European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page6 the stars and stripes sunday. December 15, 1985luck was with is who say eco behind by the associated press one Soldier he his . Another s orders disappeared and a third pave up his scat for a Comrade sparing them from death uhen the Arrow air military Char Ter flight crushed in Newfoundland killing All 25d aboard relatives said. Clumsy Hric. Lie just misplaced his passport. I m so Happy i Don t know what to do said Jonnic Harrington Mother of pfc. A Rie Harrington of Lake City. Fla. Who was forbidden to Board the plane in Cairo of Gyp. Without his passport. Well he s not really that Clumsy but that was a Pood Lime to be Clumsy she said. It was god s Miracle. It was his intent for my son to miss that  Harrington 20, remained behind in  while 24h comrades of the army s i list airborne l in and eight civilian Crew members perished thursday when the Dick jetliner crashed shortly after Takeoff from Iander Newfoundland. The plane bringing the soldiers Home to i Ort Campbell. By. From peacekeeping duties in the Sinai Peninsula had landed at Iander for refuelling. Harrington s parents Learned he had missed the plane on thursday night after their son called his wife . 2 1. Until then the family had feared he died in the crash. The Soldier s wife said her husband told her he was the Only one in his company not to get on the plane. She said he told her that All his teammates on his unit s Baskel a photo Chris Carlin right did t Lake fatal flight. Because brother Joe left had come to visit Ball squad were killed. Sgt. Greg Yarbur. 27. Of Texarkana ark., missed the plane because his Mili tary orders were lost family members said Friday. He was mad because he would t be Able to make it Home for Christmas said his sister Clare. But. Somehow thank god his orders got  i sat there thinking last night this n really something to be thankful for " said his father the Rev. . Yarbur. In Kansas City mo., the parents of sgt. Mark Brady heard the news of the plane crash on the radio thursday and feared for four hours that their son had been killed. Then the phone rang. I had become desperate and Donna was so distraught said Frank Brady of his wife. Donna picked up the Telephone and it was a Long distance Call from an egyptian operator who asked if this was Missouri. I heard her scream and i picked up the other phone and it was Mark. Of my god Mark Brady and another Man had volunteered to wait for a later flight when there was t enough room for All who wanted to go his father said. Apparently some other folks needed to gel Home. It was either an emergency or they had families. Mark and the other Man stayed behind planning to Fly Home later the elder Brady said. We can t believe our own Good Fortune but our hearts go out to All of those other folks he said. Peace Force wont use Arrow air on next flight Washington not the International peacekeeping Force that is deployed in inc Sinai will not use Arrow air for a coming scheduled flight of american troops a state department official said Friday. The decision was made by the Force after the crash of an Arrow air plane in Canada that killed 248 american troops and eight Crew members on their Way Home from their peacekeeping Mission in the Sinai. The stale department official said the action was taken after the . Army decided to suspend its use of Arrow air. After the army acted the International Force decided to follow suit the official said. The International Force which is head quartered in Rome oversees troops from 10 nations. The americans who Dico were part of a battalion that was being rotated Home. A third of the battalion remains in Egypt. Since the crash the military has adopted an inconsistent policy on Arrow air. A spokesman for the army s military traffic management come said the com Mand has decided to temporarily Stop using the air Carrier. The army command con tracts for moving troop within the Continental United states a spokesman said. In contrast to inc army the air Force s military Airlift come has not ordered any suspension of Arrow air according to a spokesman for the command. The air Force military Airlift come contracts for transporting troops overseas and within the United slates a spokesman said. The army command held $1.5 million in 1985 contracts with Arrow air. The air Force command spent 533 million on Arrow air in that fiscal year. Arrow air was awarded a contract by the International Force in 1984 for flying some of the peacekeeping troops from their duty in the Sinai. Before then the peacekeeping Force had an agreement under which the . Air Force s military Airlift come made the arrangements for Hying the troops Home. The air Force command selected Arrow air among other companies to transport the peacekeeping troops. The Pentagon has used commercial air carriers for decades to move troops. Defense department officials said commercial carriers Are less costly to use than military planes and Congress has encouraged the use of