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1. Why is stewardess, Vesna Vulovic, a celebrity in her native Serbia?
2. Midair collisions between passenger aircraft are extremely rare in aviation. Which two commercial airlines collided with each other twice over US airspace during the 20th century, each time resulting in more than 125 deaths?
3. Candi Kubeck was the first female captain to die while piloting a commercial passenger jet. For what airline was she flying when her McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashed killing all 110 people on board?
4. The worst single plane air disaster in the United States in the 20th century occurred when an American Airlines DC-10 aircraft crashed upon takeoff from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979, resulting in 273 deaths. The worst air disaster for Delta Airlines during the 20th century occurred six years later on August 2, 1985, when 135 people were killed in a fiery crash in Dallas, Texas. What common bond is shared by both these disasters?
5. On December 21, 1988, PanAm Flight 103 exploded in midair over Lockerbie, Scotland as a result of a terrorist bomb. All onboard were killed. What name was painted on the outside of this aircraft?
6. How many onboard passengers died in the worst single plane aviation accident of the 20th century?
7. What school lost its whole football team in a plane crash in 1970 just one month after most members of the Wichita State football team died in a twin engine plane crash?
8. David Burke was directly responsible for the crash of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 over San Luis Obispo, CA on December 7, 1987 in which all 43 people onboard perished. What did Mr. Burke do to bring the aircraft down?
9. Which famous person died in the crash of a scheduled, commercial airline flight?
10. The mechanical aerodynamic wedge that prevents the rear stairway of a Boeing 727 from being lowered in flight is named after what legendary skyjacker who parachuted in 1971 from a Northwest Airlines jet?
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