European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 29 the stars and stripes sunday May 1,t9bfl fat sets Altitude limits for older 737 Washington a the Federal aviation administration saturday issued an emergency order bar ring older Boucini 7j7s like in jetliner thai ripped open Over Hawaii from flying higher than 13,000 feet if icy have had More than 55.000 landings. The order is in effect until the affected airlines Eon duct Complete visual inspections of the jets first class Cabin Structure which is the area that opened at 24.000 feet in the Aloha airlines Jet. Faa spokesman Fred Ferrer said the order would set Sci 66 planes in the 737-100 and 737-200 series. The Jet arc in the feels of Aloha Piedmont and american airlines. Lit said. Related Story puff 3. He said that at altitudes of less than 23.000 feel the pressure Between the outside and inside of the aircraft is such thai a structural weakness would not came a failure or damage to the plane the order issued As an airworthiness directive by Faa administrator t. Allan Marior is effective in steelworkers end strike a one Plant in Poland Krakow Poland a steel workers Al one Plant ended a one Day strike saturday but organisers said 16,000 others remained on strike in a larger Mill in Poland s severest labor unrest in is Leader Lech Walesa told the govern ment not to us Force against striking workers. The Lutner crisis now in its sixth Day is the Rosl serious to confront communist authorities since they declared martial Law in december 1981 and banned the Independent Solidarity labor federation the new strike wave began monday when bus and trolley Drivers won a 60 percent wage increase with an 11-hour stoppage in the Northwestern City of Bydgoszcz. The state run Pap news Agency said Aboul 7,000 strike stopped striking saturday and left no a Salon won Plant 100 Miles cast of Kra Kow in Southern Poland. . Embassy Marine Dies an apparent suicide Washington a a Marine sergeant assigned 10 the , embassy in Grenada died of an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound a Marine corps spokeswoman said saturday. The Marine was identified As sol. William 1c. Spoils 24, of Carr Nullon Texas according to Cape. Joanne Schilling of the Marine corps Public affairs office Schilling said the shooting wednesday was under investigation and she had no details on where it look place or what spoils duties were Al the embassy. Pope s vacation Home jolted by Smalt quake Rome a a Small earthquake Shook the Hills near the Pope s summer residence South of Rome on saturday and was fell in the capital but there were no reports of injury or National Institute of geophysics said that the quake measured Between 4 and s on the Percalli scale and that inc epicentre was in the Castilli Romani Region a group of Hill towns about 16 Miles South of Gandolfo the summer residence of the Pope is in the department of civil Protection said there were no reports of injury or damage women mediately Ferrar said. Airlines must Complete inspections of inc aircraft Over the next 500 landings. Last oct. 5, the Faa ordered close inspection of the upper skin of the Early Model Boeing 737s because routine inspections had turned up cracks near where sections of Sheet Metal overlap official said Friday. The Agency warned thai the problem could cause rapid Cabin decompression they said. The inspection also found Metal strips on the fuse Lage coming Loose on some Early Model Boeing 7379 because the lamination was no longer holding. Boeing spokesman Jim Boynton said in Seattle thai the company has issued service bulletins on the Nee for periodic inspection Tor possible cracking or Struc Tural weakening because of corrosion of the skin of the older Boeing 737s. Boynton said the company most recent bulletin had been issued two weeks before thursday s incident in which a huge upper Section of an Aloha airlines 737 Jet lore away leaving passenger exposed to the open skies at 24,000 feet and forcing the Pilot to make in emergency Landing within ism Nules. A night attendant was swept out of uie plane 10 her death and 61 passengers were injured in the incident the Aloha airlines Jel involved in the Inci Donl was among the Early 737 models subject to Hie Faa directive As Well As to the series of service bulletin by Boeing outlining the inspection programs officials said Friday the Faa directive required operators of older Boe ing 737s to inspect the extreme upper sections of the planes outer skin from just behind the front entry door 10 the Tail Section for cracks and Metal strips that might be coming Loose and could result in rapid do pressurization Orilie the directive covered the first 291 Boeing 737s manufactured of which the Aloha plane was no. 132. According 10 Boeing report 6.6 percent the United 37.9 percent of the committed manpower of Kulics 63.3 percent of the naval tonnage 45.7 percent combat air Craft and More than 9b percent of Tom ices thai com prise the allies nuclear umbrella. Increased efforts from nil allies Are. Report said. But High unemployment and Buff Iiran its some three to four times thai of inc Inid state when taken As a percentage of Gross a Tonii product will continue to pose Allied de sense or the report said us Ott Ichols have consistently urged the allies Bari Cularik Japan to do More but added Haij Here is Only so much pressure the United Stales fan bring to Bear on other Sovereign the Pentagon has been stung recently on the Issue by Sharp congressional criticism. In february rep. Pat Schroeder d-colo., who Heads a new House panel on defense Burden sharing accused military officials of cooking numbers 10 make , allies look As though they re doing More than they really Are. That comment came after Richard perk former assistant Secretary of defense Security policy said at the that the administration purpo5diijb�ras for statistics thai make the allies lookaoji1 Ufi uncaring Schroeder who supports reducing presence overseas if the allies Don t spend Ore on defense urged defense Secretary Frank car Fucci to review the reports for i9b1 through 1987 and make appropriate staffer for Schroeder said he had nol had a Chance Winje the new report to compare in with the others. Schraffl Dispanel has been holding hearings for the past two the Issue of defense Burden Shar ing and her 5tan?nid a Clear trend has witness we be countries Are deficient in some Way in theirly Wibot inc Alliance and could be doing More he said i another round of hearings Insch Eldurd for May ii 15, and a final report from the panel is due in mid june. Navy from Page l assistance will be rendered by . Warships or aircraft if they Are in the Vicil Tiland their Mission permits rendering such said. No increase in current . Force Levels in Gulf is anticipated he added. The United Stales maintains 12 tot7�it in the Gulf at any one Lime said a Pentagon spoke in _ Cartucci said the Aid is a logical and human Iii an outgrowth of recent events in the Gulf bad to should nol be interpreted As a lilt in either Din the Iran Iraq War. Our policy has been and will continue to be one of strict neutrality he said. We who this War 10 end. We want to see an end to the Timion waste of human life that has characterized ills Carlucci said the policy would go into effect one the United state has informed it those free world non belligerent countries thai maintain shipping inter ests in the meanwhile up reported that a disappointed Iran i accused the United slates saturday of siding with its enemy Iraq by extending . Naval Prol Celjo to Neutral manners in distress in the r the accusation was made Eveaj Moth Carlucci insisted the new plan should As a lilt in the administration s oof in neutrality Loward both Iran and Iraq. In a comp of sry broadcast Over the state run Teh ran radio fran said the administration s decision in Dave flow . Warships to assist Neutral vessels in digress in the strategic waterway would give Iraq Freedom of action to attack ships serving iranian its. I said the new is. Plan restricted Iran from c3���fi�put retaliatory attacks for iraqi missile strikes or other Neutral vessels in Ira Nian service
