Swissair Flight 111 facts for kids
Swissair Flight 111 was a scheduled flight from New York to Geneva, Switzerland on September, 2 1998. The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas MD-11. Onboard were 215 passengers and 14 crew members. The plane had a cockpit fire. It crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Nova Scotia. All 229 people died. It was the second-worst accident ever in the Halifax, Nova Scotia area.
| Nationality | Passengers | Crew | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
1 | 0 | 1 |
 Argentina |
2 | 0 | 2 |
 Australia |
1 | 0 | 1 |
 Belgium |
1 | 0 | 1 |
 Brazil |
5 | 0 | 5 |
 Canada |
3 | 0 | 3 |
 China |
1 | 0 | 1 |
 France |
30 | 0 | 30 |
 Germany |
3 | 0 | 3 |
 Greece |
2 | 0 | 2 |
 India |
1 | 0 | 1 |
 Iran |
1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ireland |
4 | 0 | 4 |
 Israel |
1 | 0 | 1 |
 Italy |
3 | 0 | 3 |
 Japan |
1 | 0 | 1 |
 Lebanon |
2 | 0 | 2 |
 Mexico |
1 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands |
2 | 0 | 2 |
 Russia |
1 | 0 | 1 |
 Saudi Arabia |
1 | 0 | 1 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
2 | 0 | 2 |
 Spain |
1 | 0 | 1 |
 Sweden |
1 | 0 | 1 |
 Switzerland |
28 | 13 | 41 |
 Taiwan |
1 | 0 | 1 |
 United Kingdom |
6 | 0 | 6 |
 United States |
131 | 1 | 132 |
 Yugoslavia |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 215 | 14 | 229 |
Images for kids
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Approximate location of the crash
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Swissair Flight 111 crashed 8 km (5 miles) off the coast of Peggy's Cove. Pictured is the community's iconic Peggys Point Lighthouse in 2005, with St. Margarets Bay seen below the lighthouse on the right.
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Cargo door and other recovered debris
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Bayswater, Nova Scotia memorial
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Memorial, Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia
See also
In Spanish: Vuelo 111 de Swissair para niños
 | Selma Burke |
 | Pauline Powell Burns |
 | Frederick J. Brown |
 | Robert Blackburn |
