Notable Passengers
- Stan Rogers was a Canadian folk singer, known for songs such as "Northwest Passage", "The Mary Ellen Carter" and "Barrett's Privateers". He was going home on Flight 797 after attending the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas. He died in the fire at the age of 33. From flight sim.com "We all know out in Nova Scotia in Canada that Stan Rogers died standing at the front exit of the aircraft while calling out, “Follow My Voice, Follow My Voice.” He died while trying to save others on that flight." from metafilter "On June 2nd, 1983, an in-flight fire aboard an Air Canada flight forced the plane to make an emergency landing at the Greater Cincinnati Airport. Survivors spoke of a large man with a booming voice who helped others to safety, only to perish himself of smoke inhalation. It was believed, though not confirmed, that Stan Rogers was the hero"
- Also on board was George Curtis Mathes Jr., founder of the electronics company that bears his name. He died in the fire.
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