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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday december 18, 1985 dc-8 vested right lost Gander. Newfoundland a the charter pc 8 carrying 248 . Soldiers and eight Crew Membel their deaths reached an adequate Speed for Takeoff the1 suddenly veered right and lost Speed steadily until it crashed Canadian investigators said monday. Pc scr Boag investigator in charge for the Canadian aviation safety Board told a news conference that Analy Sis of the Arrow air plane s flight data recorder showed that the four engine aircraft reached a Peak Speed of 190 Mph during the i minute and 40 seconds that elapsed from the time it was positioned on the runway ready to take off. The first 20 Flag draped aluminium cask is were i aboard two c-141 military transports monday and Dover fab in Delaware. Each of the cases was carried by six White cd sol Diers from the 101st airborne div. The  the flags under the caskets to keep them Frmic tapping in the embers of the 101st Uky. And Home after s Sinai Peninsula when the 40-Mph wind. The servicemen who Dic airborne bound for Forl peacekeeping duties occurred or get data recorder provided More detail during Takeoff but it did not explain no crashed. In determining the cause but certainly in t Tell us the  he said. The inv Sliga said he had not pinned Down exactly at what Point Dur info Brief flight the Jet began slowing Down and changing do lotion about 20 degrees to the right of its Normal path. He int said he was not yet sure what Peak Altitude was  the plane struck a Rocky Hillside Haifa mile from the Rivnay s end. Boag said his 40-Man team we still pulling important it probes say pieces of the shall Rcd aircraft from ankle a cup Snow. The evidence is to be sent to Ottawa for examination. . Maj. Gen. John s. Crosby said the first plane loads monday each transport bearing 10 Transfer cases would be sent off with an appropriate ceremony to Honor All the soldiers who  officials said the transfers arc to he wednesday. Once in Dover the remains will be examined by specialists at the armed forces Institute of pathology who will conduct autopsies under the supervision of Canadian in Vosti Salors. The probe so far has produced no conclusions Aboul the crash s cause but Boag said he is optimistic that the safety Board could determine the reasons after considering a report he will prepare and testimony at Public hearings in Gander Early next year. Reagan from Page 1 Dicks wearing the Brown and Tan desert camouflage fatigues and flying Dove Shoul Der Patch of the United nations multinational Force. They returned just ahead of those whose plane crashed. Noting thai the victims were Happy and., singing As they re boarded the aircraft after its refuelling Stop in Canada Reagar offered a prayer asking god to acc Cit the men Ana women of the great ajar fabled screaming  / they must be singing now he said in Reagan mourned the loss of their exp / there is enough danger to our service person f Nel indie acc and their enormous  who else but an idealist would a time to become a member of the an cd for faces the work that they do overseas and at the least they arc entitled to Safe passage to and from our country he said. And put himself or herself in harm i Vray for the president s visit highlighted the Oul us he asked. Who but an Rideaut would pouring of concern from the local comm go to hard duty in one of the Mart troubled nity As Well As the ref of the nation for the t places of the world and go lot As a mat Ter of Conquest but As part Fly a Force that existed to keep the place a it was the second time the reagans have flown to a military base to mourn the loss of . Military personnel assigned to peace keeping duties in the Middle East. On a bitter copy Day in november 1983 at Camp Lee up n.c., they sat outdoors in a driving join to join grieving family their Joy flying higher than Mere Man can Fly members and a incs in saying Farci As flights of Angels take them to their  241 american servicemen killed in the Ell to flight 24 Sui killed in the crash were 245 men and three cide bom Tang of Marine Headquarters in women of the lost who were coming Home Beirut of oct. 23. For Christmas after a six month Lour with the because the hangar where Reagan was _ people Thi. -.  a Only warriors fierce in their allowed to meet with the president and martial up  Reagan said. But the mrs. Reagan said maj. Jim Gleisberg a men and women we mourn today were Public affairs officer for the base peacemakers. They were there to protect in Washington meanwhile rep. Ike Skol life and preserve a peace to act As a Force ton d-mo., called for a congressional probe r r stability and Hope and  into the crash of the charter Arrow air dc-8. Families of the vice Juns. Food and Morecy were being collected to assist he families of the dead soldiers a base spokesman said. Many people donated toys for the soldiers children in time for Christmas. At Welcome the sharing of love and affection and prayer said army chief of staff Gen. John a. Wickhamjr. During a visit to the base. While at Dover fab del., the first bodies returned to . Soil and a solemn Cere Mony attended by a handful of mourners. The . Army band played hymns interspersed with drum Rolls that thundered through the cavernous hangar known As memorial Hall As pallbearers carried Flag draped Transfer cases with the bodies. A 123-member Honor guard from fort Campbell a 23-Membcr ceremonial guard and an army Field band from fort Mcyr va., stood to the sides of a huge american