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Candalyn "Candi" Kubeck (née Chamberlin, May 10, 1961 – May 11, 1996) was an American commercial airline pilot and the captain of ValuJet Flight 592. This flight crashed into the Everglades in 1996, after oxygen generators illegally placed inside a cargo hold, which started and maintained a fire that disrupted aircraft functionality and ...
At 2:04 pm, 10 minutes before the disaster, the DC-9 took off from runway 9L and began a normal climb en route from Miami to Atlanta. At 2:10 pm, Captain Candi Kubeck and First Officer Richard Hazen heard a loud bang in their headphones, and noticed the plane was losing electrical power.
14 maj 1996 · Kubeck, believed to be the first woman commercial jetliner captain to die in a U.S. crash, was among 109 people killed Saturday when her ValuJet plane nose-dived into the Florida Everglades. But she didn't love flying enough to take chances, her husband said Monday.
11 maj 1996 · Candy is believed to be the first woman commercial jetliner captain to die in a U.S. crash. Kubeck was raised in the San Diego area and often saw military aircraft fly over her house which inspired her to fly airplanes.
14 maj 1996 · Kubeck, 35, believed to be the first woman commercial jetliner captain to perish in a U.S. crash, was “very experienced, very well-trained, very competent,” ValuJet President Lewis Jordan said.
Candalyn "Candi" Kubeck (née Chamberlin, May 10, 1961 – May 11, 1996) was an American commercial airline pilot and the captain of ValuJet Flight 592.
16 wrz 2005 · Flight crew shared love of aviation. Candalyn "Candi" Kubeck felt destined to fly. The granddaughter of a World War I biplane pilot, she enrolled in flying lessons at age 15. When she grew up,...
