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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.
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.
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.
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...
3 sty 2021 · When Captain Candi Kubeck said: “We need to go back to Miami”, the crew knew that this was the turning point of life or death. While the pilots were overwhelmed by the perilous situation, the smoke gradually started to take over them while the DC-9 was in a nose dive.
