query: Nordic authors who are known for children's literature

positive: Alf Prøysen Alf Prøysen (23 July 1914 – 23 November 1970), was a writer and musician from Norway. His Mrs. Pepperpot books established him as a children's author. Prøysen was one of the most important Norwegian cultural personalities in the second half of the twentieth century, and he made significant contributions to literature, music, television and radio.

positive: Anne-Cath. Vestly Anne-Cath. Vestly (15 February 1920 – 15 December 2008) was a Norwegian author of children’s literature whose stature in Norwegian society can somewhat be compared to Sweden's famous children's book author Astrid Lindgren among Swedish people.

positive: Arthur Ransome Arthur Michell Ransome (18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. Many of the books involve sailing; fishing and camping are other common subjects.

positive: Astrid Lindgren Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (born Ericsson; Swedish: [ˈastrɪd ˈlɪŋɡreːn]; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays.

positive: Auður Jónsdóttir Auður Jónsdóttir (born 1973 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic author, playwright and freelance journalist.Her debut novel, Stjórnlaus Lukka (Bliss), was nominated for the Icelandic literature Prize in 1998.

positive: Barna Hedenhös Barna Hedenhös (English: The Hedenhös Children) is the name of a series of Swedish children's books in the 1950s written by Bertil Almqvist. The story is set in the Stone Age and follows the Hedenhös family. Barna Hedenhös is mostly known as a book series, but Almqvist also made an animated television series about the Hedenhös family that was broadcast on SVT in 1972.

positive: Bjarne Reuter Bjarne Reuter (born 29 April 1950) is a Danish writer and screenwriter, best known for children's and young adult books.Many of his works are set in the 1950s and 1960s, the time period of his childhood and adolescence. Many also feature the Copenhagen area, where he was born in Brønshøj. Reuter is the screenwriter of the popular Danish television series and movie Busters verden "\Buster's World"). In 1977 he was awarded with the Danish Ministry of Culture's children book prize.

positive: Byen og verden Byen og verden (lit. The City and the World) is a 1993 novel by Danish author Peer Hultberg. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1993.

positive: Children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are enjoyed by children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.Children's literature can be traced to stories and songs, part of a wider oral tradition, that adults shared with children before publishing existed. The development of early children's literature, before printing was invented, is difficult to trace.

positive: Elsa Beskow Elsa Beskow (née Maartman) (11 February 1874, Stockholm – 30 June 1953) was a Swedish author and illustrator of children's books.  Among her better known books are Tale of the Little Little Old Woman and  Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender.

positive: Erna Osland Erna Osland (born 1951) is a Norwegian teacher and author of children's literature. She made her literary debut in 1987 with the youth's book Natteramnen. She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Best children's book in 1999 for Salamandarryttaren.

positive: Fredrik Skagen Fredrik Skagen (born 30 December 1936) is a Norwegian writer.He was born in Trondheim. He is best known for his crime fiction, but is also the author of some children's books and several radio plays. His first book was published in 1968. His works have been translated into German, Danish, Swedish, Dutch and French. Skagen has received several awards, including the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize in 1985 and the Glass Key Award in 1996 for best Nordic crime novel.

positive: Guus Kuijer Guus Kuijer (Dutch pronunciation: [ɣys ˈkœyər]; born 1 August 1942) is a Dutch author. He wrote books for children and adults, and is best known for the Madelief series of children's books. For his career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" he won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2012, the biggest prize in children's literature.

positive: Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen (/ˈhɑːnz ˈkrɪstʃən ˈændərsən/; Danish: [hans kʰʁæsd̥jan ˈɑnɐsn̩]; often referred to in Scandinavia as H. C. Andersen; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales.

positive: Hans Seland Hans Seland  (5 March 1867 – 30 June 1949) was a Norwegian politician and author.

positive: Helena Dahlbäck Helena Dahlbäck (1960–2000) was a Swedish author who wrote several children's books, for example My Sister Lotta and Me.My Sister Lotta and Me was translated into English by Rika Lessar in 1993 and published by Henry Holt & Co. (ISBN 0-8050-2558-8). It was illustrated by Charlotte Ramel, who also illustrated The Cake Book, published by Sprall Publishing, Sweden.

positive: Henning Mankell Henning Mankell (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhɛnˈnɪŋ ˈmaŋːkɛl]; born 3 February 1948) is a Swedish crime writer,  children's author and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most famous creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.

positive: Inger and Lasse Sandberg Inger and Lasse Sandberg are Swedish authors of children's books. They have created many characters, including The Little Ghost Godfrey (Sw: Lilla Spöket Laban).Lasse Sandberg died on 11 November 2008, in Karlstad, after a short illness. He was 84.Lasse Sandberg was also known as a talented artist and, formerly, a cartoonist and comic creator in his home country.

positive: Johannes Heggland Johannes Heggland (29 June 1919 – 24 January 2008) was an award winning Norwegian novelist, short story and children's literature writer, playwright, and politician.

positive: Klaus Rifbjerg Klaus Rifbjerg (15 December 1931 – 4 April 2015) was a Danish writer. He authored more than 170 novels, books and essays. In 1965 he co-produced the film 4x4 which was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.

positive: Kristín Steinsdóttir Kristín Steinsdóttir is a well-known children's author and translator in Iceland.Kristín Steinsdóttir was born in Seyðisfjörður (a small village with less than 800 residents, at the end of a 17 kilometer long fjord) on 11 March 1946. After finishing a training to become teacher in 1968, she became a teacher in Reykjavik. In 1972–1978 she lived in Göttingen and studied German and Danish there.

positive: Kåre Holt Kåre Holt (10 October 1916, Våle – 15 March 1997) was a Norwegian author.His initial work was published in 1939, a children’s book named Tore Kramkar. As his career progressed, Holt wrote many children’s books, plays, radio plays, biographies, and historical novels. The trilogy Kongen about King Sverre Sigurdsson is considered his principal work.

positive: Louis Jensen Louis Jensen (born 19 July 1943) is a Danish author who is an innovator in the international literary trends of flash fiction, metafiction, prose poetry, and magical realism. While he has published more than 70 books for both adults and children, he is best known for his children's books, which include picture books, short stories, flash fiction, creative nonfiction and novels.

positive: Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs (born 1974) is a Faroese writer. She has won several short story competitions and in 2008 she was awarded by the City Council of Tórshavn with the Children's Book Prize Barnabókaheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs. She writes mostly for children and for the youth. In 2011 her story "Skriva í sandin" from 2010 won the Nordic Children's Book Prize from the Nordic School Librarian Association and the German White Raven Prize.

positive: Mauri Kunnas Mauri Tapio Kunnas (born February 11, 1950 in Vammala) is a Finnish cartoonist and children's author.Kunnas matriculated in 1969 and graduated from the University of Art and Design in Helsinki as a graphic designer in 1975. He has worked as a political cartoonist in many Finnish newspapers.

positive: Merethe Lindstrøm Merethe Lindstrøm (born 26 May 1963) is a Norwegian author.Lindstrøm was born in Bergen and made her literary debut in 1983 with the publication of the short story collection titled Sexorcisten og andre fortellinger. Since then she has authored several collections of short stories, novels and a children's book.Lindstrøm has also sung with several rock bands, both in Oslo and Berlin.

positive: Norwegian literature Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian people. The history of Norwegian literature starts with the pagan Eddaic poems and skaldic verse of the 9th and 10th centuries with poets such as Bragi Boddason and Eyvindr Skáldaspillir. The arrival of Christianity around the year 1000 brought Norway into contact with European medieval learning, hagiography and history writing.

positive: Olof Lagercrantz Olof Gustaf Hugo Lagercrantz (10 March 1911 – 23 July 2002) was a Swedish writer, critic, literary scholar (PhD 1951) and publicist (editor-in-chief of Dagens Nyheter 1960-1975). Lagercrantz was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of bank director Carl Lagercrantz and Countess Agnes Hamilton. He married Martina Ruin (born 1921), daughter of Professor Hans Ruin and Karin Sievers, in 1939. Lagercrantz is the father of actress Marika Lagercrantz and author David Lagercrantz.

positive: Paal-Helge Haugen Paal-Helge Haugen (born 26 April 1945) is a Norwegian lyricist, novelist, dramatist and children's writer.Haugen was born in Valle, Setesdal, and studied medicine at the University of Oslo. During the period 1965-67, Haugen was a member of the editorial team of literary magazine Profile. He made his literary debut with Blad frå ein austleg hage in 1965, a translation of Japanese haiku.

positive: Peter Pohl Peter Pohl (born 5 December 1940) is a Swedish author and former director and screenwriter of short films. He has received prizes for several of his books and films, as well as for his entire work. From 1966 until his retirement in 2005, he was lecturer in Numerical analysis at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.

positive: Selma Lagerlöf Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (Swedish: [ˈsɛlˈma ˈlɑːɡə(r)ˈløːv]; 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils).

positive: Steingrímur Thorsteinsson Steingrímur Thorsteinsson (1831–1913) was an Icelandic poet and writer. He translated many works of literature into Icelandic, including Arabian Nights and the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

positive: Sólrún Michelsen Sólrún Michelsen (born Midjord in Tórshavn in 1948), grew up in Argir, is a Faroese writer and poet. She received the Barnamentanarheiðursløn Tórshavnar býráðs (Tórshavn Council's Children's Book Prize) in 2002 and the Faroese Literature Prize in 2008. In 2004 she was nominated for the West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize for the poem collection Loppugras. In 2015 she was Nominated the Nordic Literature Prize for the novel "Hinumegin er mars".

