After the Secretary of Transportation insisted that ValuJet was safe , Schiavo produced contrary evidence from government files . In the book 's analysis of the ValuJet Flight 592 Crash , Schiavo reviews evidence the FAA had to have known ValuJet was quite unsafe . The FAA wanted ValuJet to survive , according to Schiavo , and as a result the FAA did not do its job of overseeing and enforcing rules . The FAA later shut the airline down . In 1997 , unable to shake off the stigma of the crash , ValuJet merged with the smaller AirTran and started operations under that name . It has subsequently merged with Southwest Airlines
ValuJet Flight 592 Crash
ValuJet Flight 592
Mary Schiavo