Swissair Flight 111

Swissair Flight 111 was a scheduled flight from New York to Geneva, Switzerland on September, 2 1998.[1] The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas MD-11. Onboard were 215 passengers and 14 crew members.[2] The plane had a cockpit fire.[2] It crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Nova Scotia. All 229 people died. It was the second-worst accident ever in the Halifax, Nova Scotia area.[3]

Swissair Flight 111

HB-IWF, the aircraft involved, in July 1998, two months before the accident
Accident
Date	2 September 1998
Summary	Electrical and instrument failure due to in-flight fire, causing spatial disorientation and loss of control[4]:253–254
Site	Atlantic Ocean, near St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada 44°24′33″N 63°58′25″W
Aircraft
Aircraft type	McDonnell Douglas MD-11
Aircraft name	Vaud
Operator	Swissair
IATA flight No.	SR111
ICAO flight No.	SWR111
Call sign	SWISSAIR 111
Registration	HB-IWF
Flight origin	John F. Kennedy International Airport New York, NY, USA
Destination	Geneva Airport Geneva, Switzerland
Occupants	229
Passengers	215
Crew	14
Fatalities	229
Survivors	0

Depiction of Swissair Flight 111