European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 news update the stars and stripes monday August 17,1987 suit against airline los Angeles up1 the surviving children of the Pilot of a Small plane thai collided with an acro Mexico Jet aver Cerritos last summer have filed a wrongful death suit against the airline twas reported saturday. The wit tiled Friday in  court claims Aero Mexico tailed to do everything it should have done to ensure a Safe flight including failing to maintain he Jet. Equip it with collision warning devices and improperly training the Crew. The los Angeles Herald exam Iner said the suit also claims that the Aero Mexico Jet was flown in manner that would Likely Lead to the crash and destruction or both  the lawsuit filed by four surviving children of William j. 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Showers and thunderstorms continued to develop ahead of a cold front pushing across the upper Mississippi Valley and Central Plains extending across Northern Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Michigan and Southeast Minnesota by Early sunday afternoon. The storms were producing very heavy rain along with wind gusts of unto 30 Mph the National weather serv ice said. A few showers dotted the Chicago area sunday morning although rain swollen Waterways continued receding. The two remaining major trouble spots the Salt Creek and the Desplaines River crested after forcing As Many As 4so More people from their Homes on saturday in suburban Chi Cago since record rainfall submerged the Chicago area Friday More than 1,000 people were forced from their Homes by flooding which at its height reached the tops of semitrailer trucks and virtually Cut off o Hare International Airport one of the world s bus Iest. Many returned Home saturday an sunday to waterlogged basements and belongings. At least four deaths Are blamed on the flooding. The Midwest storms triggered a Tor Nado saturday night that swept through a resort area in West Central Minnesota killing one Man and injuring seven others. The twister picked up the Eagle Lake Cabin of Denton Anderson 47, and smashed it to the ground about 50 feet away killing Anderson and injuring his wife and two sons. The Tornado touched Down saturday evening near he Faith Haven resort i Southeastern Otter Tail county about 20 Miles Southeast of Fergus fall. Authorities said it destroyed five Cabins and extensively damaged three others. Elsewhere around the country showers and thunderstorms were scattered across the Southern Atlantic coast hates across Eastern South Dakota and Central Nebraska. A few morning showers lingered Over North Ern Maine and the Northern Rockies. Awol private reportedly was flying Man to meeting with Nixon s Nephew Orange Calif. Up1 the Pas Senger aboard a plane that flew near president Reagan s helicopter said he hired the Pilot to Fly him to a business meeting with Donald Nixon jr., the Nephew of former president Nixon it was reported saturday. Haitian Lee Jones 53, the sole Passen Ger in the rented single engine Piper Archer also told the Orange county Register that she Pilot Ralph William Myers 32, strayed into restricted air space after losing his Contact lenses. Although the secret service concluded that Myers an awol army private did not deliberately stray into the restricted airspace surrounding Reagan n ranch in Santa Barbara thursday the Federal aviation administration abruptly revoked his Pilot s License for careless and reckless operation of an  Jones it Lake Oswego ore., resident said the plane passed Over the area after Myers Contact lenses popped out the plane Lew about 150 feet below the president s helicopter at it was approaching Reagan s Rancho Del Cielo. Jones who is not a Pilot lot the newspaper he was trying to read Aero nautical maps and navigate the plane while Myers frantically searched the Cabin for his lenses. It was then he said that he spotted two military helicopters about live mile away approaching at the same Altitude but be assumed that they were from the coast guard. We dropped Down in Altitude close to the Mountain away from their path Jones told the newspaper. They passed Way off to the right there was no near  Jones said he hired Myers to Fly him to Orange county for a business meeting with Donald Nixon or. The Register re ported that Jones and Donald Nikon or. Work for Tower financial corp., a new York firm that provides corporate financing. Steve Hoffenberg president of Tower financial told the newspaper he talked to Donald Nixon jr., following the Inci Dent and said the secret service was stunned to discover the former presi Dent s Nephew waiting at the Airport to pick up Myera and Jones. Jones and Myers were questioned and later released. But Myers also of Lake Oswego was arrested Friday by secret service agents after it was discovered he had been absent without leave since aug. 3 from fort Lewis Wash. He was led away from the City of Orange jail Friday night by an army sergeant police and the military refused to reveal where hews taken. Bob Rosenburgh a spokesman for fort Lewis said the military is consid ering filing charges against men Jones who said neither he nor Mye had Ever flown Down the California cout before said Myers told him he had obtained six Days of leave for the trip. . Attorney Robert Banner Taid he will consider filing criminal charge against Myers in los Angeles for endangering the president. Fire forces Jet to return to Frankfurt Frankfurt a an american airlines jetliner bound for Chicago with 175 people on Board was forced to nuke an Emer Tetty Landing at Frankfurt inter National Airport sunday after one of ill two engines caught fire officials said. Four pais Enrri were slightly injured while evacuating the two engine Boeing 76t jetliner Taid Hant Henning Greet director of Airport traffic. Otherwise the emergency Landing went without a hitch Greet Laid in a Telephone interview. He did firefighter and other Emer gency workers gathered around the plane u in rolled to a hop. They quickly extinguished flames from the burning engine. Meanwhile passengers left the plane by sliding Down inflatable ramps fro the Airliner s emergency exits he added. Greef said be had no further detail about the injured passengers. He said the american airlines jetliner bound for Chicago and los Angeles had departed Frankfurt with two minutes delay at 11 12 . The fire broke out at 11 58 and Theair plane immediately turned Back for Frankfurt according to Greef. The official said the incident Only tightly disrupted traffic a the fran t fun Airport the busiest Airport in Continental Europe. Earlier the manager of the american airlines office at the Airport had said there were 173 people on Board the air Craft and that no injuries had 1 a re ported the manager who identified himself Only As or. Von Ops Lar. Said it was not known Why the Pine s engine caught fire. Two engine airliners have been Al Lowed to Fly trans Atlantic routes for the put two years despite initial opposition from pilots and Crew. Critics have said it is unsafe to Fly such Long distances Over an Ocean with Only two engines partly because of the danger of engine trouble. Several airlines now Fly two engine planes on the trans Atlantic route. They say it is Safe More economical and in Lowi flight a to smaller North american destinations. 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