European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday june 30,1988 hews briefs , Jet parts a lilt a the area where an f-16 crashed near Bodenheim. Left a piece of a Turbine right an ejector from Page 1 lion aboard said Mainz military Community spokes Man Larry Rosenberg. No information was available on the disposition of the aircraft tanks of hydrazine. The tanks contain ionic substances used to Start a plane s emergency Power unit if the engine tails during flight. Wreckage was scattered Over a Large area of farm land and a piece of the canopy of one aircraft sat beside a Road leading to Bodenheim. A Tail Section was imbedded in a farm plot and a Pilot s ejection seat Lay on the same Road. An area about one Square mile be tween Al Odenheim and Wackenheim was cordoned of by . Military authorities Herzog said. Earlier near Karlsruhe in southwestern West Ger Many an f-16 taking part in a nato air meet crashed at 11 50 . In a wooded area 10 Miles South of the City police and Mil Ilary officials said. The Pilot ejected from the aircraft safely and was taken to Zamstein and for medical evaluation said Canadian forces air Force maj. Wayne Stuart spokes Man for tactical air meet 88. Stuan declined to identify the Pilot late wednesday afternoon because his family had not been notified but he said the f-16 was from the s2nd tac fighter Wing at Spang Dahlum a. Police spokesman Anton Gramlich said the crash site was in a wooded poorly accessible area in Themo Osalbo Valley East of Vail Mersbach. The crash destroyed the plane but caused no other property dam age or injuries he said. The crash occurred on the last of eight Days of lying during the biannual air meet which was being held at nearby Canadian forces base Badin Shingen. The meet is designed to exercise air and ground Crews of nato s Central Region air forces in combined operations. About 500 air Force personnel from nine nations participated in the exercise. Stuart said the f-16 had been one of 45 planes Stag ing a mock attack on Canadian forces base Lahr. There was a combined air operation that was Cen tired on Lahr Stuart said. He was one of a Section of four . F-l6s which attacked Lahr and the were on their Way he said the Pilot had be a planning to land at Badin Solingen along with the other planes that participated in the mock attack. The crash occurred As the f-16s wort lying about 5 mites Northeast of the base awaiting permission to land. Gramlich said emergency personnel recovered the plane s hydrazine Lank intact. A Board of air Force officers will be convened to investigate each Accident. The accidents wednesday brought to five the num Ber of Safe f-16s to crash in 1988. The collision near Mainz involved the second and third planes from Hahn a to crash this year. On March 31, a Hahn f 16 crashed into the Village of font West Germany also near Karlsruhe killing the Pilot and one plane out of Ramstein a crashed april 18 into an open held 80 Miles Southwest of Frankfurt causing no injuries. Nineteen military aircraft of the United states Brit Ain France and West Germany crashed in West Ger Many in the last three months. United press International reported. The f-16 is a single engine single seat Multi role tactical fighter. the report staff or roof David Biram m Mainz terrorists claim responsibility for slaying _ Athens. Crete a a greek terrorist Organiza Tion blamed for previous assassinations of american diplomats claimed responsibility wednesday for a ear bomb blast that kilted the . Military attache As he drove to work. In a Rue Page statement published in the left Wing Athens afternoon daily ethos november 17 said it would attack More americans until the last turkish sol Dier leaves Cyprus and the last american Soldier leaves our . Navy Cape. William Norden 51, was killed tues Day when a Booby trapped car blew up next to his Armor plated automobile just 100 Yards from his suburb Nathens Home. Many greeks blame the United Stales for failing to prevent Turkey s 1974 invasion of Cyprus after an Athens inspired coup there. About 30,000 turkish troops Are stationed in the North Ern third of the Eastern Mediterranean Island dividing it into Northern turkish cypriot and Southern greek cypriot november 17 statement described the 3,500 Strong american military presence in Greece As a Force of and said we will strike against anyone of its members or agent of its secret services. Police said the statement appeared lobe genuine. I Don t think anybody except november 17 had the expertise to pull off something like this a senior police officer said on condition of anonymity. Nordeen and his British wife Patricia were due to leave next month after completing a three year tour at the . Embassy in Athens Premier Andreas Papandreou said he was deeply grieved Over the killing and pledged to fight terrorism. We really cooperate with the countries of the euro Pean Community and others to face terrorism which we condemn unequivocally Papandreou said. Police said the car bomb attack was immaculately planned and detonated by a Remote controlled radio do Dollar hits 6-month High in Tokyo climbs in Europe London up the Dollar jumped to a six month High in Tokyo wednesday and performed strongly across the Board against major european currencies. Gold and Silver fell sharply. The Dollar closed in Tokyo Al 132.40 yen against 130.95. The close was the highest since Dee. It when the Dollar finished at 132.80. It started strongly in Europe and firmed throughout the Day with Market operators determined to test the will of the major Central Banks to keep it Down Lon Don dealers said. Sales of German Marks to is. Personnel lot person Al use will be at the Rale of i is thursday based on Price fixing Al midday. Set other currency rates on Page 16. They said the operators appeared unmoved by the previous Day s concerted intervention of the major National Banks to curb the Dollar s Rise and whose effects lasted Only a few hours. The markets seem More or less out on their own paying Little attention to government policies one trader said. The Dollar closed at 1.8248 Marks in Frankfurt up from tuesday s close of 1,8045, it was 1.5085 Swiss francs in Zurich up from 1.4945, and 6.1475 francs in Paris up from 6.0645. To finished lit 2.0560 guilders in Amsterdam up from 2.0355. Austria closes probe of 2 who staged plot to kill Pope Vienna Austria a the Interior minister said that the investigation of two turks arrested in a phony plot to kill Pope John Paul ii is closed and that the Pope was never in any danger. The two men staged the so called assassination plot As a Means of gaining attention the minister Karl Blecha told reporters tuesday. He offered no fun her explanation of their motives. Bircha said the 68-year-old roman Catholic Leader who has survived two assassination attempts was never in any danger during his five Day visit to Austria that ended monday. He said that internal the International police coordinating Agency had warned Austria about 29 terrorists who escaped in March from a turkish prison. Although officials said a hoax had been established austrian television said of the pair Al first they were prime suspects in a possible the Neue Kronen Zeitung newspaper of Vienna said in wednesday s editions that some of the escapees belonged to the Gray wolves extremist right Wing terrorist group. Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Aga now serving a life prison term for shooting and seriously wounding the Pope in May 1981, also was a member of the Gray wolves. Soldier 26, Dies in Hospital from car Accident injuries Schweinfurt West Germany an army Pri vate died tuesday of injuries suffered in a Friday night traffic Accident according to 3rd inf div officials. Pvt. 2 Charles Miller of Btry a 2nd in 41st Field arty was pronounced dead at 11 15 . In a Schwein fun Hospital. He was 26. He had been injured Friday when the car in which he was passenger left Highway 287 near Rammelburg and turned Over two or three times. Miller is survived by his wife Leanna and his Mother Carolyn Mccomas. Engines from Page 1 the High Speed moving Blades while the other had a single crack. The decision to remove engines with 550 Light hours or More was picked somewhat arbitrarily since we never found cracks at those Low hours Schuman said. General electric has not determined the cause of the cracks but Schuman said we have already identified fix where we can reduce the stress in the joint. We plan to incorporate that fix in All the new engines and retrofit the engines that Are in the
