European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday october 16, 1985 egyptian Pilot says jets flew dangerously close7 Cairo a the Pilot of an egyptian Airliner forced Down in Italy with four palestinian in ackors of an italian cruise ship tuesday was quoted As saying that intercepting . Navy fighters flew dangerously close to his aircraft. Cape. Ahmed Mon cab gave his account of the incident in an interview with the state owned Cairo newspaper Al Akbar. Mon cab said or first heard from the . Warplanes after he turned Back toward a Gyp thursday night after Tunisia denied him Landing rights. I was surprised to hear an american accented voice on my radio saying egyptian plane keep West " Mon cab said. He said he initially ignored the message but when it was repeated he realized that his plane an Egypt air Boe ing 737, was being intercepted. He said he sent a radio message to Cairo via Athens Airport saying Jet fighters were forcing him to Fly to a military base at Simonella Airport in Sicily. He said Cairo noted his message and radio Contact with it and Athens was lost suddenly. My plane had Only one radio Channel open the one used by the commander of the military Squadron who was telling me about the new direction i had to take Moneeb said. It was then ii . Cairo time on thursday and at that Point my journey into the unknown  during 90 minutes of flight time to Simonella he said the intercepting aircraft flew so close to my plane that i asked them to move away a Little so 1 could Fly freely As i had to reckon with possible air pockets. They responded and moved off but they kept on accompanying  he said there were seven american aircraft in All. He said instrument Landing at Simonella was not Possi ble and i had to make a visual Landing.1 i had great difficulty Landing because the planes were very close to my aircraft even As began the descent to the runway he said. I asked the american commander to move away and he  Mon cab said the egyptian plane landed at Simonella Airport at 12.05 . Friday Cairo time 11 35 . Get thursday. He said the plane which also was carrying Palestine liberation organization official Mohammed Bias and an aide was not boarded by italians or americans at Simonella. All i was asked to do was to allow the four hijackers of the Achille Lauro to leave the plane. I allowed them to do so and the scene was awful As they were rushed by Security men and  he said he was then asked to gel Abbas and his aide off the plane but the two men  Abbas and his aide remained aboard the plane until it flew to Leonardo a Vinci International Airport saturday night after a one Day Stop at Rome s Ciampino military Airport. Italian authorities allowed Abbas and his aide to leave secretly for Yugoslavia on saturday. The Plo and Yugo slav on monday said Abbas left Yugoslavia for an Undis closed destination despite a . Extradition request to the Belgrade government. Abbas a member of the executive committee of the Plo Heads a Wing of the Palestine liberation front to which the hijackers said they belonged. The United states says he was behind the hijacking and has to cd to Hunt him Down. Reagan from Page 1 in last week s hijacking of an italian cruise ship remained a mystery after Yugoslavia reportedly allowed him to leave the country in Defiance of . Wishes. The state department said monday it had not been informed officially by Yugo Slavia that Mohammed Abbas 38, had de parted the country but a Palestine liberation organization official and the yugoslav news Agency said Abbas had left the country for an undisclosed location. Scakes said tuesday he could not con firm reports that Abbas had reached South Yemen. The hijacking of the Achille Lauro on oct. 7 has left in its Wake a series of bitter diplomatic disappointments for the Reagan administration with the apparent decision of Yugoslavia to join Italy and Egypt in rejecting american appeals for cooperation. All three countries Are regarded As Friendly to the United states. The state department said it would be extremely upset and disappointed if the reports of Abbas departure from Yugoslavia were True. The United states had asked Yugoslavia to detain Abbas pending a for Mal request for his extradition. We be not had Success in Yugoslavia at this moment although discussions have continued Fri director William h. Webster said monday. Webster said the Fri has two teams of investigators in Italy. He said he did not know to what extent . Authorities will be Able to join italian authorities in investigating the ship hijacking. The four palestini ans arc being held by Italy and face prosecution. Abbas had flown to Yugoslavia on sat urday from Italy where there were indications his abrupt departure has provoked a government crisis. The italian decision has drawn a firm and severe protest from the United states. Attorney general Edwin Mccase said there is no Safe Haven As far As we re concerned. Well pursue or. Abbas As we would any other fugitive. He is an International  the Reagan administration s sense of Triumph last thursday Over its Success in Cap Turing the four palestinian hijackers has been dissipating in the face of the Diplo Matic setbacks. Implicitly criticizing Egypt Italy and Yugoslavia for letting Abbas go free. Secre tary of state George Shultz said monday when we get our hands on terrorists we have to prosecute  terrorists he said Are  in Tunisia sources in Abbas faction of the Plo said he had gone to an Arab coun try which they did not identify. That