European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday january 19, 1966 the stars and stripes Page of has safest flying year army record worsens by Nohman 111 u k Washington a in i9hs, the deadliest year in history fur inc National commercial aviation inc air 1 i re chalked up ils Best peacetime safely record. The army however saw ils aviation safely record Worsen in i is 5. The ii would Mil Complete the calculation if ils safety Rale until liter Liis Muir la. Tilt air Force said i tidily that Ilc cric need s3 i lass a. Or Nii Ijiri. Accidents ill my Down i Tim he in i Jwj. Seventy eight people were killed in air Forte accidents year compared i a t in a c lass a no eident is defined As one Phil results in either a fal Lily lilt do Siruc Iliin of in aircraft or damage of More . A Iaeli no the military services expresses ils safety record in learns of the number of class a acid Unis per a lying hours Fly thai Standard i Jas became the air Loree s safest car with an acc Idem Rale of i.-19 per ion.000 flying hour said i. In. In Burl Springer inc service s Insp Clor general. The previous Besl was recorded in i9nj. When inc Rale Idle led 1.73 per 100,000 flying hours la Imp the title Rose slightly l 1.77 Pur flying hours. Jul Marks the air Force s to Laird consecutive year with i Rale below 2,0." Springer i believe we re Betler off because we Qiu Lily people and we i ave Quality aircraft. We Are making More flying hours available to our air Crews ,. Nul obviously Jii Vvs our pills and our Ilir Tri w members Niilre to Prii in a. And Riih tsp Renee. We believe eos pics the Lars. An. We be lipid More sure Psiris in order u keep our Jii splines of Viii a Springer said inc new Cir Iii Iti i Idrizi it Bud Eli ii would Likely Foree i 4. F percent pm in Llie Iii unc available ibis Yea for Elvin i Lime. Such a reduction will obviously draw Devn the experience level Lull we he said. Thai May or May Mil diff Tel he snid. In Oiin the air Mcc Hiis aug from Ilie in of More modern Jet army rept Ned that its aviation Safe record wors ened last Jear the service Iii Cubales ils Safyn record on a fiscal year father Ihan Calend in a Cir. Basis. In fiscal i Jas a Liili ended last Siepl. 30, Hie army said it experienced 4h class a acc Dertis for a Rale of 3.1 per 100,01 0 flying hours Fly comparison the rate in fiscal 19x4 is 2, h per Yinn hours and in Pascal i . -1.1 per 1 Kio Zhini i our Obiri one people died in army aircraft accidents Dur ing the last Riff ii it Iii. Compared with ii in fiscal l Jk-1. The fatality re Chin wild have been much belter were m i for to helicopter crashes list Spring thai produced almost halt the fatalities. Twelve soldiers were killed i-1 Al l a , n.c., alien a in i Lilac Hawk crashed Ami three Colliers Here killed april 15 in another crash of ,1 Lack link it a nil Rucker. Alii Allf the army s were Yeti minded for iwo months for an invest Linalln thai result d in a decision to mod if \ the Rotor spindle Assem Blies of the copters. Springer said Nosi of the air 1 Ort e s class a accidents had involved fit liver or snack jews As opposed to bombers Airlift or refuelling aircraft or helicopters. To Pirn seven of the 5.1 c lass a accidents involved fighters said Ham i inn pc Sidoni of the Independent Brooklyn corps of the Cunt res of racial Quality. Pinn said he believes Federal prosecutors should take Over the Case. the presi Dent of the african Peoples c hri4ianorani Aliou. Agreed. Eastern 727 Jet lands on belly passengers of Washington Ai an Eastern airlines 727 Jet landed ill ils Landing gear up at Washington Dulles International air port on Friday night sliding feet on ils belly but injuring none of the 143 people on Board. Flight 974 from Miami was scheduled la land Al National Airport a smaller Airfield in Arlington vn., just outside the capital. Hul the plane was diverted to Dulles in suburban Chantilly va., Ghoul 20 Miles from the capital when cockpit instruments indicated that there was a problem Wilh the Landing gear snid Fred Farrar. Spokesman for the Federal aviation administration. Dulles has longer runways than Nai Unal. There were a few Sparks when it hit the runway but that was said in Airport operations officer who said he saw the land ing and asked that his name not be used. In was Noi too spectacular nol too photogenic the jul was carrying 137 passengers and six Crew members. All were evacuated safely the officer said. Me declined to say How the people got off the plane. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 19,1946 the new redeployment program will not not be affected in any Way by possible discontinuance of selective service sail Brig. Jen. , l Siet redeployment thief in Frankfurt. 30 years ago today. Jan. 10, i Fla Adlai f. Stevenson called on president site Shower i repudiate the Brink of War statement attributed to Secretary of stale John Dulles or fire the see Ciary. A Levinson termed Dulles action suicidal 20 years ago today. 10. I i6two fresh Leonii Necols of . Forces Genrl 7,0,0 1 troops arrived in Vietnam the first of the buildup expected to swell 11.s. Siehling strength to double its present number. 10 years ago today. Jan. 1. Lre Cryll kicked i to fou Rili spurt or Field . Then Terry nil in Sunn on .1 magnificent d4-v.ird touchdown p a to bring Pitts Burgh from tie hints for a 21-17 Supe r ii Oval a Sciury Over Dallas
