McCafferty is now retired and said he plays a lot of golf which helps with his PTSD. After Julies remains were identified she was provided a military funeral with full military honors in College Station. Barry L. Mancuso 10/19/44 She was survived by a husband. (APFA newsletter). Published on May 26 and 27, 1979. Moncrieff died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. He was survived by four children: Mike, 20, a sophomore at the University of California at Riverside; Becky, 18, three weeks from graduating high school; Patty, 16, a junior; and Jim, 15, a sophomore. While en route, approximately 140 nautical miles southeast of CYVQ at 6,500 feet above sea level (ASL), the crew noticed a drop in the right . Hawkins left Australia earlier in the year to take up this post. The Granada Hills, Calif., biochemist was known for supporting the areas dump the dump campaign to get rid of a local landfill. He received his flight training in the U.S. Air Force. FREEMAN, Gregory, 46, Boca Raton. Sixteen-year-old John McCafferty was returning from Florida and his parents were waiting for him at the Owls Head Airport. He was an avid tennis player, loved classical music and opera, and enjoyed spending time with friends. In addition to seeing his name spelled correctly on the memorial wall, we found a community of survivors. In the last moments before American Airlines Flight 191 crashed she was probably trying to help other people and not thinking about her own safety. He was 32 years old with a wife and two daughters, aged 15 months and 3 years old. My dad, a vice president at Childrens Press in Chicago, was on his way to the American Booksellers Association convention in Los Angeles that Memorial Day weekend. As to pilot complaints about having to land in bad weather, Ockenfels said many of the pilots were unfamiliar with flight conditions off the coast and balked when they encountered them. Our father was also the center of his extended family and had sponsored the immigration of his mother, Yen-Yen Lin, and all five of his siblings and their families despite being a young doctor at the time. Of the 16 passengers and 2 aircrew aboard the flight, all but one perished in the crash. When the plane crashed there was confusion as to his identity and his name was listed in the public record incorrectly for years. CONNORS, Edward M., 57 years old, Atlanta, the captain. Im one of his 10 nieces and nephews. Henry F. Regnery, Jr. died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. OWLS HEAD, Maine Thirty years after the gray ghost of spring snatched Downeast Airlines Flight 46 from the sky on a foggy night, sole survivor John McCafferty still has dreams about the. [4] Retired Rockland Police Chief Alfred Ockenfels, who flew for Downeast, said, "Stenger was a guy that didnt suffer fools gladly; he barked at youbut he never told anyone to go below the [altitude] minimums." McCafferty said it doesn't feel as though 40 years have passed since he survived this plane crash. It was a very tragic loss of life. Im a pilot myself and I understand aviation. Heres a little bit about dad. We met through mutual friends, married and spent our first two years in Grand Isle, La. Stone until Kim Jockls class (at Decautur Classical School in Chicago) undertook the task of creating the memorial at Lake Park. She had been accepted to a doctoral program at UCLA and had been appointed to evaluate the Head Start program for Los Angeles County. We manned a table at these shows and I learned to barter and haggle. He was survived by five children. There have been no fatal commercial crashes at the airport since, although at least two small private planes have crashed in nearby coastal waters. I found out about the crash over the radio when I was working in downtown Los Angeles. Narda was becoming politically active in her community by working on her neighbors run for treasurer in Clinton Township. The 44-year-old was director of Hawaiis state Office of Consumer Protection. Jeanette Bean died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. I havent been able to make the trip to the memorial site. She started working for Playboy magazine, which was just beginning to expand into the international market. Lin, an immigrant from Taiwan, was associate professor of radiology at the the University of Rochester Medical School. We were in the process of planning moms 50th birthday. Elaine Howell, a book store manager in Charleston, West Virginia, died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. Varujan Eskihanci 9/7/25 Robert 'Bob' Artz, executive director of the Illinois Association of Park Districts in Springfield, is shown in a photo circa 1979. Loft, Robert Albin | It changed the lives of a lot of people," he said. My mom was in Honolulu recovering from a heart problem and my dad just came out from a bank meeting in Hong Kong and saw the newspaper headlines about the American Airlines DC-10 crash. I was born in 1971, and was 7 at the time of the accident. He climbed the tallest mountain in Hong Kong, Lion Rock Mountain, something that most people with two working legs are unable to do. Both graduated from Union College in Schenectady. (AP). The Flight 401 Was A Normal Flight | Before they left, my grandfather gave me one of his bolos that he brought with him. His wife still lived in Southern California and he was traveling back there for a surprise visit. The young man was en route to Los Angeles to visit friends after learning marketing techniques from Universal Instruments Corp., a manufacturer of computer components, in Binghampton, N.Y. She came to the United States on her own when she was 15. Helen Marie Chestnut 4/17/39 The crash of Flight 46 is currently the deadliest to have occurred in the state of Maine. Uncle Mario was like a father to him. Charlie's mother, Ethel Godfrey, the South Thomaston town clerk, was really worrying, so much so that she didn't dare call Donna to find out. CASSEDY, Kevina, Los Angeles. While working