positive: Tarjei Vesaas Tarjei Vesaas (20 August 1897, Vinje - 15 March 1970) was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Born in Vinje, Telemark, Vesaas is widely considered to be one of Norway's greatest writers of the twentieth century and perhaps its most important since World War II.Vesaas spent much of his youth in solitude, seeking comfort and solace in nature. He was guilt-ridden by his refusal to take over the family farm, and this guilt permeates much of his authorship.

positive: Thorbjørn Egner Thorbjørn Egner (12 December 1912 – 24 December 1990) was a Norwegian playwright, songwriter and illustrator known for his books, plays and musicals for children.

positive: Tormod Haugen Tormod Haugen (12 May 1945 – 18 October 2008) was a Norwegian writer of children's books and translator. For his "lasting contribution to children's literature" he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1990.

positive: Tove Jansson Tove Marika Jansson (Finland Swedish pronunciation: [ˈtuːve ˈjaːnsɔn]; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. For her contribution as a children's writer she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1966.Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Stockholm, Helsinki and then Paris. Her first solo art exhibition was in 1943.

positive: Ulf Stark Ulf Gottfrid Stark (born 12 July 1944) is a Swedish author and screenwriter (he has adapted several of his own books for film and wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen).Stark has collaborated with the illustrators Anna Höglund and Mati Lepp.From 1989 to 1998 he was an elected member of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books.In 1998 he received the Nordic Children's Book Prize.

positive: Vredens barn Vredens barn (lit. Children of Wrath) is a 1980 novel by Swedish author Sara Lidman. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1980.

positive: William Heinesen Andreas William Heinesen (15 January 1900 – 12 March 1991) was a poet, novel writer, short story writer, children's book writer, composer and painter from the Faroe Islands.

positive: Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz (Hebrew: ימימה אבידר-טשרנוביץ; October 1909 – March 20, 1998) was an Israeli author whose works became classics of modern Hebrew children’s literature. Born in Vilna, Lithuania in 1909, she arrived in Palestine in 1921, at the age of 12.A teacher and school principal, she also worked in children's radio with Kol Yerushalayim, with the Nursery School Teachers’ Theater and on the editorial board of Dvar HaPo’elet.

positive: Þórdís Gísladóttir Þórdís Gísladóttir, also Thordis Gisladottir, (born 14 July 1965) is an Icelandic children's book author, poet, novelist and school book writer.She is known for her children's stories about Randalin and Mundi and her poetry has also been well received.

negative: Anita Silvey Anita Silvey is a well-known editor and literary critic in the genre of children’s literature. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Silvey has served as Editor-in-Chief of The Horn Book Magazine and as vice-president at Houghton Mifflin where she oversaw children’s and young adult book publishing. She has also authored a number of critical books about children's literature, including 500 Great Books for Teens and The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators.

negative: Bang. En roman om Herman Bang Bang. En roman om Herman Bang (lit. Bang. A Novel About Herman Bang) is a 1996 novel by Danish author Dorrit Willumsen about Herman Bang. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1997.

negative: Beverly Cleary Beverly Cleary (born April 12, 1916) is an American author of more than 30 books for young adults and children. One of America's most successful writers of children's literature, she has sold 91 million copies of her books worldwide. Some of her best-known characters are Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Beatrice "\Beezus") Quimby, her sister Ramona Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse. She won the 1981 National Book Award for Ramona and Her Mother and the 1984 Newbery Medal for Dear Mr.

negative: Bo Carpelan Baron Bo Gustaf Bertelsson Carpelan (25 October 1926 – 11 February 2011) was a Finnish poet and author.  He published his first book of poems in 1946, and received his Ph.D. in 1960. Carpelan, who wrote in Swedish, composed numerous books of verse, as well as several novels and short stories.In 1997, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'. He is the only person yet to have received the Finlandia Prize twice. He won the 2006 European Prize for Literature.

negative: Children's Book Council of Australia The Children's Book Council of Australia is a not for profit organisation which aims to engage the community with literature for young Australians. The CBCA presents the annual Children’s Book of the Year Awards to books of literary merit, recognising their contribution to Australian children's literature.

negative: Coast of Slaves Coast of Slaves (Danish: Slavernes kyst) is a 1967 novel by Danish author Thorkild Hansen. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1971.

negative: Dag Solstad Dag Solstad (born 16 July 1941) is a Norwegian novelist, short-story writer, and dramatist whose work has been translated into several languages. He has written nearly 30 books and is the only author to have received the Norwegian Literary Critics' Award three times. His works have been translated into 20 languages.His awards include the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 1969, the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1989, for Roman 1987 and the Brage Prize in 2006 for Armand V.

negative: Dalen Portland (novel) Dalen Portland is a 1978 novel by Norwegian author Kjartan Fløgstad. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1978.

negative: Danish literature Danish literature, a subset of Scandinavian literature, stretches back to the Middle Ages. The earliest preserved texts from Denmark are runic inscriptions on memorial stones and other objects, some of which contain short poems in alliterative verse. In the late 12th century Saxo Grammaticus wrote Gesta Danorum. During the 16th century, the Lutheran Reformation came to Denmark. During this era, Christiern Pedersen translated the New Testament into Danish and Thomas Kingo composed hymns.

negative: Diana Wynne Jones Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934 – 26 March 2011) was a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults.Some of her better-known works are the Chrestomanci series, the Dalemark series; the novels Howl's Moving Castle and Dark Lord of Derkholm; and The Tough Guide To Fantasyland.

negative: Disability in children's literature Disability in children's literature is a subject that has been the focus of changing attitudes in broader society since the 1970s. The movement to include children and youth with disabilities into mainstream society has led to new approaches on the part of authors, as well as educators.In the United States, 10% of the population has a physical, cognitive, mental or health disability, a rate that is consistent worldwide.

negative: Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel (/ˈsɔɪs/ /ˈɡaɪ.zəl/; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American writer and illustrator best known for authoring popular children's books under the pen name Dr. Seuss (/suːs/). His work includes several of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death.Geisel adopted his \Dr."

negative: Drömfakulteten Drömfakulteten (lit. The Dream Faculty) is a 2006 novel by the Swedish writer Sara Stridsberg. The main character of the narrative is the American radical feminist Valerie Solanas. The novel received the Nordic Council Literature Prize. In 2011 it was voted as the best Swedish novel from the 2000s (decade) in a poll held by the newspaper Dagens Nyheter, which involved one hundred Swedish critics, authors, journalists and publishers.

negative: Ebbe Schön Ebbe Schön (born December 13, 1929 in Brastad, Bohuslän) is a Swedish author, folklorist and associate professor in literature at Stockholm University. Besides literature, he has studied ethnology, Scandinavian languages and Slavonic languages at Stockholm University.Among other things, he has worked as a naval radio operator and as a press officer and film producer at the Swedish naval staff, and he has been a radio and TV producer at Swedish Radio and Swedish Television.

negative: Elizabeth George Speare Elizabeth George Speare (November 21, 1908 – November 15, 1994) was an American writer of children's books, best known for historical novels including two Newbery Medal winners. She has been called one of America's 100 most popular writers for children and some of her work has become mandatory reading in many schools throughout the nation.

negative: Eric Gregory Award The Eric Gregory Award is a literary award given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submission.

negative: Evenings at Home Evenings at Home, or The Juvenile Budget Opened (1792–1796) is a collection of six volumes of stories written by John Aikin and his sister Anna Laetitia Barbauld.  It is an early example of children's literature.  The late Victorian children's writer Mary Louisa Molesworth named it as one of the handful of books that was owned by every family in her childhood and read enthusiastically. In their introduction, the authors explain the title in these words: The book was translated into French. W.

negative: Ezra Jack Keats Ezra Jack Keats (March 11, 1916 – May 6, 1983) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He won the 1963 Caldecott Medal for illustrating The Snowy Day, which he also wrote. It is considered one of the most important American books of the 20th century.Keats is best known for introducing multiculturalism into mainstream American children's literature.

negative: Faroese literature In the Middle Ages many poems and stories were handed down orally. These works were split into the following divisions: sagnir (historical), ævintyr (stories) and kvæði (ballads, traditionally sung along with the Faroese chain dance, in modern times also used in modern Faroese music).

negative: Finnish literature Finnish literature refers to literature written in Finland. During the European early Middle Ages, the earliest text in a Finnic language is the unique thirteenth-century Birch bark letter no. 292 from Novgorod. The earliest texts in Finland were written in Swedish or Latin during the Finnish Middle Age (ca. 1200 - 1523).

negative: Florence Parry Heide Florence Parry Heide (February 27, 1919 – October 23, 2011) was a bestselling American children's writer. Born in Pittsburgh and spending most of her childhood in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, she studied at Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA. After two years, she transferred to UCLA and graduated in 1939. She worked in advertising and public relations in New York City before returning to Pittsburgh during World War II and became publicity director of The Pittsburgh Playhouse.

negative: For the Living and the Dead For the Living and the Dead (Swedish: För levande och döda) is a 1989 collection of poetry by the Swedish writer Tomas Tranströmer. It received the Nordic Council Literature Prize.Its 1996 translation into English by Canadian author Don Coles won the John Glassco Translation Prize in 1997.

