apparent that only 21% of the recommendations have been fully implemented... The TSB recommendations make a significant dent in the hazard posed by in-flight fire. That so few recommendations have been implemented shows that the vulnerability still exists...
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Aviation Safety & Security Digest, 2008 August 27 Twelve Years of Half Measures ...While Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has achieved only about a 20% acceptance rate for its Swissair flight 111 recommendations, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) may not have fared much better in its TWA flight 800 recommendations, even though a general comparison indicated a 40% acceptance rate. The TSB's accounting is generous, and even the one-in-five acceptance rate that it has attained in the ten years since the Swissair disaster in Halifax may be a stretch... A close reading of the voluminous correspondence concerning the recommendations reveals a similar FAA pattern of delay, partial measures, and outright obstructionism. Part of the problem lies with the NTSB recommendations, which strike one as duplicative, of secondary or tertiary importance, or avoiding altogether the big issues – such as why fuel tank inerting has not been required all along, and why flawed electrical wiring insulation... has not been subject to stringent risk analysis and maintenance protocols...
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Washington PostSwissair Flight 111 ArchiveWashington Post, 1998 September 03Swissair Jet Crashes Off Nova Scotia http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/swissair/stories/crash090398.htm Washington Post, 1998 September 04 Flight 111's Sad Harvest http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/swissair/stories/crash090498.htm Washington Post, 1998 September 06 Pilot: 'We Have to Land Immediately' http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/swissair/stories/pilot090698.htm Washington Post, 1998 September 09 Jet's Cockpit Suffered Heat Damage http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/swissair/stories/jet090998.htm Washington Post (no date) List of Swissair Crash Victims http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/swissair/victims.htm Washington Post (no date) Anatomy of the Swissair MD-11 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/swissair/plane.htm Washington Post (no date) Anatomy of the Swissair crash http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/swissair/map.htm Washington Post (no date) World's Worst Air Disasters http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/swissair/disasters.htm Washington Post, 1998 October 01 Swissair Probe Focuses on Insulation http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/swissair/stories/insulation100198.htm Washington Post, 1998 October 18 Replace Insulation, FAA Urges Airlines http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/swissair/stories/faa101598.htm Washington Post, 1999 August 06 Swissair Offers to Settle in Crash http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/swissair/swissair.htm Washington Post, 2004 September 16 Airline Woes Reach Across The Atlantic http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24615-2004Sep15.html Washington Post, 2005 April 02 FAA Tells Boeing to Fix Fire Hazard http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20126-2005Apr1.html Washington Post, 2006 October 17 In-Flight Fires an Unresolved Safety Threat http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/16/AR2006101601412_pf.html Washington Post, 2007 June 07 Defendants Acquitted in Swissair Trial http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060700295.html These links were accessed and found to be valid on 20 August 2008. Table of Contents |
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...For some entertainment system installations, the amount of associated wiring equals that in the rest of the airplane. The FAA approves the installations, and now wants to see the routing of every wire on the plans, from point of origin to destination. Nonetheless, we have a problem here. There is a move within the industry to now consider wiring as a seprate system, co-equal in importance to powerplants, hydraulics, etc. The FAA supports this approach, and the agency should be commended for it. Yes, swapping out the blankets isn't enough. Some selective wiring replacement may be in order, particularly in the so-called SWAMP areas – severe wear and moisture prone... ...The interactive in-flight entertainment system was installed in the first class and business sections. TSB investigators found heat-damaged IFEN wiring... but they were not able to resolve the "chicken and egg" condundrum: did the IFEN wiring arc first, or did other wiring in close proximity arc first and the IFEN wiring was damaged in the cascading sequence of catastrophe? What I can say is that a Swissair technician who witessed the IFEN installaltion described the wiring practices to me as "barbaric." His words. Not mine. An FAA-approved system, mind... [boldface emphasis added] Source:— WashingtonPost.com 13 February 2004 IFEN: Interactive Flight Entertainment system Table of Contents |
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TSB Official Report on Swissair Flight 111 Published 27 March 2003 1.0 Factual Information 1.14 Fire 1.6.10 Electrical System 1.9 Communications 1.11 Flight Recorders 2.0 Analysis 3.0 Conclusions 4.0 Safety Action 4.3.3 Aircraft Wiring Issues 5.0 Appendices Appendix C Swissair 'Smoke of Unknown Origin' Checklist |
