European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 stateside the stars and stripes Friday. August 2b, 1987 group awards $50,000 for mental health studies new York a a foundation established by the parents of John w. Hinckley presented 150,000 in research Grants wednesday a scientists who have linked manic depression to genetic defects. John Hinckley shot president Reagan in 1981 outside a Washington hotel. Jack Hinckley presented the foundation s first Grants $25,000 each to Janice Egeland of the University of Miami school of Medicine who directed a study among the Amish of Pennsylva Nia and Miron Baron of Columbia presbyterian Mudica Center who studied five Large families in Israel. In separate investigations the researchers developed evidence that some cases of manic depressive illnesses arc linked to at least two genetic defects and that manic depression is a collection of disorders. Hinckley is chairman and president of the american mental health fund which he founded after his son shot Reagan. Sentencing of Goetz postponed until october new York. A the sentencing of sub Way gunman Bernhard Goelz convicted of weapons charge but found innocent of shooting four alleged muggers has been postponed until oct. 7, slate supreme court Justice Stephen g. Crane said wednesday that he is postponing the sept. 4 sentencing 10 give prosecution and de sense lawyers More time to prepare memoranda and to give the probation department More time to finish ils report on Goetz. Goteti 39, was convicted in june on a single count of third degree illegal Possession of a weapon the handgun he used to shoot four youths an a Manhattan subway train dec. 22, iss4. He was acquitted on 13 other counts including attempted murder and assault charges Stem Ming from wounds the youths suffered. Goelz a self employed electronics specialist said he shot the teen agers because he Felt they were trying to Rob him when they approached and asked for Money the youths claimed they were panhandling. Brink s worker robbed at Oklahoma City store Oklahoma City a two gunmen robbed a Brink s Lac messenger delivering Money to a grocery store wednesday a Brink s  Stii. Police later arrested two suspects at a Motel where they recovered an undetermined amount of Cash a pistol and a sawed off Shotgun. The Brink s messenger suffered Only scratches the company said. Police Cape Mike Heath said two gunmen entered the Safeway store Early wednesday with the in enl of robbing  about the same Lime a Brink s messenger walked in. The suspects apparently decided that he was an easier target than inc store Heath said. The suspects were identified As Jay Ayery 57, of Burleson Texas and Howard irwing Wil Liams 52, whose Hometown was t known. Heath said the men had been booked an a complaint of robbery with a firearm and at tempted robbery with a firearm. Northwest Jet returns to Airport with problems Seattle a a Northwest airlines do 10 in route to Minneapolis returned to the air port wednesday afternoon because of a problem with one of its three engines. The plane landed safely at the Seallie Tacoma International Airport said Federal aviation administration spokesman Mike o Connor. The plane was 3,300 feet in the air when it had some Type of engine problem on engine no. 3," o Connor said. The flight originated in Seattle he said. Airline woes Spur setbacks for flying phobia patients Chicago a Many people trying to Over come their fear of flying Are suffering reversals As result of the Northwest airlines crash and a recent series of problems involving . Aircraft some coun Selorus say. Our clinician report More people  a setback in their treatment because of the latest Vonis Susan Kanaan said tuesday. She is executive director of the phobia society of America. The aug. 16 crash of Northwest flight 255 at de troit metropolitan Airport killed 156 people. Something this dramatic always drops the Schleback from Progress said Kanaan whose 6,000-Mem bar organization of researchers and psychologists based in Rock Vilic md., provides information on the treatment of All kinds of phobias. There also have been several near collisions mechanical failures and other problems involving . Carriers during the past few weeks. Counselor said such incidents apparently also have increased the number of people seeking help. Our secretaries report More inquiries lately and we get several Hundred inquiries each week Kanaan said. . Cummings a retired pan am Pilot who wrote Freedom from the fear of flying and offers tapes and seminars for fearful fliers also has noticed a change. More people have been interested in my Book and tapes since the problems began Cummings said from his Home in Coral Gables. Fla. And people in my last seminar asked me some questions about the crash in  but psychologist Hurt Sicgel who Heads the Institute for stress control in suburban Hinsdale raid he had noticed liitle change As a Resul l of recent incidents. Sicgel also said he has not had any increase in patients since the Northwest  former Sicgel patient Helen Gaynor said recent accidents obviously makes one wonder but the Statis tics Are there. It s safer to Fly than to drive your car. And i just drove Home from downtown in the rain and can vouch for  Gaynor. 