negative: German literature German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German part of Switzerland, and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there are some currents of literature influenced to a greater or lesser degree by dialects (e.g.

negative: Gillian Avery Gillian (Elise) Avery (born 30 September 1926) is a British children's novelist and historian of childhood education and children's literature. She has won annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1972, for A Likely Lad. It was adapted for television in 1990.

negative: Gnome Press Gnome Press was an American small-press publishing company primarily known for publishing many science fiction classics.The company was founded in 1948 by Martin Greenberg and David A. Kyle. Many of Gnome's titles were reprinted in England by Boardman Books. Martin Greenberg of Gnome Press was a New York science fiction fan and member of the Hydra Club, not to be confused with the later Martin H. Greenberg the SF anthologist. David A.

negative: Göran Tunström Göran Tunström (14 May 1937, Borgvik, Grums Municipality – February 5, 2000, Stockholm) was a Swedish author. He grew up in Sunne, Värmland County. Tunström's style is personal and intimate, and has a clear autobiographical tone. Although active as an established author for nearly four decades, it was particularly after his The Christmas Oratorio was adapted as a movie in 1996 that he became widely known to the (Swedish) public.

negative: Hans Vilhelm Kaalund Hans Vilhelm (H. V.) Kaalund (27 June 1818 – 27 April 1885) was a Danish lyric poet.

negative: Heidi Heidi (pronounced [ˈhaɪdi]) is a work of children's fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as Heidi's years of learning and travel (German: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre) and Heidi makes use of what she has learned. (German: Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat)It is a novel about the events in the life of a young girl in her grandfather's care, in the Swiss Alps.

negative: Hudløs himmel Hudløs himmel is a 1987 novel by Norwegian author Herbjørg Wassmo. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1987.

negative: Hugo Award for Best Novel The Hugo Award for Best Novel is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in English or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novel award is available for works of fiction of 40,000 words or more; awards are also given out in the short story, novelette, and novella categories.

negative: Hugo Award for Best Related Work The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was once officially known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award. The award has been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction" and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing".

negative: Inger Elisabeth Hansen Inger Elisabeth Hansen (born 20 April 1950) is a Norwegian lyricist and translator.Her poetry collection Trask was awarded the Brage Prize in 2003  and nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2004.

negative: Islands of Slaves Islands of Slaves (Danish: Slavernes øer) is a 1970 novel by Danish author Thorkild Hansen. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1971.

negative: Jacqueline Wilson Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, FRSL (born 17 December 1945) is an English writer known for her vast and diverse work in children's literature. Her novels commonly deal with such challenging themes as adoption, divorce and mental illness. Addressing such issues has made her controversial because her readers are young. For her lifetime contribution as a children's writer, Wilson was a U.K. nominee for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2014.Wilson is the author of many book series .

negative: Jean Craighead George Jean Craighead George (July 2, 1919 – May 15, 2012) was an American writer of more than one hundred books for children and young adults, including the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves, the Newbery Honor Book My Side of the Mountain and its sequel On the Far Side of the Mountain. Common themes in George's works are the environment and the natural world.

negative: John F. Hayes (author) John Francis Hayes (August 5, 1904 – November 1980) was a Canadian writer. He is known best for ten children's historical novels. Among them, A Land Divided and Rebels Ride at Night won the Governor General's Award for juvenile fiction as the year's best Canadian works of 1951 and 1953. Another, The Dangerous Cove (1957), won the Canada Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award in 1959. For his body of work he was named the second recipient of the Vicky Metcalf Award, in 1964.

negative: Judy Blume Judy Blume (born Judith Sussman on February 12, 1938) is an American writer. Her novels for children and young adults have exceeded sales of 80 million and have been translated into 32 languages.

negative: Juoksuhaudantie Juoksuhaudantie is a 2004 novel by Finnish author Kari Hotakainen. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2004.

negative: Kakababu For the Bengali politician, see Muzaffar Ahmed.Kakababu(কাকাবাবু) is a fictional character created by Bengali author Sunil Gangopadhyay, that has become legendary in Indian children's literature. The series, falling under the adventure genre of literature, targeted at children and teenagers, started in the autumn of 1979 with the publication of Bhoyonkor Sundor in Anandamela magazine, puja number.

negative: Kari Hotakainen Kari Hotakainen (b. 9 January 1957 in Pori, Finland) is a Finnish writer. Hotakainen started his writing career as a reporter in Pori. In 1986, he moved to Helsinki. He became a full-time writer in 1996. He has two children with his wife, sound technician Tarja Laaksonen, whom he married in 1983.

negative: Kate DiCamillo Katrina Elizabeth "Kate" DiCamillo (born March 25, 1964) is an American writer of children's fiction for all reading levels, usually featuring animals. Her 2003 novel The Tale of Despereaux and 2013 novel Flora and Ulysses each won the annual Newbery Medal recognizing the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children." Because of Winn-Dixie was a runner-up (Newbery Honor Book) in 2000.

negative: Katherine Langrish Katherine Langrish is a British author of fantasy for children and young adults. She was brought up in Yorkshire and Herefordshire, and wanted to be a writer from a young age.  She was encouraged by her parents, and by the fact that her grandmother was a Yorkshire novelist and playwright of the 1930s, Leonora Thornber.Katherine attended Ross on Wye Grammar School and Skipton Girls High School and gained a First Class Honours in English from the University of London as an external student.

negative: Katherine Paterson Katherine Paterson (born October 31, 1932) is a Chinese-born American author best known for children's novels. For four different books published 1975-1980,she won two Newbery Medals and two National Book Awards. She is one of three people to win the two major international awards: for "lasting contribution to children's literature" she won the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing in 1998.

negative: Kersantin poika Kersantin poika is a 1973 novel by Finnish author Veijo Meri. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1973.

negative: Kirsty Murray Kirsty Murray (born 21 November 1960) is an Australian author. Murray writes children's fiction with a focus on Australian history.  She is well known for the Children of the Wind series of children's novels.

negative: Kjartan Fløgstad Kjartan Fløgstad (born 7 June 1944) is a Norwegian author. Fløgstad was born in the industrial city of Sauda in Ryfylke, Rogaland.  He studied literature and linguistics at the University of Bergen. Subsequently he worked for a period as an industrial worker and as a sailor before he debuted as a poet with his collection of poems titled Valfart (Pilgrimage) in 1968. He received the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for his 1977 novel Dalen Portland (Dollar Road).

negative: List of British children's and young adults' literature titles (1900–49) This is a list of British children's and young adults' literature titles including the representative titles of authors listed in List of British children's and young adults' authors (1900–49). This list has no more than six titles per author.

negative: List of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction The following is a list of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction. Winning titles are listed in yellow, first in their year.The prize has been awarded each year since 1969 to the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic of Ireland. In 2014, it was opened for the first time to any work published in the United Kingdom and in the English language.

negative: Literary festival A literary festival, also known as a book festival or writers' festival, is a regular gathering of writers and readers, typically on an annual basis in a particular city.

negative: Louis Sachar Louis Sachar (/ˈsækər/ SAK-ər; born March 20, 1954) is an American writer of children's books. He is best known for the Wayside School series and  Holes.Holes won the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literatureand the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".

negative: Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery  OBE (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), publicly known as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success. The central character, Anne, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character.

negative: Marla Frazee Marla Frazee (born January 16, 1958) is an American author and illustrator of children's literature. She has won two Caldecott Honors for picture book illustration.

negative: Mary Martha Sherwood Mary Martha Sherwood (née Butt; 6 May 1775 – 22 September 1851) was a prolific and influential writer of children's literature in 19th-century Britain. She composed over 400 books, tracts, magazine articles, and chapbooks.  Among her best known works are The History of Little Henry and his Bearer (1814), The History of Henry Milner (1822–37), and The History of the Fairchild Family (1818–47).

negative: Maurice Sendak Maurice Bernard Sendak (/ˈsɛndæk/; June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He became widely known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, first published in 1963.Born to Jewish-Polish parents, his childhood was affected by the death of many of his family members during the Holocaust.

negative: Mildred D. Taylor Mildred DeLois Taylor (born September 13, 1943) is an African-American writer known for her works exploring the struggle faced by African-American families in the Deep South.Taylor was born in Jackson, Mississippi but lived there only a short amount of time, then moved to Toledo, Ohio, where she spent most of her childhood. She now lives in Colorado with her daughter.

negative: Mirage 38 Mirage 38 (Swedish: Hägring 38) is a 2013 novel by Finnish author Kjell Westö. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2014.

negative: National Book Award for Young People's Literature The National Book Award for Young People's Literature is one of four annual National Book Awards, which are given by the National Book Foundation (NBF) to recognize outstanding literary work by US citizens. They are awards "by writers to writers".The panelists are five "writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field".The category Young People's Literature was established in 1996.

negative: Nebula Award for Best Novelette The Nebula Award for Best Novelette is given each year by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) to a science fiction or fantasy novelette published in English or translated into English and released in the United States or on the internet during the previous calendar year. The Nebula Awards have been described as one of "the most important of the American science fiction awards" and "the science-fiction and fantasy equivalent" of the Emmy Awards.

negative: Nobel Prize in Literature Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature (Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur) has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction" (original Swedish: den som inom litteraturen har producerat det mest framstående verket i en idealisk riktning).

