It was a Saturday afternoon, another day in the short but successful life of ValuJet, a three-year-old discount airline; an afternoon in which more than 100 people in Miami -- some on their way somewhere for Mother's Day visits -- boarded ValuJet Flight 592 bound for Atlanta.

But that afternoon, shortly after that flight began, it ended in tragedy. The DC-9 plunged to the earth and was pulverized upon impact into the Florida Everglades. Those aboard died in an instant, a catastrophe that will linger for the victims' friends and families, and investigators who try to determine what went wrong.

In this special section, CNN Interactive brings you a selection of our coverage of the tragedy.

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• Hearing into ValuJet crash opens
• ValuJet 592 crash to be blamed on oxygen canisters
• Fiery tests show probable cause for ValuJet nosedive
• ValuJet flies again
• ValuJet sprucing up, scrubbing down for return to air
• NTSB shuts down the field office in ValuJet crash
• ValuJet crash prompts FAA shakeup, new rules
• ValuJet grounded

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• Search is over for ValuJet wreckage and remains
• Pieces of crucial electrical panel found in Everglades, paper says
• Survivors unlikely in ValuJet crash
• Maintenance record of downed jet shows problems
• FAA to increase scrutiny of ValuJet
• Divers recover flight data recorder
• How safe are oxygen generators?
• A look at developments in the first four weeks following the crash

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• Passenger list
• Memorial service for unidentified ValuJet crash victims
• Grandparents, missionaries and family of five among crash victims
• Family members hold service for crash victims

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• More delays seen for ValuJet
• Cheap airline woes weigh on budget travelers
• ValuJet, if it flies again, will be smaller and poorer
• ValuJet shares plunge
• Safety issues may hurt no-frills airlines
• ValuJet co-founder sells 1.5 million shares
• Shareholders sue ValuJet, contending airline lied about its safety record
• Legal ordeal begins for families of ValuJet crash victims

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• Federal Aviation Administration
• ValuJet home page
• Miami International Airport
• The McDonnell Douglas DC-9
• The US Department of Transportation
• National Transportation Safety Board

Related newsgroups:

• alt.disasters.aviation
• rec.travel.air

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