led to several of Chalk's pilots reconsidering their position in the company, and one, having suffered two engine failures during his period there, resigned his position over what he perceived as persistent maintenance issues with the fleet. After the accident all remaining Mallards in the Chalk's fleet were grounded. Subsequently, all were discovered to be suffering from severe corrosion with many showing signs of sub-standard repair during maintenance. Two years later, Chalk's, one of the world's oldest airlines, went out of business. Passengers and crew Twenty people — 18 passengers and two crew members — were on board. There were no survivors. Just over half of the passengers were Bimini locals returning from Christmas shopping. The last body found was recovered by a fisherman near Key Biscayne, nine miles from the crash site. The bodies of all the other passengers were found still strapped in their seats. Dramatization The story of the disaster was featured on the ninth season of Canadian National Geographic Channel show Mayday (known as Air Disasters in the US, Mayday in Ireland and Air Crash Investigation in the UK and the rest of world). The episode is entitled "Cracks In The System". Chalks Plane N2969 was used in the pilot episode Brother's Keeper of the television series Miami Vice, in which a drug dealer used the seaplane to evade Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs & James "Sonny" Crockett. N2969 was also used in the season 4 episode of Miami Vice, Baseballs of Death. References External links New York Times article about the accident Aircraft Maintenance Technology article about the accident Picture of a Chalk's Mallard in Miami in 1996 NTSB Report NTSB investigation docket Airliner accidents and incidents caused by in-flight structural failure Airliner accidents and incidents caused by maintenance errors Aviation accidents and incidents in 2005 Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 2005 Airliner accidents and incidents in Florida 2005 in Florida