civilian aircraft to save funds. Former Pilot says airline is lax on maintenance London a a Pilot who new for Arrow air which operated the . Mili tary flight that crashed in Canada said the Miami based company ignores preventive maintenance and presses pilots to Fly longer hours than they should. An Arrow air spokesman while declining direct com ment said the company adheres to All . Safety standards. American newspapers meanwhile reported that the Arrow air charter that crashed on thursday in Gander Newfoundland lulling 248 . Soldiers was forced to abort takeoffs twice in inc past six months. The former Arrow air Pilot James court said the company s dc-8 were pretty Tacky aircraft that had been owned by other airlines before being bought by International air lease from which Arrow air then rented them. Court said he and most other British Crew members resigned from Arrow air because of disgust with its standards. My first assessment of Arrow maintenance wus that the chaps who were trying to maintain the aircraft did t know what they were doing he told the associated press in a Telephone interview on Friday. Preventive maintenance did not come into it. They repaired when things broke and that was often he said. In Miami Arrow air spokesman Robin Matlill told the a we have never flown an Ai ipland that is not completely Safe to Fly. We have been and continue to be in Complete compliance with All Faa rules and regulations. We will not indulge in a mudslinging contest with a former employee who has an a to grind/1 Mattull Saia. He declined fur ther comment. Arrow air began operations in 1981 As a cargo Carrier and began flying passengers a year later. The Federal aviation administration in Washington released documents thursday indicating a March 1984 inspection found soviet envoy elected to fill Post at . United nations a the United nations has elected a soviet Diplo mat and International Law specialist to fill a vacant Post on the International court of Justice at the Hague. Nikolai Tarasov Counselor of the depart ment f foreign policy planning in the soviet ministry of foreign affairs was unanimously elected by the general Assembly and Security Council. He fills the Post left by soviet world court judge Platon Morozov who resigned last August. Tarasov is a Law graduate of the univer sity of Moscow. His first Job was As Consul Tant in International Law to the presidium of the supreme soviet. He is a former soviet ambassador to Mexico and Deputy Perma nent representative at the United nations. Sloppy record keeping excessive and Long overdue deferred maintenance and the use of outdated maintenance manuals. Mattell said thursday the problems cited in the documents had been resolved. Court said he worked for Arrow from May 1983 until resigning in july 1984. In Good aviation circles every item has a specific life determined by the manufacturers and by experience he said. If an engine is known to deteriorate at 10,000 hours it would be Pulleo at 8,000 hours and overhauled to prevent and anticipate breakdowns. There did t seem to be any procedure like that at now court said. Court said Arrow pays its pilots by the hour As an incentive to press on and Fly longer than they should. In other developments a Michigan newspaper said saturday that the plane that crashed was forced to abort a Takeoff on nov. 15 while carrying 99 Marine reservists. The grand rapids press said the plane s Tail hit the Amway As the nose lifted. Associated press Calls to Arrow air for comment were answered by a recorded message saying that the company offices were closed. The Louisville by times reported Fri Day that the plane also aborted a Takeoff july 28 in Toledo Ohio. The newspaper quoted maintenance workers As saying flames shot out of the engine As it tried to take off. In san Diego calif., a maintenance worker said in july he worked on the Jet and found it had serious engine problems. Randy Stirm said two Arrow air mechanics replaced faulty valves but did not change a faulty in line filter which can Lead to fuel buildup in the engine. Stirm said he was working at the time for scr air a company that does subcontract maintenance work for airlines including Arrow air. He is now employed by Pacific Southwest airlines in san Diego. An Arrow air spokeswoman said the company had no knowledge of the engine problems and refused to comment on Stirm s allegations. Film producer skirball Dies in los Angeles los Angeles a Jack h. Skir Ball a rabbi turned movie producer who gave away much of a Fortune made in real estate has died at 89. He was a graduate of hebrew Union College in Cincinnati and became a rabbi to a Reform congregation in Indiana during the 1920s. During the depression he left the rabbi Nate and began producing educational films later teaming up with director Frank Lloyd to form an Independent company. Among his film credits were the howards of Virginia starring Cary Grant 1940 magnificent doll with Ginger Rogers 1946 and payment on demand starring Belle Davis 1951