negative: Nordic Council's Literature Prize The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, that meets "high literary and artistic standards". Established in 1962, the prize is awarded every year, and is worth 350,000 Danish kroner (2008).

negative: Nordic countries The Nordic countries are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic. It consists of five countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) as well as their autonomous regions (the Åland Islands, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland). The Nordic countries have much in common in their way of life, history, their use of Scandinavian languages and social structure.

negative: Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature The Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature (Norwegian: Det Norske Akademi for Språk og Litteratur) is a Norwegian learned body on matters pertaining to the Dano-Norwegian language. Its primary role is regulating the written standard known as Riksmål (in English: National Language).The academy was founded in 1953 by several notable Norwegian authors and poets, among them Arnulf Øverland, Sigurd Hoel, A.H. Winsnes, Cora Sandel and Francis Bull.

negative: Nye noveller Nye noveller (lit. New Short Stories) is a 1967 short story collection by Norwegian author Johan Borgen. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1967.

negative: Per Petterson Per Petterson (born 18 July 1952, Oslo) is a Norwegian novelist. His debut book was Aske i munnen, sand i skoa (1987), a collection of short stories. He has since published a number of novels to good reviews. To Siberia (1996), set in the Second World War, was published in English in 1998 and nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize.

negative: Pocomoto Pocomoto is the central character in a series of some 23 books written by the author Rex Dixon (a pseudonym for the author Reginald Alec Martin). The books are a children's western series focusing on Pocomoto's adventures.

negative: Project Runeberg Project Runeberg (Swedish, Projekt Runeberg) is a digital cultural archive initiative that publishes free electronic versions of books significant to the culture and history of the Nordic countries. Patterned after Project Gutenberg, it was founded by Lars Aronsson and colleagues at Linköping University and began archiving Nordic-language literature in December 1992.

negative: Pubertet Pubertet "\Puberty") is a 1979 memoir by Swedish author Ivar Lo-Johansson. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1979.

negative: Ringworld Ringworld is a 1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe and considered a classic of science fiction literature. Niven later added four sequels and four prequels. (The Fleet of Worlds series, co-written with Edward M. Lerner provides the four prequels as well as Fate of Worlds, the final sequel.) These books tie into numerous other books set in Known Space.  Ringworld won the Nebula Award in 1970, as well as both the Hugo Award and Locus Award in 1971.

negative: Robert Cormier Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925 – November 2, 2000) was an American author, columnist and reporter, known for his deeply pessimistic, downbeat literature. His most popular works include I Am the Cheese, After the First Death, We All Fall Down and The Chocolate War, all of which have won awards. The Chocolate War was challenged in multiple libraries. His books often are concerned with themes such as abuse, mental illness, violence, revenge, betrayal and conspiracy.

negative: Robin Koontz Robin Koontz (born 1954) is an American author and illustrator of picture books and early readers for children as well as non-fiction for middle school readers. Her books are published in English, Spanish, and Indonesian. Many of her titles have been reviewed in School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and the CLCD (Children's Literature Comprehension Database).

negative: Roman 1987 Roman 1987 is a 1989 novel by Norwegian author Dag Solstad. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1989.

negative: Rosemary Sutcliff Rosemary Sutcliff CBE (14 December 1920 – 23 July 1992) was an English novelist best known for children's books, especially historical fiction and retellings of myths and legends. Although she was primarily a children's author, the quality and depth of her writing also appeals to adults.

negative: S. E. Hinton bibliography Susan Eloise Hinton (better known as S. E. Hinton) is an American author who is best known for writing young adult fiction. The Outsiders was Hinton's first published book in 1967; Hinton wrote the book at the age of seventeen. Hinton based the characters, the Greasers and the Socs, off of teenage gangs and alienated youth in her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 1960s. The Outsiders has sold over fourteen million copies since it was published.

negative: Sarah Trimmer Sarah Trimmer (née Kirby; 6 January 1741 – 15 December 1810) was a writer and critic of 18th-century British children's literature, as well as an educational reformer. Her periodical, The Guardian of Education, helped to define the emerging genre by seriously reviewing children's literature for the first time; it also provided the first history of children's literature, establishing a canon of the early landmarks of the genre that scholars still use today.

negative: Scandinavian literature Scandinavia literature or Nordic literature  is the literature in the languages of the Nordic countries  of Northern Europe. The Nordic countries include Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway (including Svalbard), Sweden and associated autonomous territories (Åland, Faroe Islands and Greenland).The majority of these nations and regions use North Germanic languages.

negative: Ships of Slaves Ships of Slaves (Danish: Slavernes skibe) is a 1968 novel by Danish author Thorkild Hansen. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1971.

negative: Sid Fleischman Albert Sidney Fleischman (March 16, 1920 – March 17, 2010), or Sid Fleischman, was an American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about magic.  His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of American history.  He won the Newbery Medal in 1987 for The Whipping Boy and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 1979 for Humbug Mountain. For his career contribution as a children's writer he was U.S.

negative: Sofi Oksanen Sofi Oksanen (born January 7, 1977) is a Finnish contemporary writer. She is considered one of the most prominent contemporary authors of her generation as well as a global literary phenomenon. She was born in Jyväskylä. Her father is Finnish and her mother is Estonian. So far, Oksanen has published four novels, of which Purge has gained widest recognition, and two plays. She has received several international and domestic awards for her literary work.

negative: Swedish literature Swedish literature refers to literature written in the Swedish language or by writers from Sweden.The first literary text from Sweden is the Rök Runestone, carved during the Viking Age circa 800 AD. With the conversion of the land to Christianity around 1100 AD, Sweden entered the Middle Ages, during which monastic writers preferred to use Latin. Therefore, there are only a few texts in the Old Swedish from that period.

negative: Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris Tarjei Vesaas's debutantpris is a prize awarded annually for the best first literary work in Norwegian. It is awarded by the Norwegian Authors' Union, and the organisation's 9-member Literary Caucus constitutes the jury for the prize.

negative: The Guardian of Education The Guardian of Education was the first successful periodical dedicated to reviewing children's literature in Britain. It was edited by eighteenth-century educationalist, children's author, and Sunday school advocate Sarah Trimmer and was published from June 1802 until September 1806 by J. Hatchard and F. C. and J. Rivington.

negative: The History of Nordic Women's Literature The History of Nordic Women's Literature (Danish: Nordisk kvindelitteraturhistorie, Swedish: Nordisk kvinnolitteraturhistoria) is a print and online encyclopedia and biographical dictionary about female Nordic authors. The original print version was written in five volumes (four encyclopedic volumes plus a "bio-bibliographical" volume) over 25 years by about 100 scholars from different Nordic countries. The first volume was published in 1993 in Swedish and Danish and the last in 1998.

negative: The Ice Palace (novel) The Ice Palace (Nynorsk: Is-slottet) is a novel by the Norwegian author Tarjei Vesaas, first published in 1963. The original novel is written in nynorsk and considered a classic of Norwegian literature. It has been translated to English. Vesaas received The Nordic Council's Literature Prize for the novel in 1964.

negative: The Jungle Book The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by English author Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–94. The original publications contain illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six years of his childhood there. After about ten years in England, he went back to India and worked there for about six-and-a-half years. These stories were written when Kipling lived in Vermont.

negative: The Prophets of Eternal Fjord The Prophets of Eternal Fjord (Danish: Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden) is a 2012 novel by Danish author Kim Leine. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2013.

negative: Thesis by publication A thesis by publication, also known as an essay thesis or an article thesis, is a doctoral dissertation that, as opposed to a coherent monograph, is a collection of research articles with an introductory and a summary chapter. It comprises already-published journal articles, conference papers and book chapters, and occasional not yet published manuscripts. A thesis by publication is a form of compilation thesis (a term used in Nordic countries).

negative: Thorkild Hansen Thorkild Hansen  (9 January 1927 – 4 February 1989) was a Danish novelist known for his Slave Trilogy. He also wrote books about Knut Hamsun and volumes of travel writing. In 1971 he won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize. He is known as one of the most read novelists in Danish literature. He died prematurely, during a voyage in the Caribbean.

negative: Toni Morrison Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931) is an American novelist, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed characters. Among her best known novels are The Bluest Eye (1970), Sula (1973), Song of Solomon (1977), and Beloved (1987). She was also commissioned to write the libretto for a new opera, Margaret Garner, first performed in 2005.

negative: Valerie Sherrard Valerie Sherrard is a Canadian author of books for children and young adults including the multi award winning novel The Glory Wind, Kate, Speechless, and the Shelby Belgarden mystery series.The Glory Wind won the 2011 Geoffrey Bilson Award, the Ann Connor Brimer Award and was shortlisted for numerous other awards, including the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award.Sherrard's novel in free verse, Counting Back from Nine, was nominated for a 2013 Governor General's Award in the Children's Text category.Sherrard's picture books include There's a Cow Under my Bed, with artwork by Canadian Illustrator David Jardine and Miss Wondergem's Dreadfully Dreadful Pie with artwork by Canadian Illustrator Wendy J.

negative: Valhalla (youth portal) Valhalla is the Nordic Council of Ministers’ portal for children and youth culture in Denmark, Finland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Åland Islands.

negative: West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize is a literary award, which was established in 2002 by the West Nordic Council. The prize is awarded every second year at the annual meeting of the West Nordic Council, normally in August. The three countries of the North West region of Northern Europe are Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands (Greenland and Faroe Islands are constiuent countries within the Danish Kingdom). These countries nominate one literary work each.

