European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes thursday september 11,1986 pan am hijacking 1. Four Mac Fere  age Rte Short their Way onto a pan am 747 at Karachi 2. One american pc shot 1 msgr Crew escapes Frough Hatch i cockpit Rod. 4. Hijackers demand a new Craw to by them to Cyprus and set de Bobnes after sch they Wal Jugta wac if passengers. 5, hackers announce they Haw wed of plane 6. Power Taj kure Macks out open  Nib Csc 7. Mandos Board ,ananp9 gunfire we Headon and up graphic officials passengers Praise criticize pan am Crew s escape London a the escape of pan am s cockpit Crew at the Start of ire i 7-hour hijacking in Pakistan has stirred debate Over whether the Ancien Rule that a Captain never Abandons ship should apply to jetliner hijackings. An informal associate press Survey has found Dis agreement on the Issue among pilots airline official Sand inc Hijack victims themselves. Opinions ranged from one survivor who called the cockpit Crew s action absolutely Superb to a spokesman for a competing airline who said it was  by escaping through a Hatch in the roof of the Boe ing 747 soon alter terrorists boarded the plane Friday he three Man flight Crew Eft clively grounded the Jet liner Al the. Karachi Airport. But it left the nearly 400 passengers and remaining Crew without an authority figure and confronting four terrorists who in the end blasted them with grenades and machine gun fire killing 19 people. If one refer w the maritime world where the tradition would have the Captain of a sinking ship be the last to leave the deck one could find quite cowardly the conduct of this  la Figaro a leading French daily editorialized. One will never know whether they led to protect themselves or to help bring about a rapid conclusion he newspaper said although it said the Crew should not be condemned for following airline Security poli cies. Terry Middleton executive administrator of the London based International federation of air line pilots associations which represent 60,000 pilots in 66 nations said the advantage of keeping a common a cred Airliner grounded could outweigh All other considerations. It s not a question of bravery or cowardice he said in an interview. It is a question of doing the most sensible thing to get the hijacking Over with As quickly and safely As  a British airways Pilot Chris Orlebar said he had no doubt what he would do in the same circumstances. I would stay on Board and somehow disable the aircraft he told London s daily mail newspaper. While there Are people who put their Trust in me Tecl i should  he was quoting As saying. But Shuli Naor a Captain for Elai Israel airlines quoted in the Tel Aviv newspaper had Ashot Dis agreed. Look if you drop inc heroic business of the Crew being the last to abandon ship Here it s he Plant when the Crew Abandons the plane the plane become san unattractive object for hijacking he was quoted As saying. It s like you be hijacked a  at a news conference in new York on Friday mar Lin r. Shugrue vice chairman and chief operating offi cer for pan american world airways said the cockpit Crew followed Long established pan am and Industry procedures under circumstances of the  this insured that the aircraft could not be oper ated he said Ken Lauterstein the Federal aviation admin Sti a lion s representative a the . Embassy in London said the Faa had no standing policy on what action the Captain and Crew should take. But he told the a that the Agency recommends they do whatever is necessary to Kup the plane on the ground because of the risk of an aircraft being airborne with hijackers who could he armed with explosives. Since what icy the pan am Crew did enabled in aircraft to stay on the ground the Faa supports the action that was taken Lautic Stein said. Geoff Lipman executive director of the Inie notion Al foundation of airline passengers associations x non profit lobby group Bas d in Geneva Switzerland said he is not convinced thai grounding the Airliner is always the Best policy. If it was possible 10 get the plane to some other place and Tow passengers were All Lei off safely that would be better he said. Lipman said the main disadvantage of abandoning it is a question of doing the most sensible thing to get the hijacking Over with As quickly and safely As  Terry Middleton the plane was that it removed a figure of authority to reassure passenger caught up in the terror. He said however that he was not criticizing the pan am Crew for its decision. Mike Thexton. 