European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes o Dod opposes malpractice Bill d brushing up unit readiness Page 2 Page 9 d tigers take Over first place in Al East uth Sand bearing desert winds halted he a gird Convoy of a flagged kuwaiti tankers and . Warships in the persian Gulf thurs Day and iranian commandos in a Dinghy attacked a yugoslav freighter shipping sources did. No one was reported injured aboard the yugoslav vessel Iran meanwhile declared the Gulf of Oman and the Strail of Hormuz the waterway Between the gulfs free of mints after its Navy reported destroying four mines in a sin Day operation. Shipping sources with close ties to the Kuwait Oil Tanker co., owner of the tankers said the Convoy had halted by Nightfall off saudi Arabia. . Navy officers have been concerned that bad weather particularly blowing Sand and dim could severely hamper the effectiveness of helicopters scouting for mines. Earlier thursday As it passed the half Way Point of the 550-mile voyage through the persian Gulf to Kuwait the Convoy was shrouded in a Haze of desert Sand borne on Gusty winds a common Gulf phenomenon. The three tankers in the Convoy Are p/7ofs May have failed to set plane s flaps Romulus Mich. A the pilots of Northwest flight 255 did not lower the who flaps and there is no indication a cockpit Tiren sounded to warn them that the flaps were not in Normal Takeoff position Federal investigators said. At first we did t believe it because it s just Loo horrifying one official involved in the investigation told the Washington Post in an interview published thursday. But it looks Tike they completely forgot to set sources speaking on condition of anonymity Tola the associated press that uie Fligl data recorder showed the flaps were left in a horizontal position and not extended downward which gives a plane lift at lower airspeed. The Mcdonnell Douglas md-80 was equipped with a warning Horn that should have sounded if Najiy of several critical a Nevers were not done during Takeoff including adjustments to the plane s flaps spoiler and Stabilizer settings. There was no indication on the cock pit voice recorder that a Horn sounded said John Launcr of the National transportation safety Board. They could hear the verbal checking off of some things safety Board spokes Man Alan Pollock said wednesday. So far they have not heard anything thai indicates they checked the a jetliner s haps and slats Are extended at various angles to boost lift during Takeoff and Are retracted when cruising. The setting of the flaps prior to Takeoff is fundamental to flying and considered by pilots As one of three killer hems for which the consequences can easily be Catas trophic. Those were in the Zero or retracted position Lauber said adding in this aircraft a Zero Flap configuration is acceptable under some the plane crashed shortly after Takeoff sunday at Detroit metropolitan Airport killing up to 158 people. The Only survivor a 4-Ycar-old girl remained hospitalized in serious condition thursday. The md-80 is capable of taking off see flaps on Page 28 Valise with jewelry retrieved from titanic Paris a divers in a min sub Marine have plucked a leather Valise holding jewelry coins and Bank notes from the titanic wreck. Divers also have scooped up a Smalt Safe believed to be the assistant Purser s Strongbox 160 pieces of dishware four bottles seven pieces of furniture a pro peller and three Art objects including a chandelier according 10 the first inventory released by the Fitch Institute for research and exploitation of the sea. Marine Salvage pcs said thursday it is nearly impossible to say How much the find might be Worth. The Valise did not Bear a name but resembles in style the sort of Caw carried by doctors Early in the Century Accord ing to Robert Chappaz expedition spokesman. In a statement released in Paris Early thursday Chappaz said the Valise is not in Good condition. But its existence Indi Cates thai contrary � popular belief some organic objects remained intact decades after the ship Sank on april a 1911 the leather Satchel was found by Chance during a routine Survey of the Stem Section of the 2.5-mile-wide debris Field around the wreck. It was opened and examined briefly revealing the valuables and currency Chappaz said. A full description of the objects is to be made after they Are transferred at the end of the month to a preservation Laboratory run by the National Utility electric cite do France in Paris Chappaz said. Chappaz said none of the artefacts would be sold to private individuals. He did not say if the expedition would try to sell the objects to institutions such As museums. The French Institute owner of the High Lech min sub Nautila and support Vessi a Nadir has said artefacts would be displayed during world tour. Marine experts said anything brought up from the titanic could be Worth a Fortune. Titanic survivors and relatives of the 1.513 people who drowned on the White Star line vessel argued that the site should be left inviolate As a memorial to the disaster. Among 11 kuwaiti vessels to be related with the stars and stripes and put under Navy escort in the Gulf. The aim of the Reagan administration operation is to shield kuwaiti tankers from attacks by Iran which regards Kuwait As an ally of Iraq in the 7-year-old Iran Iraq War. The United states has vowed to keep navigation free in the persian Gulf sue Convoy on Paga 28 a bucket camera i victim of the English gunman who killed 14 people. Gunman in England sounded reasonable1 Hungerford England a mass killer Michael Ryan who turned this quiet country town into a Nightmare of gunshots burning build Ings and wailing sirens shot 29 peo ple in an afternoon but sounded Lucid and reasonable in the last moments of his life police said thurs Day. Minutes after he spoke to the police who surrounded him the 27-year old gun collector shot himself to death leaving behind 14 of her dead including his Mother and 15 wounded. The apparently motive less mass shooting wednesday sparked wide concern Over the country s gun Laws and took Over the front pages of the country 5 newspapers. Prime minister Margaret Thatcher flew to nearby Swindon to visit the wounded in Princess Margaret Hospital. The massacre was the worst in Modem British history. And. As in similar cases in of her countries the killer was the last person anyone ii pc Clad to do such a thing. I Don t think a lot of people even myself have come to grips with it said the Rev. David Salt the local vicar after a special service thurs Day. You can t believe it. It is going to scar a lot Ope Oak but i think the strength of a Community is Hal you share both Joys and the police issued a statement say ing they do not know what sparked Ryan s shooting spree. It is a Corn see gunman on Page 28
