On September 2, 1998, Swissair Flight 111 was flying from New York to Geneva when the crew noticed a strange smell in the cockpit.

Minutes later, smoke appeared.

As the pilots diverted toward Halifax, a hidden fire was spreading above the cockpit ceiling, damaging electrical systems and rapidly turning a manageable emergency into a catastrophe.

In this episode of Black Box Files, we reconstruct the final flight of Swissair 111, the crash near Peggy’s Cove, the investigation that followed, and the safety lessons that changed aviation.

229 people were on board. There were no survivors.