European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday. October 28,1666 rupture caused Jet s 5-mile plunge Tokyo a a rear Bulkhead rupture cause the loss of pressure and control that sen a thai Airliner into a five mile plunge in which 62 of the 247 Pep pie aboard were injured a japanese investigator said monday. The a-300 Airbus made an emergency Landing a Osaka Japan after the near disaster sunday night. Hiroshi Fujiwara Deputy chief investigator of Japan s aviation Accident investigation commission told reporters after inspecting the plane hat it had ruptures in the rear pressure Bulkhead that left it Pat Tern like a pie Cut into three pieces. The rear Bulkhead divides the passenger Cabin from the non pressurized Tail Section. Air from the Cabin of the thai airways International Jet escaped through a pressure Relief door in the Tail Section Fujiwara said. In the Case of a Japan air lines jumbo Jet that crashed in August 1985 after a similar Bulkhead rup Ture escaping pressurized air damaged the Tail Fin. The Jal plane smashed into a Mountain killing All but four of the 524 people aboard in the worm s worst single plane  said three Hydraulic system pipes on the a-300 go through the pressure Bulkhead separately unlike the four bunched together on the Jal Boeing 747, two pipes on the Airbus broke he said but the third undamaged system allowed the Pilot o land safely to would not comment on what might have caused the Bulkhead  of the thai airline told a news conference in Bangkok Thailand that the Pilot of flight 620,which was bound from Bangkok to Osaka via the Philippines reported hearing a loud bang in the rear of the plane at 31,000 feet then lost two of the three Hydraulic systems used to control the flaps and  he decided o make an emergency Landing said capt. Yothin Palmorn Momrik vice president for operations. He said one passenger was rescued after being sucked into the cargo compartment during the wild descent. Five people were taken to hospitals with what were described As serious injuries including broken Bones Chatrchai Bunya Ana la thai International s executive vice president said the airline had not received threats that might suggest sabotage. He said the plane was the newest of the state airline s wide bodied a 300s, in service Only two  Airbus is made by a consortium of five euro Pean companies. The Model involved in the Osak Accident can carry 247 passengers. Chatrchai said a senior airline official and an offi Cial of the Airbus consortium had gone to Osaka to inspect the  s Kyodo news service quoted transport ministry official it did not identify As saying a Pilot Logbook found in the cockpit referred to abnormalities in Cabin pressure equipment aboard the  Nakajima Deputy chief of the ministry s Osaka office would not comment on the report. News briefs leaders optimistic after Summit Frankfurt