[oldplayer]

Didn’t a regional jet have a similar problem over Florida? I recall an oxygen cylinder exploded. It was several years ago, but I believe that cylinder was being transported rather than plumbed into the on-board system.

Oldplayer
Cushing, Oklahoma

[dighton]

You may be thinking of ValuJet 592.

[Retired Chemist]

Those were oxygen generators that were being shipped in the hold of a Value Jet. They overheated and set the plane on fire.

[A.A. Cunningham]

http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/1997/AAR9706.htm

[PAR35]

Not oxygen cylinders, but chemical oxygen generators on the Valujet (Airtran) plane. Totally different. They created a fire, not an explosion, that brought the plane down.

[El Gato]

Didn’t a regional jet have a similar problem over Florida? I recall an oxygen cylinder exploded

I think that was an oxygen generator cartridge, which is not the same thing. One or more caught fire, possibly because the cap over the "firing" pin was not installed, as it should have been for transport. When those things "go off" they chemically generate oxygen, but also get hot. The flight was ValueJet 592.