FLORIDA : NTSB Seeks Large Pieces of Doomed Jet
Investigators said they’re still convinced that large pieces of ValuJet Flight 592 lie on the swamp floor of the crater created by the jet’s impact. “We do have some indication from radar that there may be some larger pieces down there,” National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Pat Cariseo said. A backhoe and about a dozen pontoons arrived to help dredge the remains of the DC-9 and its 110 passengers from the Everglades a day after a dive into the pit revealed no pieces larger than 3-by-6 feet. Still missing is the cockpit voice recorder, which could provide clues into the May 11 crash.
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