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Julie Gottesman 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 job for petty theft and was also suspected of involvement in a narcotics ring. In a desperate and vengeful act, he boarded the flight with a concealed fir ...Read More
Victim Details

Julie Gottesman

Female

San Francisco

CA

1987-12-07

Julie

Gottesman

11/26/2025