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eleven Journal of Air Transportation, 2004 JanuarySwissair 111 Human Factors: Checklists and Cockpit Communication ...problems with the MD-11 checklist were uncovered during the TSB's investigation of the Swissair 111 accident. Past research indicates that Flight Officers may have difficulty communicating with captains and that this difficulty increases during times of high stress... One of the criticisms of the pilots and Swissair culture was an overreliance on checklists. Captain John Nance, pilot, author, attorney, and ABC TV Network safety analyst, believed that Swissair's culture emphasized the checklist causing the pilots to spend precious time going through a logic tree rather than preparing to land... More troublesome for the TSB was the location of landing preparations on the checklists. Neither the Swissair nor the McDonnell-Douglas Smoke of Unknown Origin Checklist stated that preparations for an emergency landing should be considered immediately. In fact, landing was the last item on the checklist. With Swissair 111, the TSB found that even if landing had been first on the list, the aircraft would not have had enough time to land safely at Halifax. Also, as noted above, the pilots did begin preparations for landing before initiating any checklists. While inconsequential for Swissair 111, however, placement on the checklist could endanger future flights. The Smoke of Unknown Origin Checklist could take more than 30 minutes to complete...the TBS warned that for ongoing in-flight fires 30 minutes may be too long... The MD-11 checklists and the smoke switch used in the procedure were developed to replace the multiple steps a flight engineer carried out for many years on the DC-10. While it is true that the procedures and the development of a single switch in some respects simplified smoke troubleshooting, it also placed the workload previously handled by three crew members onto the shoulders of only two crew members... Excessive obedience may cause as many as 25% of all airplane accidents... One of the most controversial moments in the flight came when the aircraft changed course away from Halifax and out to sea to dump fuel. The TSB emphasized in the TSB Final that the pilots did not know, and could not have known, how far the problem had already developed... Multiple failures are extremely improbable considering the highly automated and redundant systems found in modern passenger aircraft. They do happen, however, as illustrated by Swissair 111. While the checklists did not play a role in the outcome of Swissair 111, conflicts did arise between two of the checklists... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5467/is_200401/ai_n21358044 twelve Aviation Safety & Security Digest, 2008 August 26The Tragic Legacy of Swissair Flight 111 ...Someone had to speak out for all the senseless deaths and the many families destroyed by the FAA's lack of attention to: • The hazards associated with specific aircraft wiring insulation types, snaked throughout the airliner and long known for their propensity to arc when chafed or cracked. • The dangers of the metallized Mylar thermal acoustic insulation blankets, present throughout the airframe and highly flammable when ignited by an arcing wire. The FAA was alerted to this deadly hazard by the Civil Aviation Administration of China in 1996, two years prior to the crash of Flight SR-111... http://www.iasa.com.au/folders/menu/index.htm thirteen FAA failings in Swissair crash follow a too-familiar pattern...In all three tragedies, the FAA botched its paramount mission: to make sure that those inspecting, maintaining and modifying commercial airliners do their jobs properly... The Swissair crash underscores the risks of further delay. USA Today reported last week that the airline had fitted some of its planes with a sophisticated entertainment system that let passengers watch movies, shop and gamble. The FAA failed to oversee the installation, and problems later surfaced with both the system and Santa Barbara Aerospace, the company that signed off on the safety of the planes. Before the crash, the FAA repeatedly cited the firm for poor performance and even briefly suspended it while the entertainment system was being installed on Swissair planes. Those concerns should have prompted the FAA to take a closer look at the project. But it didn't. Swissair Flight 111 carried a system suspected of sparking a deadly electrical fire, though an official cause has not yet been released. Only after the crash did the FAA acknowledge risks with the system and Santa Barbara Aerospace's procedures... http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-02-25-our-view_x.htm fourteen Wall Street Journal, 2000Swissair Crash Tests Relations With Insurers ...The relationship between Swissair, which hadn't had a crash in 19 years, and the victims' families got off to as good a start as could be expected after the Sept. 2, 1998, tragedy. Within hours, the airline – in conjunction with Delta Airlines, its code-sharing partner on the flight – had employees at New York's Kennedy Airport provide limited information and grief counseling. Following the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800, airlines have been required by law to take this step in crashes involving every flight that takes off from or lands in the U.S. Walter Vollenweider, the Swissair executive then in charge of the Americas, arrived at Kennedy Airport within an hour to personally comfort family members. In addition, Swissair and Delta flew multiple family members to Halifax, near where the crash occurred, at their expense... http://www.calbaptist.edu/dskubik/air_insu.htm fifteen Transportation Safety Board, 2003 March 25Swissair 111 Investigation Report: Executive Summary ...during the course of the investigation, it became evident that the circuit breaker resetting philosophy and procedures varied considerably among manufacturers, operators, flight crews, and maintenance personnel throughout the industry... http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/medias-media/fiches-facts/A98H0003/sum_a98h0003.asp sixteen Halifax Daily News, 1999 August 28Grotesque document of disaster, Catalogue itemizes Swissair crash victims' recovered possessions ...Page after page, section after section, the items are displayed in three blue binders, a grotesque document of disaster... It has been sent to relatives in the hope they can identify and reclaim some of personal effects that still sit in warehouses a year after the horrific Sept. 2 crash that left all 229 people dead. Since the crash, Romano has received constant, tormenting reminders of the tragedy, including 70 copies of her husband's death certificate, the shredded over-night bag she had packed before he left, and repeated offers to cash in his frequent-flyer points...
