European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars arid stripes tuesday september 2,1986 an explosion and fire everywhere Cerritos. Calif not Rigo Uribe was inside his House m midday when he heard a loud Roar gelling closer and he rushed outside and saw a jetliner crash to the ground four or five houses away. There was a sudden explosion and there was fire Ever where with pans of bodies flying through the air he said. He raced Down the Street and saw peo ple crawling out of houses that Wen damaged but were si11 standing. Several houses a arc destroyed in his Middle class neighbourhood in this los Angeles suburb others were damaged after the Aero Mexico dc-9 collided with a Small private plane on an approach to los an Geles International Airport. Uril can electrician works for the Mcdonnell Douglas corp., which build the dc-9 hat crashed. He said he ran into houses that were still standing and managed to save some children. In one Home he heard screams he said and then heard them Slop. He said he was stepped from going any farther because news briefs of smoke and flames. When the screams died out he left presuming that whom Ever he had heard was dead. Another neighbor Bill Stark. Said he do a landed Balty up. I heard this tremendous Boom and i could t believe my eyes when i looked up and saw this Jet coming Down toward me Gnirke said he first thought thai the plane would land on his House hut it landed about a Block ii Way "1 ran Over there but 1 could t get close to inc flames because of the sheriffs deputies firc fighters police officers and hundreds of emergency serv ice employees spent the hot sunny afternoon pulling out the fires that erupted after the crash. One witness Frank Munivez said that when he arrived at the scene about nine houses were completely he said there were fires everywhere and thai he saw bodies covered with towels blankets whatever officials could find. He said "1 heard a loud Boom and i saw lights flickering and i Smelko Burnt Wood and 1 ran to the another described the de Bris As falling from the sky like Silver flakes and said that there was initially pandemonium at inc scene. The Faa said the single engine Piper aircraft crashed about a half mile from the scene in the Yard of the Cerritos elementary school. Sheriffs deputies put plastic Over inc plane As it sat upside Down in the deserted schoolyard. The neighbourhood in Orange county not far from the amusement Park Knoll s Berry farm was once Dairy land. In the last 20 years ii has seen a surge of development of one family Homes. On Carmenita Road near Uribe s Home workers covered human remains with yellow plastic coverings a tangle of fuselage and other Metaj pans were strewn about the streets along with suit cases a lady s White shoe a child s purple sneaker. The fuselage of the jetliner sat near an intersection. The fuselage crashed through a 7-fool Stone Wall Hilling the Back of a two Story House. Lyle Whitlick a Santa be Springs sheriffs a Puly rushed to the scene after he saw the smaller of the two planes float Down i heard a tremendous explosion he said. Drew g. Basey a los Angeles sheriffs Deputy said there was no Way of know ing vet How Many people May have died on inc ground. We Don t know if any one could have survived the magnitude of the a i plane crash he said. But he and other officials held out some Hope that because it was a Long Holiday weekend Many residents were away. About a half dozen officials from the los Angeles county Coroner s office dressed in Blue jump suits arrived at the scene to try to determine who the victims Are. The red Cross set up a facility in a nearby get Telephone building to pro vide counselling for those who live in the area around the crash site. Team three fourths of Way to setting ballooning record Amsterdam Netherlands up unexpectedly High winds swept three dutch daredevils Pas the three Quarter Mark monday and toward a Possi ble Speed record in their attempt to become the first european balloonist to Cross the Atlantic. The 15-Story dutch Viking pushed past the three quarters Mark of a 2,363-Milc voyage about 6 . Monday communications spokes Man Willicm de Grazar said. The Trio which includes a husband and wife on their second trans Atlantic attempt set out primarily to claim titles for the first balloon crossing by europeans and the first by a woman. The dutch Viking is piloted by Capi. Henk Brink. 