The devastating crash of the Swissair Flight 111 in 1998 will be retold in a feature project that just started shooting, and is produced by Zurich-based C-Films AG and Nova Scotia’s Auguste Content.

The Canadian Transportation Safety Board's (TSB's) final report on the September 1998 crash of Swissair Flight 111 stopped short of faulting wiring from the plane's aftermarket in-flight entertainment ...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- An electrical spark in wiring of an in-flight entertainment system likely started the fire that brought down Swissair Flight 111 four years ago, and pilots had no chance to ...

PHILADELPHIA -- A federal judge has dismissed claims for punitive damages for families of victims of the 1998 crash of Swissair Flight 111 off Nova Scotia. The two rulings by U.S. District Judge James ...

WASHINGTON — An electrical spark from an in-flight entertainment system “most likely” ignited insulation, causing the fire that brought down Swissair Flight 111 four years ago, killing all 229 ...

NPR's Michele Norris talks with David Evans, editor of Air Safety Week, about methods of investigating airline disasters, and NOVA's documentary Crash of Flight 111, which airs tonight on PBS. The ...

Have students locate New York, Halifax, and Geneva on a map. Explain to students that Swissair Flight 111 was bound from New York to Geneva but tried to make an emergency landing in Halifax. Ask ...

Swissair has voluntarily fitted fire safety improvements, but rules may yet be upgraded Voluntary modifications carried out by Swissair to reduce the risk of cockpit fire in its Boeing MD-11 fleet ...

Have students locate New York, Halifax, and Geneva on a map. Explain to students that Swissair Flight 111 was bound from New York to Geneva but tried to make an emergency landing in Halifax. Ask ...