[2] In rejecting her application, Lufthansa stated: "The burden of flying a plane on regular services is too heavy and difficult for a woman.

[4] Friske, Captain Reinhold Hüls, and third pilot Manfred Rhode made an emergency landing on the nearby Bundesautobahn 7.

[5] In the aftermath of the accident, Paninternational ceased operations, and Friske struggled to find further commercial airline work.

[5] She was unemployed for years before finding work piloting private charter flights with the Düsseldorf-based company Travel Air.

[1] On 31 May 1987, Friske was the co-pilot on a private Travel Air flight for German politician Uwe Barschel, then the Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein, flying a Cessna 501 Citation alongside pilot Michael Heise.