European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. September 2, 1986 the stars and stripes Dallas Jet crash kills 13 94 Grapevine. Texas a a Delta air lines 727 Jellinck burst into Fla mesas it crashed on Lal soft wednesday kill ing 13 people. But 94 Sun led As passengers some cradling infants scrambled oui of the shattered fuselage through a pit of at mid afternoon six hours after the crash in Hay Sunshine at Dallas fort Worth Airport. Delta spokesman Bill Berry in Atlanta said 13 fatalities including an infant were confirmed but the numbers of victims could change. The count was complicated by inc difficulty in determining How Many babies were aboard he said. Thirty four survivors were hospitalized. Berry said. They included inc Cap Tain and iwo other pilots one of whom was working As a Light Engineer he said. We were Jum terrified said Passen Ger Mann Thi mov n. We jumped on the Wing hut it looked like we Curc jumping into a pit of she reported seeing a woman with two children she got one of them out but i m afraid the other one was taught in the fire and Rescue Crews quickly reached the wreckage in a level Field about 1,000feet beyond the end of the runway. It was at inc opposite end of the Airport from inc site of i he crash of a Delia Lockheed a loll on aug. 2, 1985. In which 137 people died. We did t make it 50 feet in the air. We skidded and then inc engine exploded said in Singer Jim Hammock of Garland. There was pandemonium. _ people were jumping on the plane s Wing an burning themselves on it because it was so hot. You could see inc fuel running Down the window and Down the Wing and i was t going to get burned said Ham mock whose right sic Etc was streaked with Jet fuel. Penn Waugh. A Dallas lawyer who was Oil the flight told reporters inc plane never got in inc you heard the thing crumple so you knew you were going to crash the whole a a Fly Puite officer stands in front of wreck Iuie of Delta Flirl 1141 after in crashed near Dallas fort Worth International Airport. Time said Waugh who was uninjured. You were just looking for a Way to gel out of the plane. You re hoping you weren t going to most of those hospitalized suffered Burns cuts or broken Bones. Bill Whit Man a spokesman for Harris . Hospital in Bedford said 64 survivors were brought to the Hospital of whom 19 were admitted. All those admitted were in satisfactory to stable condition and the most serious cases involved smoke inhalation. Whitman said. Flight 11-11 originated in Jackson miss., and was taking off for Salt Lake City when in went Down at 9 03 . It carried a Crew of seven. Faa spokeswoman Bobbie Mardis in Oklahoma City said details of their experience were not immediately Avail la Bui none of the three pilots had had an Accident incident or violation in their records. The bumped out Hull missing much fits roof and broken open just ahead of the Tail soldered among sunflowers Prairie grass and scattered pieces of lug Gage. One of the plane s three engines stood upright about fio Yards from the main wreckage and the acrid smell of Jet fuel and burned plastic lingered Long after inc fire was out. David Aguilar inc . Border patrol agent in charge at Dallas used a drug and body sniffing dog to probe the wreckage for bodies. Boeing spokesman David Jimenez said the 727-200 had made 38,629 take offs and landings. Boeing spokesman Jack Gamble said the plane s 44,000 hours of flight time was average for its age. Rescuers got valuable experience in 85 crash the wreckage of the Delta jetliner ites near the Dallas fort Worth Airport Grapevine to a air some passengers who survived the crash of a Delta airlines Jet on wednesday May owe their lives to another crash three years ago rescuers said. Last Lime we did t know what to expect. This time we were a Little More organized said Ray Cartier a red Cross Volunteer. Lasi time was the crash of Delta flight 191, a Lockheed a loll. On the other Side of Dallas fort Worth International Airport three years ago in which 137 people died. Right 1 i definitely gave us More experience said Mike Sympson Para medic supervisor for the Airport police and fire department. When we got Here it was Click Click there was a lot of preparation done because of the last said Michae Muncy. A lab technician at the 314-bed Harris methodist . Hospital where Many of the injured were taken. Everyone was right in place. There was no wasted motion. We knew just whal to Sympson arrived aboard one of the first three emergency vehicles at the crash scene three minutes Afler the 9 03 am. Accident at the Airport s West end. Dozens of fire trucks helicopters and police vehicles converged on inc Prairie Southwest of inc main Airport Tower and within 10 minutes some of the Lisl Vic Tims were being transported co hospitals Sympson said. When we got to inc plane the major Ity of the survivors were on the grass away from the plane Sympson said. A Van Driver Liu Sebio i Adilla. Said he was several Hundred Yards away when the plane cracked open and a column of flame erupted from the Tail area. Sympson and others in the first wave of rescuers concentrated on establishing a triage area where survivors could be evaluated and the most seriously injured expedited to hospitals. The paramedics said they were told Only thai the plane was a Boeing 727. It was t until thick Black smoke cleared 15 or 20 minutes later Hal they discovered they i Ere working on another Delta plane. When paramedic Jim Hanman arrived on the scene All 1 heard was screaming from the people on the Brian Mckinney an Airport depart ment of Public safely officer was off duty when he heard Alx iut the crash on the news and came in to work about 9 40 . I just helped pull bodies out about nine said Mckinney. They were charred. Some of them were in seals. Som of them weren t in seals. Some had belts on we had to Lake Oft. The ones that i pulled oui were in tieback of the sym Lon said this crash was similar to the one three years ago. There was nol a big difference sym son said. There was fire smoke and you did t know what you were going to find. I m simply amazed Iacre were this i survivors. Many
