European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 02, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday september 2, 1985 the stars and Stripe Page 9 High settings called clue to Jet explosion Washington a British authorities believe the engine fire and explosion on a Boeing 737 at Manchester Airport May have been linked to the aircraft opera Tor routinely running the engines at High Power settings a . Aviation official says. Federal aviation administration officials emphasized Friday that they were not Sug Gesting that an unsafe or improper Power setting had been used by British air carriers or that anyone violated British aviation regulations. But Faa administrator Donald Engin in a television interview thursday night said British investigators had found crack sin some of the Pratt & Whitney jt8d engines used on Boeing 737s and that British airlines May not be Able to detect such problems As easily As their american coun think that what they determined was they be been operating the jt8d to temperature limits and that they have finally begun to develop these cracks Engen said. While the cause of the engine explosion and fire aboard a British air Tours 737 As it took off aug. 22 from Manchester has not been determined investigators believe the cracks weakened the combustion chamber causing it to blow apart. Metal fragments Cut into a fuel tank causing a fire that engulfed much of the aircraft As it was aborting its Takeoff. An Faa official said Engin was not say ing that the Power and temperature settings were necessarily too High. He said they operated at a higher temperature but he did not say they operated too hot the official said. Aviation Industry sources said some air lines routinely run the Pratt & Whitney engines harder or holler than others and that this would cause greater Wear on engine parts although the settings Are still within the manufacturer s and govern ment s specifications. Engen however suggested there Are differences in monitoring engine Wear in the United states and Britain and that the sophisticated monitoring techniques used by major . Carriers provide clearer warning when engine parts might be wearing dangerously. In America he said we operate in different Way in that we have in flight monitoring by the major air carriers. They arc sampling those engines on every flight at Altitude the information is transmitted to the ground and we re observing the engine Sand How they grow and we Don t have the cracks the British have Faa issued a statement Friday say research study urges . Reprisals Aga psf ran for terrorist acts Washington a a conserva Tive research Center with tics to the Reagan administration in circulating among . Policymakers a paper urging . Military reprisals against Iran for acts of Middle East study forecasts . Gains in the fight against terrorism by ignoring the hypothetical International court of Law and launching such reprisals on the iranians in the event of new terrorist 12-Page paper calling for strikes against arms carrying iranian planes and cargo vessels was drafted by or. Alvin h. Bernstein chairman of the strategy depart ment at the . Naval War College at Newport in Washington the heritage foundation a washing ton based research Center will submit the document tuesday to the White House the Pentagon the National Security Council and congressional leaders foun Dation officials is ample evidence that Iran s spiritual Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Kho Meini is to blame for growing terrorism and hostage incidents the study says. It says his revolutionary guards have Clear links to islamic jihad and Hezbollah terrorists who claim responsibility for such , when armed men Are trained equipped harboured and directed by governments they arc not criminals but sol Diers it study contains a disclaimer saying that the views arc Bernstein s alone and Are not meant to reflect those of the Navy or Pentagon. Herbert Burkowitz a spokes Man for the foundation said his group obviously has no great problem with the paper or we would t publish Bernstein says the Reagan administration has allowed Khomeini to use terror ing the Agency was not blaming British aviation safety procedures and regulations for the Accident. It said both the British and . Regulatory systems while slightly Dif Ferent produce an equally High level of Engin said the jt8d engine is perfectly Safe up to 18,000 hours but As you go along you make sure that there s no growth on the Turbine Blades no cracks in the cams combustion chamber Sand through these inspection processes we in the United states found that we Don t have that prob the Faa has ordered an inspection of the jt8d engines used by . Airlines although most of the major carriers Are exempt from the order because they follow the sophisticated monitoring techniques alluded to by Engin. Ism As a Low Cost Low risk Means to undermine american influence by Refus ing to make him pay a Price for his a refusing to Bow to terrorist demands or delaying a response out of concern for the safety of hostages will not solve the prob Lem the paper says. This has meant that to preserve one group of hostages Washington has been putting the lives of other americans at risk in the future it says. The study says Iran has taken advantage of America s moral arid political inhibitions against using that reluctance should be shed it says. The use of military Force could Force Iran to by contrast All the iranians could do is what they have been doing and what they Sun by will continue to do anyway As Long As it costs them nothing the paper says. Bernstein suggests a two prong strategy involving an immediate reprisal strike against Iran linked to a simultaneous res Cue at capt of the most logical targets Are arms shipments in iranian carriers at sea or inthe air. This would impair severely Iran s ability to obtain the weapons it needs to prosecute its War against Iraq. After at tacking arms shipments the . Could strike at iranian naval patrol boats and reconnaissance Khomeini it said would have few ways to respond. He could not easily turn to the soviet Union without endangering his re Gime. And it is not iranian strategy to Esca late to a level of violence thai would overwhelm . Moral double and create a conflict which Tehran could not Hope to Solidarity anniversary Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa Plica bouquet of Flowers it the base of a Mono men to workers outside the Lenin ship Yard in Gdansk Poland at a rally marking the fifth anniversary of the founding of the now outlawed tide Union. Evidence against ver rejected in Aquino murder trial Manila a prosecutors trying Gen. Fabian c. Var said saturday they will not contest a court decision to throw out most of their evidence that the armed forces chief conspired to cover up military involve ment in Benigno Aquino s murder. Ver s lawyer Antonio coronal had said Friday he would move to dismiss cover up charges against ver if prosecutor Bernardo Fernandez did not contest the court s Deci Sion. Seven other soldiers including maj. Gen. Prospero Olivas who initially investigated Aquino s assassination face similar charges. The court Friday ruled that Stalc meals the Highl defendants made before a civilian fact finding Board were inadmissible. Prosecutors have said they have Little evidence other than those statements. The court said using the statements As evidence would violate the defendants rights against self incrimination. Fernandez said in announcing that he would not ask the court to reconsider we Are not in the habit of making moves just for the Sake of making them. Any move for a second airing can Only be buttressed by a rehash of Points and arguments already raised before the High court and roundly rejected by also on trial in the aug. 21, 1983, shoot ing of Aquino who was the chief political rival of president Ferdinand Marcos arc 17 soldiers charged As main conspirators and one civilian charged As an accessory. Fri Day s ruling did not affect evidence against them. All 26 defendants also Are charged in the death of Rolando Caiman the Pur ported communist agent the military says shot Aquino. Soldiers killed Caiman after Aquino was shot at Manila International Airport As he returned from three years of voluntary exile in the United states. The fact finding Board concluded that Aquino was shot As a result of a military plot
