European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. November 26, 19s7 the stars and stripes Page 5 control procedure questioned in of crash Des pla1ne5, Iii. A the Pilot of a powerless Jet fighter asked whether he was a caring populated areas moments before his Craft crashed into an Indianapolis hotel but air traffic controllers never replied according u a tape released tuesday. The gliding plane overshot an Airport runway oct. 20, and air Force maj. Bruce l. Teagarden ejected safely seconds later. The plane slammed into the ramada inn and 10 people were killed. Authorities have said that Cagar Dan 35, could t Sec the ground 10 Tell if his plane was near a populated area because of Clouds and that or did t Sec 11ic ground until he was about Soo feet Cov ii. Ill be dead sticking ii in. And say if there it any kind of housing area close to me in Case i have to gel rid of this thing Teagardin said on the tape. I can t answer the question Aslo Why that transmission was not responded to Federal aviation administration spokesman David Erickson told reporters after playing the tape at a As going Erick news con Terence. "1 Don t know what a through the controller s mind. Son said. He wid that would be part of the air Force s investigation of the Accident but declined to discuss he investigation. Later tuesday. Mori Edc Stcin an other Faa spokesman disputed the Contention that the controller s response was inadequate saying the con troller was very calmly. Vectoring the disabled aircraft away from hous ing in the Airport area where the con Luller had hoped to land the plane. They give him the Pilot the ii y have in hand and Don t go into speeches. The Pilot under stood and he was making All the right mov Edel slain said. In an interview Erickson said that when the Pilot asked the question he was still Over Rural land about eight Miles Southwest of the Indianapolis International Airport. Erickson said even if the Pilot had veered his plane away from the hotel after he overshot the runway it Likely would have hit a warehousing area or a shopping Center. Right or left it s take your while the Faa has no set procedure for answering questions about whether a potential crash site is populated. Erickson said it s a question thai. If the controller knows he tells "1 believe the controllers did what they thought was the a Jet thing to he said. Except for Teagarden s five May Day distress Calls inc voices of the controllers and the Pilot sounded Calm on i he tape. Mayday mayday. This is chaps 2-4 Tea Garden s Call sign. I just lost an inc Pilot first told controllers. Later a controller asked chaps 2-4. Will you be Able to accept a turn Nway from the Airport for traffic negative. I be got to get on the ground replied Tea Garden. Who was flying from Pittsburgh to his Home base near Las vegas nov. Controllers gave Tea Garden weather and local altimeter Selling. But the tapes do not indicate they asked for his Rale of descent. Erickson said Hie con trollers could Monitor the plane s rate ode Scanton radar. Erickson said that after Tea Garden missed one runway controllers old him to turn right toward a second run Way the closest runway possible and into the hut that prompted the Pilot to say and chaps 2-4 is no by no Joy he meant i do not see the Airport Erickson said. Although Teagardin managed to turn the unarmed Jet Nghil toward the second runway the plane was gliding too fast and he missed. Unable. Unable and it looks like i might have to get out of it and i m going Down in a housing Tingar Den told the Tower seconds before he ejected. The plane clipped Llie Corner of a Bank skidded across a Street and crashed into the lobby of the ramada inn. Fire destroys Buddhist Temple in Massachusetts a Buddhist nun stands in the rabble of the Temple destroyed by a an Early morning hit i it Leverell muss. Leverett mass. A worshippers Beal Drums and chanted Mournful a ravers tuesday for a month old Buddhist Temple thai burned to the ground in a fire chasing two years of work. We lost Many Many labors of love Man hand caned statues and scrolls made by our founder who is no longer alive said sister Clare Carter surveying inc rubble in her yellow Robe and Snow boots. The prayer Temple thai Sal near inc peace 1 agora built two years ago by a japanese had Dhiel order. Caught fire shortly after Midnight and burned to the ground within two hours. Lev Crest fire chief Leslie Allen said. No one was injured. All thai remained of the 120-Fooi-High japanese de sign Temple was the carved wooden Omran Mcway Hung with an undamaged bouquet of paper Flowers. The peace Community s entire Slock of religious objects was lost in the fire Carter said. The four Sisters and one Monk living in a farmhouse Down the Hill from the Temple were roused a 3 . By fir clucks Rushing up the Muddy rutted Road to the already devastated building she said. Authorities said it was too soon to Tell How the fire started. Supporters in this town of 1,500 people Home to Many activists and teachers from the University of Massachusetts in nearby Amherst. Came to the farmhouse tuesday to offer sympathy and help in rebuilding. The nip Pozan myth Phi order was founded in 1916 by Nichida Tsu Fujii who died in 1985 at the age of 100. His order began building peace pagodas worldwide after world War ii. The Pagoda was the first in North America. Sands of time in t1 stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Nov. 26, 1947 Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were to be tried in absent a by a bavarian Denali fiction court to Del Ermine the disposition of their fortunes and properties. 30 years ago today. Nov. 26, 1957 a French court freed self so led world citizen Garry Davis when his lawyer pleaded that while his client did t have a passport As charged he represented no danger for France and furthermore was t delivering arms to Tunisia. Davis had renounced his his . Citizenship to Start a world citizenship movement. 20 years ago . 26. 1%7 thirty seven persons died from arsenic poisoning which authorities believe May have mistakenly been used in bread in a bakery near Bogota. Colombia. To years ago today. Nov. 26. 1977 the National Council of teach ers of English gave the Pentagon its 1977 Doublespeak award for referring to the Neutron bomb As a Radia Tion enhancement shipbuilder admits violations but plans to contest Osha Fine Bath Maine a Bath Iron works officials say they will contest a proposed s4.2 million Fine for More than 3,Ojo Federal health and safety citations although they admit some violations occurred. The shipbuilder will contest the Fine which has been recommended by the occupational safely and health administration before a Federal administrative judge big chairman William e. Hag Guti said. Haggett said big met with Osha officials in Augusta on monday to seek a reduction in the number of violations downgrade the degree of some and reduce the files for others. Representatives of local 6 of the Industrial Union of Marine and shipbuilding workers of America big s largest Union also attended the session. William o. Masters area director said big did not present specific proposals making in impossible for him to make any changes. The Fine is the most severe penalty Ever proposed i usha. Big spokesman Jim Mcgregor said to percent of the violations Cilcy by Osha have been corrected or resolved. Haggott claims that big Maine s largest private employer was singled out by Osha to set an example for Industry. He said each citation will be contested on grounds thai the Fine is excessive facts arc misrepresented or that the violation is classified in Loo sinous a category. Fines totalling 13.8 million were proposed for safely violations classified As wilful inc most serious categories while fines totalling $344,000 were proposed for health violations in the same category. Some citations were duplicated and others Are barred by the statute of limitations. Hagg Cli con tended. Masters said the citations were based on extensive reviews signed statements and historical Datu adding that big has a history Wuh us that goes Back quite a Cable rates climb Washington m t the Price of Cable television service increased 6.7 pc rfcs during the first Sis months of Rale . Al turning to a site 1 released monday h an Industry group
