Article: Region could feel effects of Everglades plane crash.(Originated from Newport News Daily Press)

ValuJet Flight 592 crashed Saturday in the Florida Everglades, 950 miles from Hampton Roads, but the impact could reverberate strongly in Newport News.

The Atlanta-based carrier is the local airport's only provider of jet service, offering four daily flights to Atlanta from Newport News/Williamsburg International. In addition, ValuJet in February opened a reservations center in the airport's old terminal that employs more than 400 people.

While it's too early to tell what the local fallout from the crash might be, at a minimum ValuJet's business could dip, at least until nervous leisure travelers are reassured and coaxed back by the airline's budget fares.

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