negative: Ólafur Haukur Símonarson Ólafur Haukur Símonarson, (born August 24, 1947 in Reykjavík), is an Icelandic playwright and novelist who lives in Reykjavík, Iceland.He is married to actress Guðlaug María Bjarnadóttir and they have three children. He studied interior design in Copenhagen and literature and theater in Copenhagen and Strasbourg from 1965-1972.Símonarson mainly writes for the stage and is one of the most respected and popular dramatists in Iceland.

negative: Þorsteinn frá Hamri Þorsteinn frá Hamri (aka Þorsteinn Jónsson), (15 Mar 1938 – ) is an Icelandic writer notable for having been nominated four times for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize over a period of two decades.


query: Airlines that currently use Boeing 747 planes.

positive: AeroSur Compañía Boliviana de Transporte Aéreo Privado Aerosur, S.A., shortened and styled AeroSur, was a privately owned airline from Bolivia, which served as the country's flag carrier since 1998,  along with state-owned Boliviana de Aviación. Headquartered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, it operated a network of domestic and international scheduled passenger flights with its hub at the city's Viru Viru International Airport. As of 2010, the airline had 1200 employees.

positive: Aerolíneas Argentinas Aerolíneas Argentinas (English: Argentine Airlines), formally Aerolíneas Argentinas S.A., is Argentina's largest airline and serves as the country 's flag carrier. The airline was created in 1949 from the merger of four companies, and started operations in December 1950 (1950-12).

positive: Air Atlanta Icelandic Air Atlanta Icelandic is a charter and ACMI company based in Kópavogur, Iceland. It specialises in leasing aircraft on an ACMI (Aircraft, Crews, Maintenance, Insurance)/wet lease basis to airlines worldwide needing extra passenger and cargo capacity. It also operates charter services. In mid-2007 the airline decided to shift its focus to air cargo operations but during the last two years has offered passengers and cargo aircraft.

positive: Air China Air China Limited (simplified Chinese: 中国国际航空公司; traditional Chinese: 中國國際航空公司; literally: "China International Airlines Company", colloquially known as 国航/國航, SEHK: 0753, LSE: AIRC, SSE: 601111) is the flag carrier and one of the major airlines of the People's Republic of China, with its headquarters in Shunyi District, Beijing. Air China's flight operations are based out of Beijing Capital International Airport.

positive: Air China Cargo Air China Cargo Co., Ltd. (simplified Chinese: 中国国际货运航空有限公司; traditional Chinese: 中國國際貨運航空有限公司; pinyin: Zhōngguó Guójì Huòyùn Hángkōng Yǒuxiàngōngsī) is a cargo airline with its headquarters in Shunyi District, Beijing, China. It is an all-cargo subsidiary of Air China and operates scheduled freighter services to 20 cities in 10 countries around the world. Its main base is Beijing Capital International Airport.

positive: Air France Air France (formally Société Air France, S.A.), stylized as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, (north of Paris). It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance.

positive: Air India Air India is the flag carrier airline of India owned by Air India Limited (AIL), a Government of India enterprise. It is the third largest airline in India (after IndiGo and Jet Airways) in domestic market share, and operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft serving various domestic and international airports. It is headquartered at the Indian Airlines House in New Delhi.

positive: Air New Zealand Air New Zealand Limited (NZX: AIR, ASX: AIZ) is the national airline and flag carrier of New Zealand. Based in Auckland, the airline operates scheduled passenger flights to 25 domestic and 26 international destinations in 15 countries across Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania.

positive: American Airlines American Airlines, Inc. (AA) is a major United States-based airline, operating an extensive international and domestic network, and is the world's largest airline by fleet size and revenue, and the second-most  by number of destinations, only after United Airlines. It operates from its main hub at Dallas/Fort Worth, and its hubs at Charlotte, Los Angeles, John F.

positive: Asiana Airlines Flight 991 Asiana Airlines Cargo Flight 991 (OZ991, AAR991) was a cargo flight which crashed into the Korea Strait on 28 July 2011. The two crew members aboard died. The aircraft involved, a Boeing 747-400F freighter, was operating Asiana Airlines' scheduled international cargo service from Incheon International Airport, South Korea to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, China.

positive: Boeing Dreamlifter The Boeing 747 Dreamlifter (formerly Large Cargo Freighter or LCF) is a wide-body cargo aircraft.  Cargo is placed in the aircraft by the world's longest cargo loader. It is an extensively modified Boeing 747-400 and is used exclusively for transporting 787 aircraft parts to Boeing's assembly plants from suppliers around the world.

positive: British Airways British Airways, often shortened to BA, is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom and the largest airline in the United Kingdom based on fleet size. When measured by passengers carried, it is second-largest in United Kingdom (behind easyJet).

positive: Cargolux Cargolux Airlines International S.A., trading as Cargolux, is a cargo airline with its head office at Luxembourg Findel Airport in Sandweiler, Luxembourg. It is one of the largest scheduled all-cargo airlines in Europe with a global network. Charter flights and third party maintenance are also operated.

positive: Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific (Chinese: 國泰航空) (SEHK: 0293) is the largest airline of Hong Kong, with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline's operations include scheduled passenger and cargo services to 200 destinations in 52 countries worldwide, codeshares, and joint ventures, with a fleet of wide-body aircraft, consisting of Airbus A330, Airbus A340, Boeing 747 and Boeing 777 equipment.

positive: China Airlines China Airlines (CAL) (Chinese: 中華航空; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Hángkōng) (TWSE: 2610) is the flag carrier and largest airline of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It is headquartered in Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and has 11,154 regular employees. China Airlines operates over 1,400 flights weekly to 114 airports in 111 cities (including codeshare) across Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. The cargo division operates 91 pure freighter flights weekly to 33 destinations.

positive: China Airlines Flight 334 China Airlines Flight 334 was a Boeing 747-200F freighter aircraft that was hijacked by pilot Wang Xijue on May 3, 1986 while en route to Bangkok, Thailand. Wang managed to subdue the two other crew members and changed course to land the 747 in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, where he defected.

positive: China Airlines Flight 605 China Airlines Flight 605 (callsign "Dynasty 605") was a daily non-stop flight departing from Taipei at 6:30 a.m. and arriving at Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong at 7:00 a.m. local time. On November 4, 1993, the plane crashed after overrunning the runway on landing during a storm. It was the first major loss of a Boeing 747-400.

positive: China Cargo Airlines China Cargo Airlines (simplified Chinese: 中国货运航空有限公司; traditional Chinese: 中國貨運航空有限公司; pinyin: zhōngguó huòyùn hángkōng ǒuxiàn gōngsī) sometimes as abbreviated 中货航, is a cargo airline with its head office on Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It is China's first all-cargo airline operating dedicated freight services using China Eastern Airlines route structure.

positive: Eaglexpress Eaglexpress Air Charter Sdn Bhd is a charter airline with its headquarters in Selangor, Malaysia  and base at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

positive: El Al Flight 1862 On 4 October 1992, El Al Flight 1862, a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft of the state-owned Israeli airline El Al, crashed into the Groeneveen and Klein-Kruitberg flats in the Bijlmermeer (colloquially "Bijlmer") neighbourhood (part of Amsterdam-Zuidoost) of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

positive: Evergreen International Airlines Evergreen International Airlines was a cargo airline based in McMinnville, Oregon, United States. It operated contract freight services, offering charters and scheduled flights, as well as wet lease services. It operated services for the U.S. military and the United States Postal Service, as well as ad hoc charter flights. Its crew base was at John F.

positive: Fiji Airways Air Pacific (United States) was also the name of a commuter airline that operated in California during the late 1970s and early 1980s.Fiji Airways, formerly Air Pacific (a trading name of Air Pacific Limited) is the flag carrier airline of Fiji. It is based in Nadi and operates international and domestic services to 10 countries and 17 cities around the Pacific Ocean, including Oceania, the United States and Hong Kong.

positive: Jade Cargo International Jade Cargo International was a cargo airline with its headquarters on the sixth floor of the Shenzhen Airlines Flight Operations Building at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It operated regular cargo services to Asia, Europe, South East Asia and the Middle East, plus a host of other worldwide destinations. It main base was Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport.

positive: Japan Airlines Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL) (日本航空株式会社, Nihon Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha, TYO: 9201), is the flag carrier of Japan and the second largest airline in Japan after All Nippon Airways. It is headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan; and its main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport), as well as Osaka's Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport.

positive: KLM KLM is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands headquartered in Amstelveen with its hub at nearby Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.  The name KLM is an abbreviation of its full legal name, Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (Royal Dutch Airlines). KLM operates scheduled passenger and cargo services to more than 130 destinations worldwide.

positive: Korean Air Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. (Hangul: 대한항공; RR: Daehan Hanggong) (KRX: 003490), operating as Korean Air, is the largest airline in South Korea based on fleet size, international destinations and international flights. The airline's global headquarters located in Seoul, South Korea.Korean Air's international passenger division and related subsidiary cargo division together serve 130 cities in 45 countries, while its domestic division serves 20 destinations.

positive: List of Boeing 747 operators This is a list of current and former Boeing 747 operators at July 2015:

positive: List of Boeing customer codes Unique, fixed Boeing customer codes have been used by Boeing Commercial Airplanes to identify the original customer for an aircraft for all Boeing 7x7 aircraft, up to and including the Boeing 777. The codes were announced at an ICAO congress in 1956. Customer codes are not being used for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.An example would be a Boeing 747-400 ordered by British Airways would be a Boeing 747-436 (36 being the customer code).