48, a suburban Riverside resident who look her Lirosi flight in May after eight or nine sessions with Siegel is studying to become a Ravel agent. Cummings also emphasized the safety of flying. Over he last five years the yearly average for deaths from flying . Scheduled airline air planes in less than 100. The daily average is 123 on the nation s highways he said. It s front Page new if one Jet engine malfunctions but All jets Fly safely with Only one engine operating Cummings said. Deepak panel of Contrail travel inc. In Chicago said tuesday he has noticed no drop in airline business. Some Cople have asked not to Fly Northwest especially to Detroit he said. But his is Normal after crash like that. This always happens. In two week things Are Back to Normal. They forget about the crash and Start using the airline  complacency repetitive routines cause concern in airline Industry Washington a with Pilot error devel Oping As the most Likely culprit the recent Northwest airlines crash is raising questions about cockpit discipline and How flight Crews Battle complacency amid highly repetitive routines aviation psychologists have been concerned about flight Crew coordination in commercial airliners for years including increasing evidence of a danger of complacency in cockpits that Are highly automated and where critical chores become a matter of habit Federal aviation Accident investigators say More than 80 percent of the airline accidents involve human error. About 40 percent of the time the mistake is made in the cockpit according to statistics from the National transportation safety Board. A rash of embarrassing miscues including two that nearly caused air tragedies brought attention to Delta air lines earlier this summer. Investigators believe the Likely reason for the aug. 16 crash of Northwest night 255 on Takeoff from de troit was the failure of the flight Crew to property set the Wing flaps a Basic chore of flying critical to get the plane safely airborne. There were 156 people killed in the crash. Why Are such mistakes made the Federal aviation administration is bringing to Gether chief pilots of uie nation s airlines for a meeting thursday in Kansas City mo., to discuss the prob lems which have been the topic of aviation literature for Yean. We must return of the basics the basics that put All of us in the left Captain s seat in a word our professionalism Faa administrator Allan Mcartor told an air line pilots association safety seminar. Since Corning to the Faa last month Mcartor has promised a top to Bottom review of p Jot training to reduce the likelihood of careless mistakes. The reasons Are probably As extensive As the reason any person makes a mistake a distraction fatigue task overload or stress. It can be complacency. It can be inexperience said Clay flush cd a Nasa Psychol Ogist who specializes in human factors in aviation. If the theory thai the Northwest pilots neglected Coset their plane s Wing flaps holds True it Wili not be the first time a Pilot has forgotten to perform one of the most Basic preflight tasks in aviation according to reports filed with the National aeronautics and space administration. Since 1981, there have been at least seven incidents reported through Nasa s aviation safely reporting system in which flaps were improperly set for Takeoff. In sin cases warning alarms sounded and the takeoffs were aborted. In another incident the Pilot noticed the wrong set Ting Loo late but adjusted his Takeoff Speed and lifted of successfully. The biggest cause of this incident was complacency and routine the co Pilot wrote Nasa. He Taid the Crew had flown the aircraft for six months with the same Flap setting but required a different one this time because of Strong crosswinds. The routine which had developed turned into a very Tough habit to break the co Pilot continued in the report which like the others was filed anonymously with no Public reference to the airline involved. Human errors in the cockpit also seem to have Tittle relationship to experience according to specialists. Flight insurance demand up in Detroit Romulus Mich. A consumer experts say the chances of dying in an air plane crash Are 1 in 34 million bul those Odds Haven t Hurt the soaring de Mand for flight insurance in recent Days at Detroit metro Bolilan Airport. Sales of flight insurance at the Airport have doubled since Northwest airlines flight 255 crashed there aug. 16, killing 156 people. Every time there s an Accident in happens said Harry Iwasko assistant stale attorney general in charge of Commerce. People spend their Money unwisely and insurance companies make a lot of  bul Len trondle executive vice president of Mutual of Omaha said there is a definite nil Factor for people who Don t have adequate  policies sold in airports arc meant to Benefit con Sumers who can t afford the s225 annual Premium for the average $150.000 life insurance policy he said. The policies also carry no age or health requirement i he said. Dawn Richards assistant manager at Mutual of Omaha s sales office at metropolitan Airport said the office this week sold 25 to 30 policies a Day compared with the usual 3 to 10. Joanne Powell of Detroit bought flight insurance for the first time on monday when she took a Northwest flight to Baltimore. Sure i m concerned with everything that s going on she said. I tried to find another Light but could t. So i figured i might As Well leave my Mother something in Case anything