Meryl L. Thompson

Age: 49

Summary: principal at Glasgow High School in Newark, New Jersey who was accompanying a group of five students aboard on the ill-fated Air Sweden Flight 221 airliner on a field trip to Stockholm, Sweden on their way to attend a concert held by the Swedish pop music group ABBA.

Cause of Death: Airplane accident

Born: May 20, 1953

Died: January 15, 2003

Location: Atlantic Ocean