Swissair Flight 111 Memorial 瑞航111空难纪念碑

Today on the way to Peggy’s Cove we visited Swissair Flight 111 Memorial.
(Ref: wikipedia)
Swissair Flight 111 (SR111/SWR111) was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States, to Cointrin Airport in Geneva, Switzerland. The flight was also a codeshare flight with Delta Air Lines. On 2 September 1998, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 performing this flight, registration HB-IWF, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax Stanfield International Airport at the entrance to St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. The crash site was 8 kilometres (5 mi; 4 nmi) from shore, roughly equidistant from the small fishing and tourist communities of Peggy's Cove and Bayswater. All 215 passengers and 14 crew members on board the plane were killed, making the crash the deadliest accident in the history of Swissair and the deadliest accident involving the McDonnell Douglas MD-11. It is also the second-deadliest aviation accident to occur in Canada, behind Arrow Air Flight 1285R.
The search and rescue response, crash recovery operation and investigation by the government of Canada took more than four years and cost CA$57 million. The investigation carried out by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) concluded that flammable material used in the aircraft's structure allowed a fire to spread beyond the control of the flight crew, resulting in the crash of the aircraft. Several wide-ranging recommendations were made which were incorporated into newer US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards.
（中文翻译：深度探索）
瑞士航空111号班机（航班号：SR111/SWR111）是从美国纽约约翰·肯尼迪国际机场飞往瑞士日内瓦科因特林机场的定期国际客运航班，同时为达美航空共享代码航班。1998年9月2日，执飞该航班的麦道MD-11客机（注册编号HB-IWF）在加拿大新斯科舍省哈利法克斯斯坦菲尔德国际机场西南方向海域坠毁，具体位置位于圣玛格丽特湾入口处，距海岸8公里（5英里），大致处于旅游胜地佩姬湾与贝斯沃特渔村之间的中点位置。机上215名乘客与14名机组人员全部遇难，成为瑞士航空史上最惨重空难，也是麦道MD-11机型死亡人数最多的事故，同时位列加拿大史上第二大空难（仅次于1285R航班）。
加拿大政府开展的海空搜救、残骸打捞及事故调查历时逾四年，耗资5700万加元。加拿大运输安全委员会（TSB）最终认定：飞机结构使用的易燃材料导致火势失控，进而引发空难。调查结果促使美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）采纳了多项全面安全改进建议。Read more