European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday. November in 1987 ird airman jailed for mailbag theft by Dave Ideiil . Bureau a or Mildenhall England a third airman involved in stealing from mail hags was jailed for four months monday for inching two videotapes Worth 10. Airman 1.c, Robert j. Boss admitted stealing inc tapes from mailbag he handled in the 3l3lh Aerial Pon so Security Cage where he worked. At the end of the one Day trial military judge maj. Gin inn pm arc in Nln Irmler Nam Arlitt a Irti or. A Villa Ohio airman s stripes and or dered him to give up j400 of his $808 monthly salary for four months. Boss 24, is the third Man to be convicted in a general court martial and jailed for stealing from mailbag at the on Friday airman Elwood Diamond was convicted of stealing Cash traveler s checks and goods to the tune of More than $25,000. Pearson gave Diamond a four year sentence demotion fines and co worker . William a. Drake or. Drew a six month term fines and a discharge on oct. 29 for stealing clothing Worth about 5200. Boss was working with Diamond in octo Ber or november 1986 when he took inc tapes according to court record. The two were loading pallets Tor shipment when they checked inc customs tags on the packages to find out what was inside. Diamond opened a Box hat contained clothing and six video tapes. Each of them look Home two of the the 313th handles a co mail flown aboard military Airlift come planes posing through the base. Workers at the 313th move he mail along with explosives classified material and drugs in and out of a Security Cage. Boss Drake and Diamond All stole from parcels that were locked up in the Security area where they worked. All of the goods came from parcels destined for Apo customers. One More airman from the 313th is due to stand trial next week for stealing Snow buildup on wings suspected in Denver crash new York not officials investigating the fatal crash of a Continental airlines Jet in Denver sail attention has focused on the hazards of Snow buildup on Early dc-9 aircraft a condition that has been linked to three earlier accidents. The Continental dc-9, carrying 82 people on a flight 10 a disc. Idaho had just taken off in a heavy snows Nam sunday afternoon when the wings were re ported to have rocked Back and Forth. One Wing was ripped away the plane was tossed on its Back and it Slid to a halt in Hryce main pieces about 2,500 feet from the end of to 10,000-foot runway. Although More than a dozen passengers walked away from the Low Altitude crash with Only minor injuries 27 people including inc two pilots were killed and i oof the survivors were in critical condition tues Day. Investigators who rushed to the scene emphasized thai although the effects of the snowfall were a key Point of interest Many other factors had to be consid ered and it was much Loo Early to blame the weather. But the Way the aircraft deviated from its Normal performance seemed similar to previous incidents involving Early models of the Mcdonnell Douglas dc-9. After the most recent of these accidents the crash of a cargo plane in february 19bs, inc manufacturer issued a special bulletin warning that ice accumulation on the dc-9 s wings might affect flying Speed and engine performance. The dc-9 in sunday s crash was built in 1966, Continental said. A key difference Between this Early Model aircraft and Lacr versions is that in is not equipped with slats on the front Edge of the Wing that give it added lift during Takeoff later models of both inc dc-9 and other jetliners Are equipped with the Slat. In its report on the 1985 Accident which involved an airborne express cargo plane taking off from Phila Delphia the National transportation safety Board said aircraft without leading Edge devices Are More sensitive to even Light amounts of air foil ice which May not always be visibly detectable and which May accumulate during pre Takeoff taxi  planes Are routinely sprayed with a chemical solution to prevent ice buildup in Winter weather. Continental officials said sunday the dc-9 had been sprayed with the de icing fluid 26 minutes before the Takeoff. Investigators were Able to recover the iwo crash re corders which should help in reconstructing the Acci Dent the worst crash in the 58-year history of soft Telon International Airport. Bad weather is a fact of Winter life at Stapleton. Although the first storm of the season hid dumped bout six inches of mow in the Denver area sunday and a stiff North wind had reduced visibility to less classified advertising Coupon / today on Page 12 Appolo the wreckage of the Continental dc-9 is being examined where it crashed sunday Al Denver s Stapleton Airport. Than half a mile officials said conditions were Well within the limits for Safe takeoffs. The storm we had yesterday was a fairly typical Winter storm for Denver maybe a Little More severe than was forecast said George Doughty director of aviation at Stapleton Bui there was nothing unusual that would have required us to close the  he said the decision to delay or cancel flights is up to the airlines unless Airport officials simply cannot keep the runways cleared of Snow and ice. We had More than 200 arrivals and departures on thai partic ular runway sunday with no complains from pilots Doughty said noting that the runway in use was wet and Slushy Bui not icy at the time of the crash. Although an initial line of speculation was that the plane might have encountered an abrupt change in wind Speed or direction technical experts noted that such wind shears occur mostly in the summer. Further the Federal aviation administration said no alarms had been sounded by a wind Shear Alert system deployed around the Denver Airport although Continental said the plane had been sprayed 26 minutes before Takeoff safely experts said that whether this would have been sufficient to protect the plane from dangerous ice would depend on the Quantity and Quality of the snowfall. Spokesmen for the Faa said that according to offi Cial weather reports conditions were within the mint mums allowed for Continental takeoffs under Faa rules. Konian bo"1 reported re attack tankers in go Laffea Manama Bahrain a iranian speedboats at tacked a  supertanker end two other vessels loaded with saudi aubian Crudi monday in the South pm persian Gulf an Dike Strait of Hor Nuz shipping officials said shipping executives wild Tacke on condition of anonymity said a fourth vessel hip put out a distress signal 15 minutes alter the thir Erlack but its name was not Clear. The executives said the Itse reported it sustained Only minor damage in thelml balt off the Southern Emin Rte of Ras Al Ghaimah. I a the iranian attacks followed iraqi reports Fel their War Planck blasted two ships near the iranian Coa ing the night. Irao announced in put its army Alert mid was poised to defeat iranian forces if they launch a widely expected offensive in the 7-year-old War. Probe from Page 1 in the november 1985 shipment of Hawk Ami aircraft missiles to Iran. The newspaper said the sources said Powell passed information several times to principal participants and acted As a Contact Point for the White House however the newspaper said can Grcic. Signal investigators  Sofia pc Powell testify input Boj the while House had no comment on the report. In his private testimony before the congressional committees which was to be released with the Iran Contra panels. Report on tuesday Powell failed to recall Fey flails of his involvement at the to Tom of the sole Powell was military assistant to Ett Ifang defense Secretary Caspar  Well told the committees thai he did Novas member whether he told Weinberger what he knew and did Caim Minchk Hawk shipment if new paper Saidt meanwhile a Republican member of the House panel rep. William Broom Field of Michigan said the possibility cannot be ruled out that some former Reagan administration officials May have  ice Law in the secret arms sales to Iran and the shift of some of the proceeds to Nicaragua s Contra rebels. Another member rep. Bit Mccol to try r-fla., said he disagrees with the committee s majority which he said will conclude in the report that errors were made by Reagan s political appointees but that nothing significant occurred in the system that contributed to the mis t4cei in judgment Mccollum Rev us Tele phone interview from his Home tin Ida. But there crr several significant failures in the  House speaker Jim Wright a Texas told reporters he had read the executive summary of the report and believes that in is a straight honest forthright Decla ration of the  and an official of the Senate investigating committee speaking on condition of anonymity said of the report ii is critical and in Tome cases highly critical of those officials and others who the committees have decided need to be criticized. The Issue of whether Laws were Broomfield in a separate statement to be attached to the report said we id not understate the Range of Posen tial no Mazelin and illegalities com muted by Alp he Cia director Wil Liam Casey former is mul Security adviser John Poindexter and fir White House aide Oliver l. North As Well a certain other governmental