it immediately developed a scary safety record. they were only founded in 1992, but by 1995, they had already had an aircraft evacuated on the runway just before it burned down. by the following year, 1996, it was a terrible fatal crash, may 11, 1996, value jet flight 592 had an on board midair fire. it was caused by hazardous, flammable materials that were improperly stored on board, and that plane came down. all 110 people on board that plane died and the plane crashed into the florida everglades. just a terrible disaster. that was 1996. value jet had only been around for four years when that happened, but that would be the end of valujet. the company still existed, but