positive: Logistic Air Logistic Air is an airline that offers short and long-term aircraft leasing solutions, including wet and dry leases.

positive: Lufthansa Deutsche Lufthansa AG (FWB: LHA) (German pronunciation: [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈlʊfthanzaː]), commonly  known as Lufthansa (sometimes also as Lufthansa German Airlines), is a German airline and also the largest airline in Europe, both in terms of overall passengers carried and fleet size when combined with its subsidiaries.

positive: Lufthansa Cargo Lufthansa Cargo AG is a German cargo airline and a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa. It operates worldwide air freight and logistics services and is headquartered at Frankfurt Airport, the main hub of Lufthansa.Lufthansa Cargo does not only operate dedicated cargo freighters, but also has access to the cargo capacities of more than 300 passenger aircraft of the Lufthansa Group.

positive: Northwest Airlines Northwest Airlines Corp. (often abbreviated NWA) was a major United States airline founded in 1926 and absorbed into Delta Air Lines Inc. by a merger. Approved on October 29, 2008, the merger made Delta the largest airline in the world until the American Airlines-US Airways merger on December 9, 2013.

positive: Orient Thai Airlines Orient Thai Airlines Co., Ltd. is an airline with its head office in Khlong Toei, Bangkok, Thailand. It operates chartered and scheduled services in Southeast Asia. It flies from Don Mueang (DMK) airport to Phuket (HKT) and from Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) to Hong Kong (HKG).The airline is managed by Managing Director Mr. Kajit Habanananda and Chairman of the Advisory Board Mr. Udom Tantiprasongchai.

positive: Pakistan International Airlines Pakistan International Airlines (Urdu: پاکستان انٹرنیشنل ایئر لائنز) commonly known as PIA or Pakistan International is the national flag carrier airline of Pakistan. It operates scheduled services to 23 domestic destinations and 30 international destinations in 27 countries across Asia, Europe and North America. Its main hubs are Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad/Rawalpindi.

positive: Philippine Airlines Flight 434 Philippine Airlines Flight 434 (PAL434, PR434) was the route designator of a flight from Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Pasay City in the Philippines, to New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport), Narita, in Japan, with one stop at Mactan-Cebu International Airport, Cebu, in the Philippines.On December 11, 1994 the Boeing 747-283B with tail number EI-BWF was flying on the second leg of the route, from Cebu to Tokyo, when a bomb planted by terrorist Ramzi Yousef exploded, killing one passenger and damaging vital control systems.

positive: Qantas Qantas Airways Limited (/ˈkwɒntəs/ KWON-təs; ASX: QAN) is the flag carrier airline of Australia and its largest airline by fleet size, international flights and international destinations. It is the third oldest airline in the world, after KLM and Avianca having been founded in November 1920; it began international passenger flights in May 1935.

positive: Saudia Saudi Arabian Airlines (الخطوط الجوية العربية السعودية) operating as Saudia (Arabic: السعودية  as-Saʿūdiyyah) is the flag carrier airline of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah.

positive: Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines Limited (SIA; SGX: C6L) is the flag carrier of Singapore which operates from its hub at Changi Airport and has a strong presence in Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and Oceania.Singapore Airlines was the launch customer of Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft. SIA operates many airline-related subsidiaries, such as aircraft handling and engineering. Its wholly owned subsidiary SilkAir manages regional flights to secondary cities with short-haul aircraft.

positive: Singapore Airlines Cargo Singapore Airlines Cargo (abbreviated as SIA Cargo) is a cargo airline based in Singapore. It is a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines and was incorporated in 2001. SIA Cargo operates 10 freighters and manages the bellyhold of all Singapore Airlines and Scoot aircraft. Its head office is in the Fifth Floor of the SATS Airfreight Terminal 5 at Singapore Changi Airport.SIA Cargo's warehouse in Singapore, dubbed SIA Superhub 1, was opened in 1995.

positive: Singapore Airlines fleet The Singapore Airlines fleet features exclusively wide-body aircraft from three aircraft families: the Boeing 777, Airbus A380, and the Airbus A330.

positive: TAAG Angola Airlines TAAG Angola Airlines (Portuguese: Linhas Aéreas de Angola) is the state-owned flag carrier of Angola. Based in Luanda, the airline operates an all-Boeing fleet to domestic services within Angola, as well as medium-haul services in Africa and long-haul services to Brazil, Cuba, China, Portugal and the United Arab Emirates.

positive: TAT Nigeria TAT Nigeria is a Nigerian charter airline based at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. It specializes in Christian pilgrim tours mainly to Israel.TAT Nigeria does not have its own fleet and charter aircraft from other operators, they previously used an Airbus A330-300 and Boeing 747-400.

positive: TWA Flight 800 Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (TWA 800), was a Boeing 747-100 which exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, on July 17, 1996, at about 8:31 p.m. EDT, 12 minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport on a scheduled international passenger flight to Rome, with a stopover in Paris. All 230 people on board were killed in the third-deadliest aviation accident in U.S.

positive: Thai Airways Thai Airways International Public Company Limited, also trading as THAI (SET: THAI, Thai: บริษัท  การบินไทย  จำกัด (มหาชน)) is the flag carrier airline of Thailand. Formed in 1988, the airline has its corporate headquarters in Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Chatuchak District, Bangkok, and primarily operates out of Suvarnabhumi Airport.  THAI is a founding member of the Star Alliance.

positive: United Airlines United Airlines, Inc., commonly referred to as "United", is a major American airline carrier headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It is the world's largest airline when measured by number of destinations served. In the late 1920s, just prior to the use of the United Airlines name, The Boeing Company, currently one of the world's largest aircraft manufacturers, operated a predecessor airline.United is a founding member of Star Alliance, the world's first and largest global airline alliance.

positive: United Airlines Flight 826 On December 28, 1997, United Airlines Flight 826 was operated by a Boeing 747-100 flying from New Tokyo Airport (Changed name to a Narita Airport in 2004), Japan to Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii. Two hours into the flight, at an altitude of 31,000 feet (9,400 m), the plane received reports of severe clear-air turbulence in the area and the seat belt sign was turned on.

negative: 1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision The Wayne County Airport runway collision was the name of a runway collision between two Northwest Airlines planes in dense fog at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on December 3, 1990. It occurred when Flight 1482, a scheduled Douglas DC-9-14 service from Detroit to Pittsburgh International Airport, taxied onto an active runway by mistake in dense fog and was hit by a departing Boeing 727 operating as Flight 299 to Memphis International Airport.

negative: 2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident 2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident, known in Japan as Japan Airlines near miss incident above Suruga Bay (日本航空機駿河湾上空ニアミス事故, Nihonkōkūki surugawan jōkū niamisu jiko) occurred on January 31, 2001, when Japan Airlines flight 907, a Boeing 747-400 en route from Haneda International Airport to Naha International Airport, nearly collided with Japan Airlines flight 958, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-40, which was en route from Gimhae International Airport to Narita International Airport.The incident was attributed to errors made by air traffic controller trainee Hideki Hachitani (蜂谷 秀樹, Hachitani Hideki) and trainee supervisor Yasuko Momii (籾井 康子, Momii Yasuko).

negative: 2010 in aviation This is a list of aviation-related events from 2010:

negative: Air Club International Air Club International Ltd. (or ACI) was a Canadian charter airline that operated from 1993 to 1998.

negative: Airbus A380 The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by the European aircraft company Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger airliner, and the airports at which it operates have upgraded facilities to accommodate it. It was initially named Airbus A3XX and designed to challenge Boeing's monopoly in the large-aircraft market.

negative: Airliner An airliner is a type of transportation service for transporting passengers and air cargo. Such aircraft are most often operated by airlines. Although the definition of an airliner can vary from country to country, an airliner is typically defined as an aircraft intended for carrying multiple passengers or cargo in commercial service.The largest airliners are wide-body jets.

negative: Albany International Airport Albany International Airport (IATA: ALB, ICAO: KALB, FAA LID: ALB) is a public airport seven miles (11 km) northwest of Albany, in Albany County, New York, United States. It is owned by the Albany County Airport Authority.It is an Airport of Entry in the town of Colonie. It was built on the site of the Shaker settlement about 6 miles (10 km) north of Albany and stretching north to the hamlet of Verdoy.

negative: All Nippon Airways Flight 61 On July 23, 1999, an All Nippon Airways Boeing 747-481D with 503 passengers on Flight 61 (全日空61便, Zen'nikkū 61 Bin), including 14 children and 14 crew members on board, took off from Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport) in Ota, Tokyo, Japan and was en route to New Chitose Airport in Chitose, Japan, near Sapporo when it was hijacked by Yuji Nishizawa (西沢 裕司, Nishizawa Yūji).

negative: Antonov An-225 Mriya The Antonov An-225 Mriya (Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-225 Мрія (Dream), NATO reporting name: "Cossack") is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft that was designed by the Soviet Union's Antonov Design Bureau in the 1980s. The An-225's name, Mriya (Мрiя) means "Dream" (Inspiration) in Ukrainian. It is powered by six turbofan engines and is the longest and heaviest airplane ever built with a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes.  It also has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in operational service.

