In-flight entertainment refers to audio-visual equipment available to aircraft passengers during a flight. Frequently managed by content service providers, the types of in-flight entertainment devices
Economy class in-flight entertainment in 2015 on the airline Emirates
The first in-flight film screened during the 1921 Pageant of Progress Exposition in Chicago
Movie screening in a DC-8 of SAS, 1968
Passenger gambling on the in-flight entertainment system aboard the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 of Swissair airline in 1997
Swissair Flight 111 was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States, to Cointrin Airport in Geneva, Switzerland. The flight wa
In-flight entertainment
…wiring involved, voltage leaks, arcing and heat become a problem. This is more than a theoretical concern; the IFE system was implicated in the crash of Swissair Flight 111 in 1998. To contain any possible issues, the in-flight entertainment system is typically isolated from the main systems of the aircraft. In the United…
Cargo door and other recovered debris
HB-IWF, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in July 1998
Swissair Flight 111 crashed 8 km (5 mi) off the coast of Peggys Cove. Pictured is the community's iconic Peggys Point Lighthouse in 2005, with St. Margarets Bay seen below the lighthouse on the right.
CCGS Hudson searches for Swissair Flight 111 debris on 14 September, with HMCS Anticosti (centre), USS Grapple (right), and a Halifax-class frigate (rear).