Oxygen Canisters Banned as Air Cargo
The Federal Aviation Administration said that it will permanently ban the transportation of oxygen generators in the cargo holds of passenger aircraft, effective today. The rule grew out of the May 11 crash of a ValuJet DC-9 in the Florida Everglades after a fire in the cargo hold, believed to have been sparked by oxygen canisters. All 110 aboard were killed. Cargo compartments on earlier-model aircraft like the ValuJet DC-9 are lined with flame-retardant material. Investigators believe, however, that the oxygen canisters rendered the lining useless.
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