Flag that had flags from the 50 states in front of it. Navy from Page 1 accidents this year involving ground land Ings of the Hornet which Cost roughly ji9 million apiece. No one was injured in those accidents. The Navy maintains that two of those five can be differentiated from the others but acknowledges that the remainder involved a loss of control during Landing in crosswinds or on wet runways. According to Pease the Navy believes the problems can be traced to pilots who Are moving up from the older f-4s and f-14s to the f/a-18. Experts say it is very easy in the latter to Over react with the control stick to compensate for crosswinds or wet landings because the f/a-18 has More sophisticated computers assisting the Pilot. For example with this plane the computers Are automatically correcting for crosswinds Pease said. The plane will go where you direct it regardless of crosswinds. It s like going from a car with a stick shift and regular brakes to one with Power steer ing and Power  the spokesman also cited statistics that he said support a claim that the f/a-18 has the Best safety record of any new plane Ever introduced into the  nevertheless Pease said a team of Navy investigators As Well As employees of the Mcdonnell Douglas corp., which makes the plane have begun a special review the accidents. The Navy times an Independent news paper based in Springfield va., reported the Start of the probe on monday. The paper quoted unidentified sources As saying some pilots were growing concerned the High tech fighter May be top delicate and complicated for ground landings in bad or even marginal weather  none of the accidents occurred on air Craft carriers and the plane has reportedly gotten High Marks for its operational capabilities at sea. But this plane has some serious prob lems with its ground landings and it May not Only be due to Pilot error or technique the paper quoted one source As saying. Two planes carrying 10 bodies each arrived at about 4 . Monday from Gander. Aboul 20 family members representing four soldiers attended the ceremony in me Morial Hall. All of us arc deeply saddened that their homeward journey which began with great anticipation of a Holiday reunion with friends and loved ones ended with trag Edy said Wickham. He said maj. Gen. William  was the father of the 101st and started the division by saying in part that the 101st had a rendezvous with  these Superb Young soldiers kept their rendezvous with destiny As they fulfilled Ian important peacekeeping Mission in lonely outposts of the Sinai Wickham  of the army John o. Marsh  the soldiers were peacekeepers in a troubled world. They were returning from a Mission in support of our nation s commitment to world peace Marsh said. As Christmas approaches Marsh said let us Light a Candle in our hearts for those soldiers who were coming Home from the land of our spiritual heritage a place where they in their own Way. Sought to give meaning to the message of peace on Earth Good will toward men " the bodies will be identified and the base which i mortuary. _ the Bodie identified pre i / pared for burial at the base has the i of / military s largest mortuary i temperatures december is Shultz hold Trade talks with Hungary Budapest Hungary a Secre tary of state George p. Shultz eager to stimulate Hungary s economic Independence from the soviet Union held Trade talks monday with government leaders. Surrounded by evidence of Hungary s relative Prosperity compared with the soviet Union streets filled with Holiday shop pen and stores abundantly stocked with consumer goods Shultz had a Busy Day that mixed official business and symbolic ceremonies. He placed a Wreath at a memorial to hungarian Heron and held discussions with foreign minister Peter Varkonyi. He also visited St. Stephen Hungary s most prize treasure off met with communist party Leader Jah Kadar. Shultz is on a 10-Day tour Europe that includes visits to three Jcj Junist countries that a . Official trently described As off the reservation a 4n their relations with Ink soviet Union. He was in Romania on Sumay and went to nonaligned yugoslav a to Ron Faia occasionally differs Jap the rest of 1 soviet bloc on Jinp pm by issues. Although a Ungary flock Tep with the soviet Union a ambry policies the government has bed from the Kremlin Model of Tulip a strolled economic plan Ning. And Ort Rackwly published in the Instate also we Hungary Good on human Rignak citing relatively naked strictures on a Mignion and tourist travel abroad. Shultz told a news confers Ein Bucha rest Romania on sunday Thame aim of . Policy toward Eastern Eurof Han coun tries was to encourage the Lowenn Biff barriers with Western Europe. It is a fact that Europe l divided toc said. It s divided artificially it s Divide Gwirc it s divided by a Berlin Wall divided by restrictions of All kinds on the Freedom of europeans to travel to each others  Eastern Europe will be More stable More joyous if those restrictions arc lifted and i be heard Many of my friends in Eastern Europe say the same thing Shultz said. Hungary Romania and Yugoslavia Are the Only Eastern european countries to Benefit from congressionally conferred most favored nation trading status which makes it easier for them to Trade with the United states. The hungarian government would like such status made permanent rather than being reviewed each year by Congress As at present. Under us. Rules continuance of the trading benefits is dependent on a coun try s human rights record. 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