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Debra Watterson Vuylsteke tragically lost her life on December 7, 1987, in a catastrophic event involving Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771. The flight, en route from Los Angeles to San Francisco, was hijacked by David Burke, a disgruntled former employee of USAir, the parent company of Pacific Southwest Airlines. Burke had been terminated from his position for petty theft and suspected involvement in a narcotics ring. In a desperate and vengeful act, he boarded the flight with a concealed ...Read More
Victim Details

Debra Watterson Vuylsteke

Female

White / Caucasian

San Francisco

CA

1987-12-07

Debra

Watterson Vuylsteke

11/20/2025