negative: Blue Sky Airlines Blue Sky was the flag carrier and a charter airline based in Yerevan. The airline was operating for Mahan Air.

negative: Boeing 2707 The Boeing 2707 was the first American supersonic transport (SST) project. After winning a competition for a government-funded contract to build an American SST, Boeing began development at its facilities in Seattle, Washington. The design emerged as a very large aircraft with seating for 250 to 300 passengers and cruise speeds in the range of Mach 3.

negative: Boeing 737 The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range twinjet narrow-body airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engined airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of ten passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers. The 737 is Boeing's only narrow-body airliner in production, with the -700, -800, and -900ER variants currently being built.

negative: Boeing 747-400 The Boeing 747-400 is a major development and the best-selling model of the Boeing 747 family of jet airliners. While retaining the four-engine wide-body layout of its predecessors, the 747-400 embodies numerous technological and structural changes to produce a more efficient airframe.

negative: Boeing 747-8 The Boeing 747-8 is a wide-body jet airliner developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Officially announced in 2005, the 747-8 is the third generation of the 747, with lengthened fuselage, redesigned wings, and improved efficiency.

negative: Boeing 747 The Boeing 747 is a wide-body commercial jet airliner and cargo aircraft, often referred to by its original nickname, Jumbo Jet, or Queen of the Skies. Its distinctive "hump" upper deck along the forward part of the aircraft makes it among the world's most recognizable aircraft, and it was the first wide-body produced.

negative: Boeing 747SP The Boeing 747SP is a modified version of the Boeing 747 jet airliner which was designed for ultra-long-range flights.  The SP stands for "Special Performance". Compared with its predecessor, the 747-100, the 747SP retains its wide-body, four-engine layout, along with its double-deck design, but has a shortened fuselage, larger tailplane, and simplified trailing edge flaps.

negative: Boeing 747 hull losses A total of 53 Boeing 747 aircraft, or 3% of the total number of 747's built, first flown commercially in 1970, have been involved in accidents and incidents resulting in a hull loss, meaning that the aircraft has either been destroyed or has been damaged beyond economical repair. Of the 53 Boeing 747 aircraft losses, 26 resulted in no loss of life; in one, a hostage was murdered; and in one, a terrorist died.

negative: Boeing 767 The Boeing 767 is a mid- to large-size, long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was Boeing's first wide-body twinjet and its first airliner with a two-crew glass cockpit. The aircraft has two turbofan engines, a conventional tail, and, for reduced aerodynamic drag, a supercritical wing design.

negative: Boeing 787 Dreamliner The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a long-range, mid-size wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Its variants seat 242 to 335 passengers in typical 3-class seating configurations.  It is Boeing's most fuel-efficient airliner and is a pioneering airliner with the use of composite materials as the primary material in the construction of its airframe.  The 787 was designed to be 20% more fuel efficient than the 767, which is being replaced.

negative: Boeing Aircraft Holding Company Boeing Aircraft Holding Company (BAHC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing. This company manages Boeing-owned, used aircraft, including planes acquired due to a trade-in or a lease return. It has a mailing address in Seattle, Washington, near the headquarters for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, but the point of location is listed as Delaware.As of 2005, BAHC has a fleet of 15 aircraft, including 10 Boeing 747s and 4 McDonnell Douglas MD-80s.

negative: Boeing Everett Factory The Boeing Everett Factory, in Everett, Washington, is an airplane assembly building owned by Boeing. Located on the northeast corner of Paine Field, it is the largest building in the world by volume at 13,385,378 m3 (472,370,319 cu ft) and covers 399,480 m2 (98.3 acres).

negative: Boeing VC-25 The Boeing VC-25 is the designation of a United States Air Force passenger transportation aircraft, a military version of the Boeing 747 airliner.  The two modified Boeing 747s are designated VC-25A by the USAF.The VC-25 is most famous for its role as Air Force One, the call sign of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States. The two aircraft currently in U.S. service are highly modified versions of Boeing's 747-200B, with tail numbers 28000 and 29000.

negative: British Airways Engineering British Airways Engineering is the aircraft maintenance subsidiary of British Airways which provides support services to British Airways and other airlines.  It is responsible for the entire BA Boeing 747 fleet maintenance, cabin interior conversions and general ramp maintenance work for both their own fleet and other airlines.

negative: British Airways Flight 268 British Airways Flight 268 was a regularly scheduled flight from Los Angeles' LAX airport to London Heathrow. The flight took off at about 9:24 p.m. on 20 February 2005. When the plane, a four engine Boeing 747–436, was about 300 feet into the air, flames burst out of its number 2 engine, a result of engine surge. The pilots shut the engine down. Air traffic control expected the plane to return to the airport and deleted the flight plan.

negative: Cargo aircraft A cargo aircraft (also known as freight aircraft, freighter, airlifter or cargo jet) is a fixed-wing aircraft that is designed or converted for the carriage of air cargo, rather than passengers. Such aircraft usually do not incorporate passenger amenities, and generally feature one or more large doors for loading cargo.

negative: Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision The Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision occurred on 12 November 1996 over the village of Charkhi Dadri, to the west of New Delhi, India. The aircraft involved were a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747-100B en route from Delhi to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 en route from Chimkent, Kazakhstan, to Delhi.

negative: China Airlines Flight 006 China Airlines Flight 006 (callsign "Dynasty 006") is a daily non-stop flight from Taipei to Los Angeles International Airport.  On February 19, 1985, the Boeing 747SP operating the flight was involved in an aircraft upset accident after the No. 4 engine flamed out. The plane rolled over and plunged 30,000 ft (9,100 m), experiencing high speeds and g-forces (approaching 5g) before the captain was able to recover from the rapid dive, and then to divert to San Francisco International Airport.

negative: China Airlines Flight 358 China Airlines Flight 358 was a Boeing 747-2R7F freighter plane that crashed on December 29, 1991 shortly after takeoff from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taipei, Taiwan. The aircraft was a 747, registration B-198, that had been in service for 11 years, 3 months. The aircraft had clocked a total of 45,868 hours of flight time during its time in service.

negative: China Airlines Flight 611 China Airlines Flight 611 (callsign Dynasty 611) was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport) in Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City), Taiwan to Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong. On 25 May 2002, the Boeing 747-209B operating the route disintegrated in mid-air and crashed into the Taiwan Strait 20 minutes after takeoff, killing all 225 people on board.

negative: Combi aircraft Combi aircraft in commercial aviation is an aircraft that can be used to carry either passengers, as an airliner, or cargo as a freighter, and may have a partition in the aircraft cabin to allow both uses at the same time in a mixed passenger/freight combination. Combi aircraft typically feature an oversized cargo door, as well as tracks on the cabin floor to allow the seats to be added or removed quickly.

negative: Dawson's Field hijackings In September 1970, four jet airliners bound for New York City and one for London were hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Three aircraft were forced to land at Dawson's Field, a remote desert airstrip near Zarka, Jordan, formerly a British Royal Air Force base, then become PFLP's "Revolutionary Airport". By the end of the incident, one hijacker had been killed and one injury reported.

negative: Family Airlines Family Airlines was an American low-cost airline proposed in the 1990s.The airline gained press attention after it said that it would offer $249 U.S. dollar fares from Los Angeles to New York City. The airline announced that it would cater to family travelers who found traditional airlines to be too expensive.

negative: Flying Tiger Line Flight 66 On February 19, 1989, a FedEx-owned Boeing 747-249F operating as Flying Tiger Flight 66, was flying an international cargo flight from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The aircraft impacted terrain 12 miles from the airport, resulting in four fatalities.The aircraft was assigned a non-directional beacon (NDB) approach to Runway 33 at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Kuala Lumpur, after having flown 30 minutes from Singapore Changi Airport.

negative: Global International Airways Global International Airways, formed in 1981, was an airline company based in Kansas City, Missouri.Also known as GIA, Global International began seasonal charter flights to  Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London and Paris using Boeing 707 aircraft, in 1981.  Global also used Boeing 727s for charters to the Caribbean and from 1983 it used a Boeing 747-133.  The airline became deeply involved in the Iran-Contra scandal, making many of the shipments of illegal arms.

negative: Government contract flight A government contract flight is a type of charter airline operation contracted with a government agency.In the United States, the massive mobility requirements during World War II proved that military transport could not meet all the logistical needs that might arise.  As a result, the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) was developed to use airline capacity to provide maximum airlift support in wartime situations.

negative: JALways JALways Co., Ltd. (JAZ) (株式会社ジャルウェイズ, Kabushiki-gaisha Jaruweizu), formerly Japan Air Charter Co., Ltd. (ジャパンエアチャーター株式会社, Japan Ea Chātā Kabushiki-gaisha), was an international airline registered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, with its headquarters and its main hub at Narita International Airport. The airline had a secondary hub at Osaka's Kansai International Airport.

negative: Japan Air Lines Flight 404 Japan Air Lines Flight 404 was a passenger flight which was hijacked by Palestinian and Japanese terrorists on July 20, 1973.The flight departed Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport, Netherlands, on July 23, 1973, en route to Tokyo International Airport (Haneda), Japan, via Anchorage International Airport, Alaska. The aircraft was a Boeing 747-246B, with 123 passengers and 22 crew members on board.

