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 ...

Arcing of wiring in the inflight entertainment network (IFEN) was the most likely cause of an onboard fire that led to the fatal crash of Swissair Flight 111 Sept. 2, 1998, but Canadian investigators ...

Airlines and industry regulators should do a better job of training and equipping crews to detect and fight fires aboard planes, investigators of the 1998 Swissair crash near Canada said Monday.

The painstaking investigation of the crash of Swissair Flight 111 in 1998 and the deaths of all 229 on board is the topic of a “Nova” special airing at 7 p.m. Tuesday on KOED, channel 11.

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 ...

NARRATOR: Every day more than four million people fly on commercial airlines worldwide—each year, 1.7 billion people on 25 million flights. Flying is the safest means of public transportation.

Among the mysteries about the crash of Swissair Flight 111 off the coast of Nova Scotia in 1998 is what happened to diamonds, rubies, emeralds and other gems that were supposed to be in the cargo hold ...

Only a 2-hour ferry from the US coast, explore crystal clear waters, conch salad and snorkel a shipwreck ...

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 ...