42 his wife Evelien 30 and maj Willem Hageman a 39-year-old Squadron commander in the Royal dutch air Force. Qadhafi threatens to form . International army Tripoli Libya a libyan Leader col. Moa mar Qadhafi on monday launched a Sav age personal attack on president Reagan and threatened to form an International army to fight America later in the morning Qadhafi reviewed a 90 minute military Parade through Central Tripoli by More than 18.000 troops who jogged in Battle dress under a sweltering midday Sun. The Parade was pan of revolution Day celebrations marking the 17th anniversary of the Qadhafi cd military coup thai ousted King Idris on sept. 1,1969. Spain urged to join Battle against terrorism Madrid up Vernon wallers . Ambassador to the United nations on monday asked Spain to cooperate in the fight against world terrorism. Walters was beginnings tour to eight nato countries to seek support for sanctions against Libya Walters described his 60-Minule meeting with foreign minister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez As very Friendly but declined to disclose de tails of their talks. Quake in Moldavia killed 1, injured 558, soviets say Moscow up the government Mon Day said one person was killed and 558 were injured in Sunda s earthquake thai rocked inc soviet Republic or Moldavia on the Border with Flomania. The quake which measured 6,5 on the Richter scale was entered in the Grancea area about 110 Miles Northeast of Bucharest Romania. The tremor measured up to s Points on the 12-Poim soviet scale. Found intact in a backyard. Aero Mexico Headquarters in Mexico cily released a list of the 5b passenger try of few rate Mil Moi ii Nica Tion of How Many Ameri i singers. However. Aero Mesi or Armando Charles said card the plane and Ai least sunday night. It said in can bul there was no in cans were among the i co s los Angeles Man american tourists were six of them were Childrel mexican president my Dolence to the victims also scouring the Neil of downtown los Angel i learn of Federal invest if flight 498, bound for collided with the single Day sky 7,000 feet above Lei de la Madrid offered con natives. Ibo Rhood 20 Miles Southeast were members of a 50-Man lors trying to find put Why Angeles from Mexico City Gine plane in a Clear noon acid Cestos. " j___jll1i John Rich an investigator with the National transportation safely Board said controllers at Al Tore Marine station handed flight 498 Over to Federal aviation administration controllers at los Angeles inter National Airport three minutes before the crash. He said Nosb investigators were examining tapes and transcripts of communication Between the Aen Mexico pilots and control . In route to big Bear there was no word yet on the identity of its occupants or whether its Pilot was talking to controllers at the Lime of the collision. Gary Mucho head of the Nosb s los Angeles of fice told reporters the Piper collided with the Tail of flight 498 Between 11 56 and 11 57 . As the Airliner was descending from 7,000 to 6,000 feet. The Impact he said sheared away 10 to is feet of the dc-9 s horizontal Stabilizer and some portion of its vertical Stabilizer Loo. Ship from Page 1 smoke rises from the Deva Ufuti los Angeles International air App old i neighbourhood near the monday still was Noi known. Thai indicated it tank quickly. The official in novo Rossik who did not give Hij name also refused to say How Many people were aboard the Admiral Rakhimov or How Many people were killed. He said the Rescue operation continued it 7 . Moscow time involving Many men and ships but he would not be More specific. A shipping official in Odessa the liner s Home port also said by Telephone that Rescue work continued. Tass said a government commission was appointed to investigate the collision and sinking. The panel is headed by first Deputy Premier Seidar a. Artiev a member of the party s ruling politburo. The Choice of Aliev As commission chairman indicates the serious Ness of the Accident he also led the slate commission that investigated the crash of a Volga River cruise ship in june 1983, in which unconfirmed reports said More than 200 people perished. The Admiral Rakhimov originally named the Ber Lin was taken and renamed by the soviets alter world War it nazi Germany is believed to have used it As a Hospital ship. Adm. Pavel Stipanovich Rakhimov a a defender of Sevastopol during the crimean War of 1854-55, the vessel named for him became the flagship of the Black sea cruise Fleet in the 1950s. It is Laid to have been used recently for the six Day run Between the soviet Black sea ports of Odessa and Batu i. On feb. 16, the soviet cruise ship Mikhail Serraon Tov struck a reef off the coast of new zealand and Sank. Reports at the time said 792 passengers and Crew were rescued and the Only death was of a Crew Mem Ber. Soviet officials blamed the Accident on a new Zea Lander acting As Pilot but the government newspaper Hestia reported last saturday that the Mikhail Ler Monisov s Captain was fired. Izvestia said the senior navigator was convicted on charges it did not specify was Given a four year sus Pended prison sentence and was fined the equivalent of$30,000
