S/M/206. Contingency Planning: ValuJet 592 Crash Investigation

This report analyses airline contingency planning in the context of the ValuJet 592 crash. The paper appraises the problems experienced by the NTSB and air accident investigation team tasked with the crash Investigation. The paper describes and analyses the initial and subsequent assumptions made by the crash Investigators and how these evolved over time. It determines how the crash and the crash investigation affected the viability of the Valujet Company. The paper ascertains what decisions ValuJet management could have made to have operated their company with more respect for safety. The paper suggests lessons that must be learned from the accident by modern low cost carriers such as EasyJet and Ryanair. It also suggests plans that low cost carriers should use to mitigate the effects of such a disaster should it befall them