fac Tion is described As one of the most violent in the Plo and is known for carrying out High risk commando Type operations. In 1980 and 1981, Abbas group at tempted to infiltrate Israel by hot air bal Loon and hang glider. Abbas has denied he was involved in the hijacking. The administration last Friday got a fed eral judge Here to Issue a warrant for Abbas arrest charging that the Palestine liberation front official violated . Laws in connection with the hijacking and the taking of hostages. The administration has characterized Abbas As one of the most notorious pales Tinian terrorists and has been involved in Savage attacks on  he was part of the Plo team that negotiated the surrender of the four gunmen who hijacked the vessel. Tan Jug the Yugo slav news Agency said Abbas role in encouraging the surrender of the hijackers helped prevent a far greater  subsequently he accompanied the hijackers aboard the egyptian jetliner on what they thought was a flight to Freedom in Tunisia. Italy has said it did not have suffix Cut evidence to hold Abbas. In other developments the chief bartender on the Achille Lauro watched As two of the ship s Hijack ers shot Klinghoffer in the Chest an Ameri can passenger said monday in Newark . Two More palestinians were charged by italian authorities in the Achille Lauro hijacking. The chief prosecutor in Genoa would not identify the pair or say whether they Are in custody. They Are the sixth and seventh persons charged in connection with the hijacking. Earlier italian news agencies reported a fifth palestinian identified is Kaluf Mohammed Zainab 21, had been named in an arrest warrant As an accomplice in the hijacking and in Klinghoffer s death. Zainab was reported to have been in Cus Tody since sept. 28, after he disembarked from a tunisian ship in Genoa with iraqi and moroccan passports. Soviet Republic hit by major earthquake Moscow a a severe Earth quake hit the Northern part of the soviet Republic of Tajikistan in Central Asia sunday night destroying factories offices and Homes and claiming an unknown num Ber of victims soviet Media said monday. The official news Agency Tass said the quake registered 8 on the 12-Point soviet scale at the epicentre some 145 Miles North cast of the Tadzik capital of Dushanbe. The Region lies directly North of Afghani Stan. Seven is Arp tremors rocked the City of Len Nabad with a population of 139,000, and the nearby Small communities of Kai Raskum and Gafurova according to the government newspaper Izvestia. Tass said there was loss of life but neither report gave any details about the number of casualties and provided Only a sketchy idea of the damage caused. More than i million people live in the Len Nabad administrative Region which covers 10,400 Square Miles in Northern Tajikistan. The affected Cora houses some of the most powerful hydroelectric stations in Cen trial Asia but there was no immediate word from the Media about whether Darns were damaged in the quake. The earthquake resulted in the destruction of production and office buildings housing and sociocultural and welfare facilities in Kair Akum and in Khodzh ent District Tass said. There is loss of life and there Are injured. The necessary Aid is being Given to the quake victims and Emer gency Rescue operations Are being con  Izvestia said tremors from the quake which struck at 10 . Local time on Sun Day were Felt in All major cities in Kadzhi kist an. The quake was also Felt in the uzbek cities of Vergana and Andizhan both of which have been struck by severe quakes in the past. Tass said in the area near Kair Akum Adobe houses were destroyed in villages and a landslide swept away an Asphalt sur faced  it was not Clear Why there was a 17-hour delay in reporting the quake in Moscow but one possible explanation was that communication and Power lines had been destroyed. Telephone Calls booked to the newspaper in Dushanbe and City Council offices went unanswered according to a soviet operator placing the Calls from Moscow. A Western reporter who said he Man aged to Contact a communist party official in Len Nabad said the official declined to provide any details about the death toll in the quake. The reporter quoted the official As saying there was some damage to a dam about 10 Miles outside Len Nabad but it had not yet been decided whether there was a danger of the dam bursting. Izvestia said both carpet and silk manufacturing combines in Len Nabad were severely damaged in the quake and it reported a Hospital in Gafurova had collapsed. Patients were evacuated before disaster struck Izvestia said. It indicated there had been some warning of the quake. Izvestia reported there was a sudden drop in temperature and other climactic changes that signalled a possible quake in the Earth quake prone Region of Central Asia. Izvestia did not say How much warning there might have been or How Many people were evacuated though. Body from Page 1 tool but we re prepared to offer whatever assistance we can in identifying the body. . Officials believe Klinghoffer 69, was slain by palestinian pirates who commandeered the liner Achille Lauro oct. 7. Klinghoffer a new yorker who was often confined to a wheelchair Afler a recent stroke was a hostage aboard the cruise liner. Klinghoffer s body was reported dumped into the sea while the vessel was off Tartus oct. 8. The hijackers now in italian custody have denied they killed anyone during the two Day hijacking. 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