European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday. June 12,1986 of Liaison will promote go passengers7 safety by Curry Swift Washington Bureau  an air Force Pili will become a full time Liaison officer at Federal aviation administration Headquarters As part of the defense dip ailment s pledge to ensure the safety of military air passengers a . The in Misc to improve the flow of safety information Between inc Faa and the defense department was made after i he crash of an Arrow airlines jul at Gander Newfoundland killed 24tt soldiers returning from duty with a Middle East peacekeeping Force. It was inc army s worst loss of life at one Lime since inc Vic learn War. The Promise came As part of a Dod review of military passenger Airlift policy. It was made amid allegations that the Faa had reports critical of Arrow before the crash but that the Pentagon had not Learned about them. Maurice Shriber Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for logistics told a congressional panel tuesday thai the Dod directive hat oui links inc Pentagon s links to the Faa is being Rew Rillen to emphasize the flow of safely related information. He said the comparable Faa publication also is being redone. In addition he told a House subcommittee on Public works and transportation the Pentagon now receives the Faa s in depth reports on carriers that seme the Mili tary and military Airlift come personnel have joined Faa inspectors on those in Jepth evaluations. Further the Faa has Given authorization to Mac pilots to observe the performance of Crews flying commercial air Craft under Dod contracts. Route of Arrow air charter Mcdonnell Douglas dc-bsrs63 Sunun engr 4.500 a non Tad mum Piid 533 Mph.  Wing twi i it s a. Tong Tel ib7 h 4 n., Hoeffl 2 to 5 a 0f to ofte off div owl Man the air Force Pilot will become a Liaison officer this summer Shriber said. Closer cooperation Between the agencies already has resulted in the cancellation of a Dod contract with one airline Shriber said. Galaxy airlines had won a s5,9 million contract to transport cargo Between air Force bases in Southern and Central Stales he said. The contract was suspended last March after lie Faa grounded one of the firm s Lockheed Elc Clra aircraft. During the evaluation thai followed Mac inspectors Dis covered that Galaxy could not meet the civilian Reserve air Fleet requirements in its contract and inc contract was cancelled Shriber said in general the Penu Igon reserves its contracts for air lines whose aircraft arc part of the Reserve Fleet that could be used to move troops or military equipment during War. The defense department also is enhancing the capability Survey it makes of potential contract carriers i Laid. The Survey examines safety operation maintenance and financial records. Other changes include increased ramp inspections of charter aircraft Landing it military buses and sub Ash ment of an air Carrier analysis office Ai a focal Point for information on carriers serving the department he Ltd. Standard in flight inspection procedures Are bang developed and the department is expanding in Effort to get feedback from military passengers on charter flights especially about safely be Rokl the defense department relies on commercial aircraft for More than 90 percent of the 6 million military Panen or moves it requires each year. Army identifies deficiencies in casualty operations Washington Sas after the crash of a Mil Ary charter High in Gander  the army s personnel command look a hard look at the Way it handles casually operations and made recommendation involving people paperwork and planning. The tragedy involved search and recovery operations at Gander processing identifying and shipping of re Mains and personal effects and notification of next of Kin. All 33 . Casualty area commands and three of 11 overseas casualty commands were involved Accord ing to a periodic newsletter produced by the military personnel Center. A sampling of the Center s recommendations casualty operations centers Don t Bare enough staff during peacetime to handle Mast casualties. Identify the men and women who will supplement these staffs and train them now. The initial surge of requests for information during a crisis is huge. Be ready to increase the staffs of the Public affairs offices involved at least for the first three Days. Trained Reserve troops could help. Casualty offices should make sure Public affairs offices receive copies of casualty messages. Tips Tor Public affairs handling of Hocti incidents Are being included in the army s casualty assistance hand Book. After a mass Accident stabilize the Tours of casually assistance officers until they Are finished with their duties. In Mast casualty operations there is often a delay in identifying and shipping remains. Escorts designated by name May have to be changed. To minimize that identify prospective escorts and Pool them by rank for assignment when remains arc ready to be shipped. Keep emergency data and servicemen s group life insurance forms up to Date. The defense eligibility enrolment reporting system could be used to keep the information current. Commanders must emphasize to troops the need to keep the data current. Don t Send records especially fingerprint medical and Dentai charts with travelling soldiers unless duplicates Are on file enforce wearing  lag. Issue interim Deott Cert fical immediately so families can apply for benefits. Follow up with More deliberate procedures to ensure the final certificate