This is
a non-commercial Web site dedicated to chronicling the life and career of
Uli Derickson, operating under the 'fair use' doctrine, sections 107 through
120 of the copyright act (title 17, U.S. Code) which allows the reproduction
of a particular work for criticism, comment, research, news reporting, etc.
Previously published materials contained herein remain the © copyrighted
property of the original owners and may not be duplicated for profit. All
other text portions of this Web site are written by A. Mack and may not be
reproduced without permission from the author.
This
Web site is intended to be a celebration of the life and career of Purser
Uli Derickson, whose courage and strength of character enabled her to mollify
the hijackers of Flight 847 and protect all but one of her 145 passengers.
This site contains photos, a biographical sketch, a list of honors and awards,
soundbytes, a moment by moment account of the hijacking, and a collection
of vintage magazine and newspaper articles.
Special
thanks to:
Flight Attendant Elizabeth J. Howes, Purser Ulie Grant, Captain
Chamberlin, Captain
Dedman,
Captain Kramer, Captain Loeschner, Captain Wieder, 1st Officer Jim Corley,
Pamela Rice and Nicholas and Greg Mack of Mack Productions for their contributions
and their help with the creation and hosting of this site.
