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Smoke in the Cockpit… Then Everything Failed | Flight 111

On September 2, 1998, Swissair Flight 111 departed New York for Geneva carrying 229 people. Less than an hour after takeoff, the pilots noticed a strange smell in the cockpit. Minutes later, smoke began filling the flight deck. What the crew didn’t know was that a hidden electrical fire had already started above the cockpit ceiling. Within just twenty minutes, the fire would spread through the aircraft’s wiring and insulation, disabling critical systems and turning one of the world’s most advanced airliners into an uncontrollable aircraft. Swissair Flight 111 would crash into the Atlantic Ocean near Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, killing all 229 people on board. In this aviation documentary, we break down: • The hidden electrical fire that started the disaster • What happened during the final 20 minutes of the flight • The critical systems that failed inside the cockpit • What investigators discovered from the wreckage • How this crash changed aircraft fire safety worldwide This is the story of Swissair Flight 111 — and the hidden fire that destroyed an aircraft from the inside out. Subscribe for more Air Crash Investigation–style aviation documentaries.