27, a briton who survived the or de Asaid at Heathrow Airport sunday night that abandoning the plane was the Best thing they could Possi Bly have  that was absolutely  he said. If they Hadnot done it i reckon we could be in Cyprus or maybe at the Bottom of the sea  but Mart a Ajwani 32, of Bombay India who was among passengers flown from Karachi to Frankfurt said the Crew abandoned us led us alone with  Klaus Flusch a spokesman for he German airline Lufthansa said the airline would never allow the Cap Tain and Crew to flee a hijacked plane. We find this  he said. With Lufthansa the Crew is required to remain on Board and cannot just run away from Uit trouble. They Are obligated to remain until the last Passen Ger Nas left Lite  Peter Joel a pan am spokesman in London de scribed such criticism As monday morning Quarter  world today e. Berlin pair escaped in August officials reveal 8erlin a West Berlin officials said tuesday an Ess German couple swam to Freedom across Ber Lin s spree River last month Odding icy kept the news secret to give others a Chance to use the same escape route from their communist  wanted to keep it secret in order to leave the same escape route open As Long As possible a Wesl Berlin City administration official  official who requested anonymity said no other escapes followed after the pair swam across the River that forms part of inc Boundary Between East Berlin and West  to can age couple used parts of a wooden Fence to climb Over the Berlin Wall on the East Bank of the spree and then swam he Short stretch to Wesl Berlin walking ashore just behind the Reich Stag building. Their escape Early aug. 19 went unnoticed by East German Border guards said inc West Berlin official. He identified he two As Mike Kussin. A 19-year-Oldapprentice bricklayer and Ulrick Honko a 17-year-old Glazier. Bomb set near offices of islamic group defused Rome a police who were alerted by  callers found and defused a homemade bomb outside the offices of a libyan backed group authorities said tuesday. The bomb and a .38-caliber pistol were found out Side the offices of the islamic Call society which funds islamic cultural activities and  bomb consisted of a 9-Inch steel tube packed with explosives attached to a timer police  callers telephoned the offices of the ital Ian news Agency Ansa and the Rome newspaper ii Messaggiero on monday Ansa reported. The Catl is said. Pay attention because there will Bea strike against a libyan  Ansa said. They then gave he address of the islamic calf society on the outskirts of Rome Ansa said. Australian Cave painting from ice age expert claims Sydney Australia a an expert on ancient Cave Art claimed to have found an aboriginal Rock car ving from the ice age of an animal the size of a Rhinoceros he Brisbane Sun reported wednesday. The expert Percy try disc said the Well preserve artwork was of a Diproto Don the world s largest known prehistoric Marsupial or Pouch bearing Ani Mal which has been extinct Al least 6,000 years. He estimated the painting was Al least 10,000 Yean old and claimed it As the first example of indigenous Peoples Art outside Europe representing Large Atiim Anufrom the last ice age. Australian academics were sceptical of the aim that the drawing is that old or that it depicts an extinct australian animal. But icy said that if Trezise was proved right it would be a stunning find 2 arrested sikhs confess to 3 murders in India new Delhi. India a two sikhs arrested in the assassination of a former army chief have confessed to the crime and also admitted killing a member of parliament last year the press Trust of India said wednesday. Sukhdev Singh and Nirmal Singh were arrested Sun Day near the Wesley City of Poona where retired Oen. Arun s. Vaidya was gunned Down aus. 10. Poz Tec announced the arrests tuesday and said themen would be held for a month. Murder charges were pending they said. The two suspects also admitted killing latin Maken a member of parliament and his wife in new Delhi last year the news Agency reported. Maken was accused by militant sikhs of having played a role m the anti sikh riots that followed the assassination of Indian prime minister Indira gandhian 19s4. The Khalilian commando Force an underground sikh terrorist group Bas claimed responsibility for the general s assassination Vaidya was on the hit list of sikh extremists be the sikhs Golden Temple in Amritsar in june 19m to dislodge sikh militants. Vaidya was India s most decorated military her and was honoured for his bravery during the two win with Pakistan and the 1962 War with China. Sukhdev Singh ind Nir nud Singh were arrested Fol lowing an argument with a truck Driver on the bom t pm today aft their motorcycle collided with be truck the news Agency said