Valujet DC-9-32 N1281L (47377/496) Del. 05/27/1969 to Delta Airlines (Changed to N904VJ)
Seen taxing at Ft. Lauderdale in February 1994 is N1281L, later to become N904VJ. This aircraft was written-off on May 11, 1996 due to an in-flight fire which brought it down in the Florida Everglades west of Miami International from were it had departed. All 110 passengers and crew perished and led to the airlines grounding a month later on June 17.
(Michael J.Carter Collection)
Valujet DC-9-81 (Super 80) N801VV (48046/977) Del. 06/10/1981 to Inex Adria Aviopromet as
YU-AJZ
Valujet operated four MD-80 aircraft with plans to add more, but the Everglades crash and the grounding of the airline spelled the end of the MD-80 fleet. (Michael J. Carter Collection)