European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday september 6,1966 Delia rocket successfully launched Cape canaveral. Fla. A adelta rocket blasted off after a secret countdown Friday reportedly carrying two Siar wars satellites intended to destroy each other after a game of Orbital Pursuit. The cd cruise was a major test of presi Dent Reagan s proposed missile defense system sources reported. The launching marked the firs nigh of a Delta since the rocket was grounded alter a failure in May. The successful launch ended a string or four . Space launch failures dating Back to february and help restore Confidence in America s space program. The strategic defense initiative office placed a secrecy lid Over most details of Friday s launch. At 7 ., reporters were informed the launch was coming up later in the Day and were escorted to a viewing site at Cape canaveral. But the Progress of he countdown was kept secret until just four minutes before liftoff. The two stage Delta vaulted off it launch pad at 11 09  And soared smoothly into a partly Cloudy sky the ski office which manages the missile defense program popularly known As Star wars planned to Dis close details of the payload and its performance later in the Day but Only it he flight was successful. Sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said the payload consisted of two satellites that were to separate in orbit and Fly intricate Maneu vers using Small Jet thru slurs As they tracked each other. The objectives they said were to obtain spectral data with infrared sensors and to test guidance navigation an thruster systems. One of the satellites also was to try to track a rocket launched from another site the sources said. After these concepts were tested the said the two satellites were to turn on each other and ignite Small motors to Start them on a collision course destroy ing both. This was to be a test of kinetic Energy technology in which one projectile is hurled at another at great Speed demolishing it. A Delta lost first stage thrust 71 seconds after Blastoff Here May 3 and Wax blown up by a radio command from the Range safely officer when it shot out of control. Since the space shuttle challenger exploded Jan. 28, killing its Crew of seven the United slates has had Only one space rocket Success. That was an Atlas launched feb. 9 from Vandenburg ,calif., with a military satellite. After the explosion of an air Force Titan with a military satellite in april and the Delta failure in May All Large . Space rockets were grounded. Two other smaller space boosters also have failed this year. They were a Nike Orion and an Aries both boosting Small science payloads on suborbital trips out of the White Sands n.m., missile Range. Hijackers from Page 1 smoke on inc plane. They opened fire wildly. Children were crying. The plane was a holocaust Hussain Shaffi of Washington d.c., told a correspondent . Lab lie. Pakistani army commandos were seen around the plane and led at least one of the gunmen away. There were unconfirmed reports of smoke and explosion aboard the aircraft. The gunmen who was seen being led from the plane yelled to reporters that he was a palestinian  i am from Lebanon. I am a palestini an he screamed. At least 26 ambulances rushed to the plane. Many women and children were among the injured. The gunmen seized the new York bound Boeing 747 at about 5  And demanded to be flown to Cyprus where they said they wanted to free jailed palestinian hijackers according to pakistani officials. They set a deadline of 11 . For a american flight Crew to Board the plane. Shortly before the shooting began an official said a pan am flight Crew was flying in from Frankfurt. The plane s original three member flight Crew escaped through an emergency Hatch when the gunmen seized the plane. At one Point the Hijack Leader identified Only As Mustafa Tola pakistani officials in the Airport control lower no american should approach the aircraft otherwise we will give them a Tough fight. We will not commit  in Cyprus and Lebanon conflicting claims were made linking the gunmen to pro libyan and pro iranian groups. The state department in Washington confirmed thai Rajesh Kumar of califor Nia was fatally shot by the hijackers Sev eral hours after the hijacking began. In Cyprus an Anonymous caller to Western new Agency said a previously unknown group called the libyan revolutionary cells was responsible. But a statement later was delivered to newspaper offices in Beirut Lebanon claiming it was the work of Jun Dullah or soldiers of god a pro iranian moslem group Long Active in Lebanon. 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No injuries hijacking. Pakistani intelligence officials said the hijackers arrived in Karachi from Bah rain the last week of August. They identified one of the hijackers As Comer Hus Sain and said he was holding a Bahrain passport. This did not Rule out his being a palestinian since Many palestinians hold passports of Arab nations. The gunmen dressed As Airport Security guards opened fire As they seized flight 73 after it arrived from Bombay in route to new York via Frankfurt scores of people were boarding Al the time and at least 30 fled in terror As the with a head wound officials said. The hijackers left a sack of hand Gre Nades and several clips of machine gun bullets on the Tarmac when they stormed the plane. A pakistani official said they had machine guns and grenades aboard the Jet. An Airport worker was wounded when the hijackers fired from the plane hours later. The hijackers shot Kumar aboard the plane Ana threw him onto the Tarmac. The government said he died White being operated on at Jinnah Hospital. Department gunmen ran up the Steps of the plane firing shots that wounded two baggage loaders. One was in critical condition no Fuh no spokesman Peter Martinez said Kumar was a naturalized . Citizen who was born in Kenya. Re cry Soi or returned t by Dan Ollam stall Riter Naples. Italy the sailors aboard the aircraft came Forrestal and the guided missile delayer Sellers were Forrestal from Page 1 and explosives were holding the plane at the Karachi Airport with about 400 peo ple aboard. The sources said the hijacking occurred Al a Lime when there were no . Aircraft carriers on station in the Indian Ocean off Pakistan s coast. But a . Frigate the Talbot was in port in Karachi Friday. The vessel assigned to the six ship Middle East Force thai patrols the per Sian Gulf arrived in Karachi for a Rou Tine port Call Early thursday. The Talbot is scheduled to remain in port until Early next week. The Pentagon sources described the Talbot s visit to Karachi As sheer coincidence and said there was no role it could play in toe Hijack drama. Looking Forward to relaxation in Naputi it was nol to be. By 2 . Frida rounded up and Security police Alt Ity scurried Aroun Dors off the for cola and take them Back the Forrestal week after taking Tian sea exercise aug. 28. It had be Naples another five but by 3 30  which had Harbor Skyline was its Crew As could to i. Mike Tod the 6lh Fleet Flag could not comma Lew including the the reasons for the the Sellers wt354, weighed and at 3 . 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It was the second american Accident in the exercise in seven Days. The spokesman Juif a Schrock said the Light Milnet crashed thursday in thew la sea about 80 Miles off the coastal town of Florae in Western nor Way. He identified the missing Pilot Asli. Ison ii 28, of York a. Na1uoiminjacksony american Jan planes and helicopters for the nut ing Pilot has been result 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 servicemen were killed aug. 29. The lint Day of the cite when a . Navy ch-46 helicopter " on Board crashed on take Saipan off Bode in Northern Norwat Tykp bodies were recovered