negative: Japan Airlines Flight 123 Japan Airlines Flight 123 (日本航空123便, Nihonkōkū 123 Bin) was a scheduled domestic Japan Airlines passenger flight from Tokyo's Haneda Airport to Osaka International Airport, Japan. On Monday, August 12, 1985, a Boeing 747SR operating this route suffered explosive decompression 12 minutes into the flight and, 32 minutes later, crashed into two ridges of Mount Takamagahara in Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Tokyo.

negative: Jumbo: The Plane that Changed the World Jumbo: The Plane that Changed the World, also known as 747: The Jumbo Revolution is a British documentary that was broadcast on BBC Two on 27 February 2014. The documentary, written and directed by Christopher Spencer, is about the development of the Boeing 747 jumbo jet.

negative: KLM Flight 861 KLM Flight 861, operated by a Boeing 747 registered PH-BUA and named "Mississippi", was hijacked on November 25, 1973, by three young Arabs over Iraqi airspace on a scheduled Amsterdam-Tokyo flight with 247 passengers on board. The hijackers threatened to blow up the plane when no country would grant landing permission. The hijackers demanded the release of seven Palestinian prisoners.

negative: Kalitta Air Kalitta Air is an American cargo airline headquartered in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan. It operates international scheduled and ad-hoc cargo charter services. Its main base is Willow Run Airport near Ypsilanti.

negative: Korean Air Flight 801 Korean Air Flight 801 (KE801, KAL801) crashed on August 6, 1997, on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, in the United States territory of Guam.Flight 801 was normally flown by an Airbus A300; since Korean Air had scheduled the August 5–6 flight to transport Guamanian athletes to the South Pacific Mini Games in American Samoa, the airline designated HL7468, a 12-year-old Boeing 747-300 delivered to Korean Air on December 12, 1984, to fly the route that night.

negative: List of Mayday episodes Mayday, known as Air Crash Investigation(s) in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and Asia and also known as Air Emergency or Air Disasters in the United States, is a Canadian documentary television series produced by Cineflix that recounts air crashes, near-crashes, fires, hijackings, bombings and other mainly flight-related disasters and crises.

negative: List of airlines of Iran Iran has several private and public airline companies in operation. The oldest is Iran Air.As of June 2009, Iranian planes fly 45 international flight routes. Most of the fleet of Iranian airlines today consist of old Boeings and used or leased Airbus and Russian manufactured aircraft such as Tupolevs.  Sanctions from the United States prevents Iran from purchasing most new western made aircraft to update its rapidly aging fleet.

negative: List of defunct airlines of United States This is a list of now defunct airlines from United States Of America.

negative: List of defunct airlines of the United States Of America This is a list of now defunct airlines from United States Of America.

negative: Lufthansa CityLine Lufthansa CityLine GmbH is a German regional airline with its headquarters on the grounds of Munich Airport. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa and member of the Lufthansa Regional network and maintains hubs at Frankfurt Airport and Munich Airport.

negative: Lufthansa Flight 540 Lufthansa Flight 540 was a scheduled commercial flight for Lufthansa operated with a Boeing 747-100, carrying 157 people (140 passengers and 17 crew members).  The flight was operating the final segment of its Frankfurt–Nairobi–Johannesburg route. On 20 November 1974 it crashed and caught fire shortly past the runway on takeoff. This was the first fatal accident and third hull loss of a Boeing 747.

negative: Lufthansa Regional Lufthansa Regional is an alliance and brand name of regional airlines within the German Lufthansa Group.

negative: MK Airlines Flight 1602 MK Airlines Flight 1602 was a MK Airlines Boeing 747-200F cargo flight on a flight from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Nova Scotia, Canada to Zaragoza Airport, Spain. It crashed on take-off killing the crew of 7.

negative: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that crashed on 17 July 2014 after being shot down, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board.

negative: National Airlines (N8) National Air Cargo, also operating as National Airlines, is an American airline based in Orlando, Florida. It operates on-demand cargo and passenger charter services. Its main base is Orlando International Airport, Orlando.

negative: Northwest Airlines Flight 85 Northwest Airlines Flight 85 was a flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Narita International Airport that experienced a rudder hardover event on October 9, 2002 when the flight was in proximity to Anchorage, Alaska. The flight diverted to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

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Oceanic Airlines Oceanic Airlines and less frequently Oceanic Airways are names of fictional airlines used in several films, television programs, and comic books; typically works that feature plane crashes and other aviation disasters, with which a real airline would prefer not to be associated.The most famous use of this brand is in the TV show Lost, where Oceanic Airlines is featured branded with a highly stylized logo depicting an Australian Aboriginal dot painting that resembles a nazar, a bullseye, an island, or an "O". @en <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic_Airlines?oldid=683866753> .
<http://dbpedia.org/resource/Emerson_Sheik> <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment> Márcio Passos de Albuquerque (born 6 September 1978 in Nova Iguaçu, Brazil), also known as Emerson, is a Brazilian-Qatari football striker, who plays for Flamengo.

negative: Precision Manuals Development Group Precision Manuals Development Group (often abbreviated as PMDG) is a commercial add-on aircraft developer for the Microsoft Flight Simulator, Lockheed Martin Prepar3D, and X-Plane series. The company was founded by airline pilot Robert Randazzo, who stated that his ultimate goal was to develop the software to the point where it could be used by airlines and manufacturers to supplement pilot training.

negative: Qantas Flight 1 Qantas Flight 1 (QF1, QFA1) was a Qantas passenger flight which was involved in a runway overrun accident at Don Mueang International Airport as it was arriving for a stopover in Bangkok on 23 September 1999.

negative: Regentair Regentair was an airline with its headquarters in Westchester, Los Angeles, California. The airline, founded in October 1982 as Firstair, operated scheduled flights between New York City and Los Angeles with Boeing 727s modified to carry 34 passengers in an all first class cabin. The airline's planes were also available for charter.

negative: Shuttle Carrier Aircraft The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) were two extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters. One is a 747-100 model, while the other is a short range 747-100SR.The SCAs were used to ferry Space Shuttles from landing sites back to the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center, and to and from other locations too distant for the orbiters to be delivered by ground transport.

negative: Singapore Airlines Flight 006 Singapore Airlines Flight 006 was a scheduled passenger flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport) in Taipei, Taiwan. On 31 October 2000, at 23:17 Taipei local time (15:17 UTC), the Boeing 747-412 operating the flight attempted to take off from the wrong runway at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport during a typhoon.

negative: South African Airways Flight 295 South African Airways Flight 295, flown by a Boeing 747 named Helderberg was a commercial flight that suffered a catastrophic in-flight fire in the cargo area and crashed into the Indian Ocean east of Mauritius on 28 November 1987, killing everyone on board. An extensive salvage operation was mounted to try to recover the flight data recorders, one of which was recovered from a depth of 4,900 metres (16,100 ft)—the deepest successful salvage operation ever conducted.

negative: SriLankan Airlines fleet SriLankan Airlines currently operates an all-Airbus fleet comprising A320, A321, A330 and A340 aircraft.

negative: Tenerife airport disaster The Tenerife airport disaster was a fatal runway collision between two Boeing 747s on Sunday, March 27, 1977, at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport) on the Spanish island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands. The crash killed 583 people, making it the deadliest accident in aviation history.

negative: The Hawaii Express The Hawaii Express (IATA: LP, ICAO: HEA) was a scheduled passenger airline that operated flights between Los Angeles, California and Honolulu, Hawaii. It was nicknamed "The Big Pineapple" and started service with one Boeing 747 aircraft, featuring a unique and detailed paint job with a mango-colored tail and a rainbow-colored stripe down the side.Founded by Michael Hartley, who would later go on to found Air Hawaii and CheapTickets, the airline began flights on August 20, 1982.

negative: Tower Air Tower Air was a certificated FAR 121 schedule and charter U.S. airline that operated from 1983 until 2000, when the company declared bankruptcy and was liquidated. Scheduled flights were initially offered over a New York - Brussels - Tel Aviv route in addition to charter flights to Athens, Frankfurt, Rome, and Zurich.  Short-lived New York - Los Angeles flights were introduced with the addition of an ex-Avianca 747-100 in 1984.

negative: Trans World Airlines Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major American airline from 1925 until 2001. It was originally formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a transcontinental route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis and Kansas City.

negative: Transaero OJSC Transaero Airlines (Russian: ОАО «АК «ТРАНСАЭРО», Открытое акционерное общество "Авиационная компания "ТРАНСАЭРО") or simply Transaero (Russian: Трансаэро) is a Russian airline with its head office in Saint Petersburg. It operates scheduled and charter flights to 103 domestic and international destinations. Its main hubs are Moscow-Domodedovo and Saint Petersburg with further bases throughout Russia.

negative: UPS Airlines Flight 6 UPS Airlines Flight 6 was a cargo flight operated by UPS Airlines. On September 3, 2010, a Boeing 747-400 flying the route  between Dubai International Airport and Cologne Bonn Airport developed an in-flight fire, with the fumes and subsequent crash resulting in the death of the two crewmembers. The aircraft had departed Dubai International earlier, but returned after reporting smoke in the cockpit.  It was the first fatal air crash for UPS Airlines.

negative: United Airlines Flight 811 United Airlines Flight 811 was an airline flight that experienced a cargo door failure in flight on February 24, 1989, after its stopover at Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii. The resulting decompression blew out several rows of seats, resulting in the deaths of nine passengers.The aircraft involved was a Boeing 747-122 (c/n 19875/89, reg N4713U),  delivered to United Airlines on October 20, 1970.