European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday september 6,1988 Nasa successfully launches 2 rockets Cape canaveral Fia. Up a Delta rocket believed carrying two experimental Star wars Hunter satellites soared triumphantly into orbit Friday followed 91 minutes later by the launch of an apparent target rocket from new Mexico. The Delia liftoff was the notion aeronautic and space administration s first space Success since the Jan. 28 Chal Lenger disaster and the dual launching marked the most significant Star wars Experiment yet conducted on the High Frontier. We feel like we re Back in the Groove said an elated William Russell Delta project manager the Light of the Delia was As close to perfect As you can  the Delia launch was Nasa s first major launch attempt since an identical$42 million Delia was blown up May 3 following an engine failure 61 seconds after launch. The 116-foot rocket blasted off from Cape canaveral at 11 08 . Ninety one minutes later a smaller Aries rocket was bunched from the White Sands mis Sile Range in new Mexico to serve As target vehicle in what was the Roost sophisticated strategic defense initiative missile defense Experiment yet mounted sources said. Despite concern following a string of space disasters it was Clear tailing Fri Day much to the Relief of tense Nasa engineers who reportedly placed a Saint Christopher s medal on Board for Good Luck in the Wake of the challenger disaster the april 18 destruction of an air Force Titan rocket and the Delta failure in May. Sources who spoke on condition they not be identified said the payload was made up of two experimental satellites that were to track each other in an Orbi Tal Ballet to demonstrate Progress in strategic defense initiative missile defens research. The sources also said one of the satellites equipped with mane vering sys tems was expected to crash into and de stroy the other spacecraft to demonstrate space interception techniques. Only three Complete deltas remain innasa1 inventory but Russell announced Nasa will buy two More to support additional Star wan Experiment. Among those on Hind to watch the Delta launch were it. Gen. James Abra Harason the head of the ski program and rear . Richard truly Nasa associate administrator for space flight and chief of the shuttle program. An ski statement said the Experiment did not violate any treaties with the soviet Union. Although the Blastoff was televised live by Nasa he launch time was kept secret until the final four minutes in a apparent attempt to prevent the soviet Union from precisely tracking the satellites and possibly intercepting data from orbit. Hijack from Page 1 and kicking and Are being  Mirza put the initial death toll at seven but it was feared the figure might Rise. One of the wounded was a Hijacker who was heard saying he was a palestini an As he was being taken away on a Stretcher. Mirza said he believed there May have been a fifth Hijacker. The troops led crying and screaming passengers off the plane which was sur rounded by pools of blood. When the hijackers first seized pan am flight 73, the All american Crew escape through a Hatch in the roof leaving the plane immobilized on the runway. Mirza said the police army action was calculated he said the plane engine had been run Ning since Friday morning to provide the plane with Power and had run out of fuel. Authorities turned offal apron lights Leav ing the Tarmac completely dark. Once the lights were turned off the started to move in Mirza said. When the lights went off and the air condition ing inside stopped. That s when the action started. An official said one of the hijackers tried to up away by walking out with unharmed passenger. The state department and pakistani officials said an american identified a Rajesh Kumar 29, of Huntington Beach calif., was killed when hijackers took Over the Jet. He became a . Citizen july 11, the . Immigration and naturalization service said. Pakistani officials said three baggage carriers were wounded when the plane was seized. Two of the three ground workers were injured when the hijackers opened fire As they approached the plane. The four hijackers armed with hand grenades and machine guns set various deadlines for their demands and threat ened to either blow up the darkened plane or kill one passenger every 10 min utes to press their demands for release of arabs jailed in Cyprus. Personnel. They camouflaged it by Chan Ging ils color to make it look similar to Airport vehicles. Jet from Span Dahlem dropped Dummy bombs Span Dahlem a Germany is the three Dummy bombs that were accidentally dropped in Spain aug. 12 were from a Jet from Span Dahlem a a base spokesman said Friday. Cape Creon Brown said the 26 Pound bombs were attached to a triple Cje Clor rack that broke Loose from a blast from Page 1 an army explosive ordnance team was conducting training on an m-4 document destroyer in an open area when the explosion occurred about 11 . She said the explosion caused structural damage to one building on the installation and damaged a vehicle. Harcstark said an m-4 document de Stroyer performs essentially the same function As an office paper shredder except it has a Buill in explosive  the document destroyer is designed to quickly Burn sensitive material. An investigation of the Accident is being conducted Sellinger said. We Are still trying to get More information she said. We re calling the hospitals and we have sem someone out to the site Bud win Jim str Ohn Canuti bulk m Thil report . F-4 phantom Jet White it was of a routine target run from Zaragoza a  said the Jet carries two Racks. Each rack is five feet Long and weighs 85  said there were no injuries or damage from the Accident. He said planes from Span Dahlem Are regularly deployed to Zaragoza a for  bombs were found aug. 30 in a Field in Boquin eni which is near the northeastern City of Zaragoza the associated press reported a practice bomb also fell from a Span Dahlem f-4g wednesday North of Munich. The 22-Pound Dummy bomb landed in the Garden of a Home near the Liegenberg practice Range. No injuries occurred. The pakistani news Agency reported the hijackers had planted explosives on the plane and 41 additional americans were about in Board when the hijacking took place. Pakistani authorities told the hijackers that Cyprus refused Point Blank Lallow the hijacked plane to enter their territory officials said. Lebanese and iranian authorities also denied the hijackers Landing rights. An unknown group identifying Itsel fas the libyan revolutionary cells Tele phoned a Western news Agency in Cyprus and claimed responsibility for the hijacking. They said they wanted the plane to land in Cyprus to negotiate the release of Arab prisoners held in Nicosia that nation s capital. Two palestinians Are serving life sentences in Cyprus for the murder of three israelis on a yacht a year ago. Israel responded by bombing Palestine liberation organization Headquarters oct. 1.la Beirut Lebanon a group called Jun Dullah or soldiers of god also claimed responsibility. Libyan radio denied Libya had any thing to do with the hijacking. Pan am official said about 345 Pas sengers and 13 flight attendants were aboard the jumbo Jet with the gunmen. A More precise count of passengers was no available because the plane was being boarded when the hijackers stormed it airline officials  jumbo Jet stopped in Karachi in route from Bombay India and was scheduled to Stop in Frankfurt before heading to new York airline officials said. No fun no relaxation sailors returned to duty by Dan Wolla staff writer Naples Italy the sailors aboard the aircraft Carrier Forrestal and the guided missile destroyer Sellers were looking Forward to a weekend of fun and relaxation in Naples. It was not to be. Forrestal from Page 1 ers who assumed command of that plane killed a Navy diver who was among the passengers and then succeeded in spirit ing other hostages off the plane to hide outs inside the City. The official declined to say what action the Navy jets aboard the Forrestal might have taken. But another source noted Navy planes had succeeded Las fall in forcing Down an egyptian Airliner carrying the men who hijacked the ital Ian cruise ship Achille Laura. The Fones Lal arrived in Naples last sunday after a we Klong exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean with egyptian forces. By 2 . Friday the sailors were being rounded up and taken Back to their ships. Security police at the naval support activity scurried around town trying to find sail ors off the Forre Sud the 5,000-Man Carrier and take them Back to their ship. The Forrestal pulled into Naples last week after taking part in the .-Egyp Tian sea exercise sea wind that ended aug. 28. It had been expected to stay i Naples another five Days. Bui by 3 30 . Friday the massive Carrier which had dominated the Naples Harbor Skyline was gone with As much of ils Crew As could be found. It. Mike Todd a spokesman aboard the 6th reel flagship Belknap said be could not comment on operational Mai lers including the ship s movements and the reasons for the Early departure the Sellers which carries a Crew of354, weighed Anchor and headed to set at 3 . The ship had been scheduled to leave Naples monday for a Brief at sea period then pull into Yugoslavia but the plans were changed Friday. The Belknap remained anchored off the coast of Gaeta 50 Miles North of Naples Friday afternoon. Navy Pilot missing after Jet crashes Oslo Norway a an american a-7 Corsair h fighter bomber based on the aircraft earner Nimitz crashed off Norway during nato exercises and the Pilot was missing a . Spokesman said Friday. It was the second american Accident in the exercise in seven Days the spokesman Cape. De. Schrock said the Light attack Jet crashed thursday in the North sea about 80 Miles off the coastal own of Florae in Western nor Way he identified the missing Pilot As it. Donald Matson ii 28, of York a. Nato officials said the plane was based in Jacksonville Fla a search by american and norwegian planes and helicopters for the miss ing Pilot has been Resul less so far but continues Schrock said. He said weather and visibility in the crash area were reported to be poor. The plane was taking part in the three week nato exercise code named North Ern wedding 86. Eight american servicemen were kilted aug. 29, the first Day of the exer Rise when a . Navy ch-46 helicopter with 21 people on Board crashed on take off from the Carrier Saipan off Bode in Northern Norway. Only two bodies were recovered