How long after take off did ValuJet Flight 592, causing the first crash with a female captain that died?
Candi Kubeck Candalyn "Candi" Kubeck (née Chamberlain, May 10, 1961May 11, 1996) was an American commercial airline pilot and the captain of ValuJet Flight 592. This flight crashed in the Everglades on May 11, 1996, after oxygen generators illegally placed in a cargo hold started and maintained a fire that disrupted aircraft functionality and flooded the cabin and cockpit with smoke. The crash made Kubeck the first female captain to die in a commercial airline crash.
Beverly Burns Captain Beverly Lynn Burns is the first woman to captain the Boeing 747 jumbo jet. On the afternoon of July 18, 1984, Burns made her maiden voyage as Captain when she commanded People Express aircraft 604 from Newark International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport.