FBI offers $10,000 reward for fugitive mechanic wanted in 1996 fatal airline crash

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The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for Ociel Valenzuela-Reyes, who the FBI says is a fugitive mechanic that is connected to the 1996 ValuJet Flight 592 crash in the Everglades, which killed all 110 people on-board. FBI

FBI offers $10,000 reward for fugitive mechanic wanted in 1996 fatal airline crash
By CARLI TEPROFF cteproff@miamiherald.com

It's been more than 20 years since ValuJet Flight 592 crashed in the Everglades killing all 110 people on-board.

On Thursday, FBI’s Miami Field Office announced a $10,000 reward to help locate an airline mechanic who may have had a role in the 1996 crash.

Ociel Valenzuela-Reyes, who worked for the airline’s maintenance contractor, SabreTech, was criminally charged in 1999 after he allegedly mishandled and packaged oxygen generators that were placed in the plane's cargo space. According to the FBI, the generators didn't have safety caps and ignited the cargo area.

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