at Cleveland Clinic she also volunteered her time at Cleveland Free Clinic. These victims names became known by a process of elimination and were buried side by side at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., overlooking the Pacific Ocean. These victims names became known by a process of elimination and were buried side by side at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., overlooking the Pacific Ocean. A neighbor called and said there had been a big plane crash. The 31-year-old was a physician in the South American country. NASSICK, Nick N., 44, Decatur, Ga., second officer PRICE, Rudy P., 43, Atlanta, first officer. My father was heartbroken over losing two loved ones and committed suicide in 1997. PACE, Thomas, Boca Raton. He had a degree in accounting and received his MBA about a year before he died. The 19-year-old radiological aide at South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest was traveling to Hawaii with friends Kathleen Adduci and Rhonda DeYoung. MAHSEREJIAN, Mark, Fort Lauderdale. (Photo submitted by her sister, Newana Cesarone). (Photo submitted by a daughter, Kristy Burns) (HANDOUT), Born in England but based in San Diego, the 32-year-old wife and mother of three children joined American Airlines as a flight attendant in 1967. I learned the news when I arrived there from the airlines. We were living the American Dream. John McCafferty was 16-years-old when he survived the deadliest plane crash in Maines history. There were no cell phones in those days, but many residents of Knox County tuned into police scanners and citizens band radios, and news of the crash spread quickly. The 46-year-old vice president of security at Pacific Bank in La Canada, Calif., left behind a wife and a son. (Chicago Tribune archives). KRUGER, Earl, Los Angeles. (Photo submitted by his son, Steven Ernest). She was based in San Diego. Rochelle Rubin 1/5/48 (she was the first victim discovered by the search team The 45-year-old computer program analyst with McDonnell Douglas Corp. in Los Angeles was returning home from a business trip. My sister arrived in 1969 and then me in 1971. 2015-10-16. Killed on the Ground MAYBERRY, William, Vicksburg, Miss. Of all the superb educators we had there, she was a huge favorite. The aircraft continued off the end of the runway coming to a stop approximately 700 feet beyond the threshold. I met Cory in sixth grade. You have permission to edit this article. Nine bodies thought to be from Flight 90 have been recovered from the Potomac River. As published in the June 3, 1979 edition of the Los Angeles Times. The 26-year-old originally from Seoul, South Korea, was employed by IBM in Chicago. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. We grieved for this lovely woman who had brought the practice of nursing into our hearts and minds., Mario, left, and Elena 'Lil' Crucioli died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. The 42-year-old truck driver had only been working at the Courtney-Velo Excavating Co. in Des Plaines, just north of OHare airport, for about a month at the time of the crash. Lost - Passengers and Crew (Name and Birthdate), Elise Grace Agate 9/3/42 We had 10 sweet years together it wasnt enough. Following is a list of passengers on the Pan American Boeing 747 airliner who were killed in the Canary Islands crash, as provided Monday to The Associated Press by Pan American officials: BRADLEY, Col. Clittro, San Juan Capisl, Calif. BRADLEY, Marlorie, San Juan Capist, Calif. BRANDCNBERG, Brita, Corona del Mar, Calif. CAZA, Elizabeth, Winosor, Oatario, Canada. The 16-year-old son of Marine Corps Maj. Steven Driscoll, who was then stationed at Kaneohe air station, was returning home for summer vacation from high school in Iowa. Gero, David B. He was the father of five children. Sparkford, Yoevil, Somerset, UK: Haynes Publishing, 2010, Aeroservicios Ecuatorianos Flight 767-103, Cavalese US Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler accident, Philippine Air Force F27 Friendship crash, Indonesian Air Force Lockheed C-130B Hercules crash, Indianapolis Ramada Inn A-7D Corsair II crash, British Aerospace BAe-748-329 Srs. Carol Ohm, flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. When the plane he was on took off, it circled around and came right back in for a landing because the door was not shut properly, and she said she figured that made three. She was survived by her husband and two sons. Years later in Vermont, I became friends with a woman who also was in the rock business. THE CASUALTIES AND SURVIVORS OF DELTA CRASH, https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/04/us/the-casualties-and-survivors-of-delta-crash.html. Vetor died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. He had flown out of Knox County Regional Airport to go to Chicago. When turbulence began on our decent in to Newark, he saw my face turn green and knuckles white. (Photo submitted by a daughter, Kim Borchers Jockl) (HANDOUT). [Vintage Chicago Tribune: Remembering the 273 victims of American Airlines Flight 191]. His flight was unrelated to any NASA project. (As published on June 3, 1979, in the Los Angeles Times). STEINBERG, Mike, Miami. The three friends were scheduled to fly on United Airlines, but some of its employees were on strike so they were switched to this American Airlines flight. They were traveling for a long overdue, relaxing vacation. When I was younger, mother began taking courses at a local college, working full time and attending school part time for many years. [3] Originally, Stenger flew, refueled and loaded passenger luggage onto the aircraft, and his wife would sell tickets. We piled into the car and drove them to a small airport in Moline. Dale grew up in Kankakee, attended Bradley University and then went to Houston to work as an engineer for Exxon. Stephen and Carolyn Sutton, left, and their sons, Colin and Christopher, died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979.