it accurate. Shuttle director pledges to heed Rogers report Washington a the director of the space shuttle program said wednes Day he embraced the Rogers commission report on the challenger Accident and would use it 35 a Road map to return the shuttle to Safe and Effic be night. Adm Richard truly a former astronaut named to head the shuttle program afer the Jan 28 disaster said Many of the recommendations made by the commission monday already Are in the works. Truly testified before the House com Mittee on science and technology holding a second Day of hearings into the Accident that titled seven astronauts. Lawmakers whose oversight on Nasa has been soft for 25 years pledged to be tougher on the Agency As they seek answers to Why the tragedy happened and. How the space program can recover. Truly Aid he bad appointed a 12-person Partel. Including Nasa Ovid Industry personnel to Correct the problem with the shuttle s solid fuel Booster rocket. The commission blamed the nil onion of he shuttle on a faulty rocket joint and cited management and safety flaws in the space Agency. The redesign team is currently pursuing several options for redesign of the joint will a tentative Date for the preliminary design review this summer truly said. Let me assure you that safety not schedule u and will continue to be our primary  he also said the Nasa management Structure and safety organization were being reviewed. I wholeheartedly support the recommendations to reassess and redefine the responsibilities of the shuttle program manager and in assure that he has the specific Type of authority suggested in the commis Sion s report he said. He said he had appointed astronaut Rob Ert Crippen to head a group to report to me on the Overall management  on safety. Truly said i pledge to work closely and do what 1 can to strengthen this most important element of our program he also said he is carefully studying commission recommendations concerning improvements in Landing safely and maintenance. He also said he is pursuing possible escape modes for astronauts during the Crit ical moments of liftoff and Landing. James c. Fletcher the new Nasa administrator set july 1987 As the target for resuming shuttle flights. We will Fly in 1987 if it is Safe to do so Fletcher Laid. We will not Fly if it s not. The Dale u not a fixed and inflexible  Nasa officials were to show the panel a film containing computer enhanced footage of the breakup of the shuttle 13 Secondi after it was launched. Lawmakers said they wanted to ask the Nasa officials about the Accident and How the space Agency Abni to respond to the recommendations made monday by the Rogers commission  it Acci Dent. Among the commission s recommendations were that Nasa redesign the shut Lle i solid Booster rockets and other shuttle systems and improve Agency management and safety. Youf/7, insurance company to split . Cooper s loot Portland Ore. Up a wad of 16,000 in shrunken $20 Bills the Only Trace Ever found of legendary vanished skyjacker . Cooper will be split Between an insurance company and the youth who found the Money on a Muddy River Bank the Fri released the Money tuesday to attorneys representing Brian Ingram. 14, of Al Reno okla., and the Royal Globe insurance co. In an agreement approved by a Federal judge two weeks ago the boy was expected to pick up his half at his attorney s office in Portland wednesday. The Money had been held As evidence since Ingram discovered it in a Muddy Bank of Ibe Columbia River Northwest of Portland in 980, near the Point where Cooper was believed to have bailed out of a Northwest Orient jetliner on thanksgiving eve in 1971, Richard Tosaw an attorney and former Fri agent who wrote a Book about Cooper persuaded the Justice department to re lease the Money saying it could finance ingrain s education. He also a Decd negotiate a Deal in which the Money would be split Between i Grera and the insurance company which covered the airline s pm in paying a Ransom to Cooper. A Man identified variously by Ibe Fri As Dan Cooper and . Cooper hijacked the Airliner on a flight from fort land to Seattle As a condition for re lease of the passengers in Seattle he was give four parachutes and 1200,000 Cash in four packet. With most of the Money trapped to his Waist he bailed out in a storm As the plane was pasting Over southwestern Washington in route to Reno Nev. Tosaw believes the discovery of Ibe Cash proves Cooper landed in he rim and drowned. The Bills All carry serial numbers Matching the list of Hills Given to Cooper he did t know where he wot when he bailed out. He hit the water with the Parachute on his Back and the Money packs around his Waist and went Down Tosa Saui. He is still Down there somewhere. So is the rest of the Money snagged on an old log or stuck in inc mud be Aid before jumping. Cooper polled Tome of the Money out of one of then rfcs and offered it to stewardesses Tosaw believes the Cash found by Ingram wis part of the $6,000 that Cooper Ike stuck in his jump suit. Iru Crun found Ibe Cash while of � family picnic and collected a $300 re Ward which be must return As a Condi Tion of receiving the loot. Steve Rickles. Attorney for Royal Globe said the company will try to sell the old Bills As collectors items to recover some of the value of the a Aram. Tosaw said inc Bills had shrunk White in the River to about the size of Burines cards and the Edge bid wont. Fri gent Bart Gort Laid Ibe bilk Wen pressed together and very fragile nuking an exact count impossible