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seventeen USA Today, 2003 March 27Crash report points to wiring An electrical wiring problem was the most likely cause of a fire that caused Swissair Flight 111 to crash into the Atlantic Ocean near Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1998, Canadian investigators said in a report Thursday... The entertainment system was made by a U.S. company, Interactive Flight Technologies. After the crash, Swissair disconnected the system from its planes and the Federal Aviation Administration, citing problems with its design, banned it from airliners... http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2003-03-27-swissair-crah_x.htm These links were accessed and found to be valid on 28 September 2010. Table of Contents |
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TSB Official Report on Swissair Flight 111 Published 27 March 2003 1.0 Factual Information 1.14 Fire 1.6.10 Electrical System 1.9 Communications 1.11 Flight Recorders 2.0 Analysis 3.0 Conclusions 4.0 Safety Action 4.3.3 Aircraft Wiring Issues 5.0 Appendices Appendix C Swissair 'Smoke of Unknown Origin' Checklist |
TimeSwissair Flight 111 ArchiveTime, 1998 September 14 No Safe Harbor ...out of the wreck of Swissair Flight 111 came not even one survivor from the 229 people onboard... http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989071,00.html Time, 1998 September 28 Aircraft Safety: Blowing Smoke? The pilot's voice was calm, but his distress call described one of an aviator's worst fears: "We have smoke in the cockpit." Eleven minutes later, his radio fell silent, and six minutes after that, Swissair Flight 111 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean off Nova Scotia, killing all 229 people onboard... http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989204,00.html Time, 1998 September 28 Dispatches from the Grave ...cash floated up from the depths. He saw a $1,000 U.S. bill riding a current, absurdly intact, the slow-motion tumble of a dream that makes no sense. Two hundred twenty-nine people had plunged from the sky in unthinkable terror, instant death their only mercy... http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989178,00.html Time, 1998 November 09 Playing Deadly Games? In the intensely competitive market for business- and first-class flyers, Swissair for the past year had pampered such customers with premium video and gambling screens at their seats, touting "an unprecedented degree of freedom and choice." But that in-seat entertainment center may have been a deadly luxury for the passengers of Flight 111, the Geneva-bound MD-11 that crashed off the Nova Scotia coast Sept. 2, killing all 229 people aboard... http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989551,00.html Time, 1999 February 01 Notebook ...When Swissair flight 111 crashed off Nova Scotia last fall, many experts were surprised that the pilots turned out to sea to dump fuel – a standard emergency tack but one that may have given the plane's suspected wiring problem enough time to force the craft down... http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990126,00.html Time, 2001 November 26 Safety Lessons from Tragedy ...Departing from New York City, a Boeing MD-11 en route to Geneva crashes off Nova Scotia, killing 229. Canadian investigators haven't determined a specific cause of the crash, but they suspect that wiring problems may have started a fire... http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001306,00.html Time, 2007 September 26 Connectivity in the Air: Bringing Wi-Fi to the Skies ...It looks as though our days of being sealed into airborne vaults – disconnected, inaccessible and unaccountable – really are numbered. As carriers pour many more millions into in-flight entertainment systems, as was clear recently at Toronto's World Airline Entertainment Association conference, U.S. airlines are embracing new air-to-ground and satellite systems to offer wi-fi service on commercial flights as early as next spring... http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1665220_1665225_1665673,00.html These links were accessed and found to be valid on 29 April 2010. Table of Contents |
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