European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september 10. 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 7 Pilot called for full Power before crash by the new York times the cd Plain of the Delta air lines Jet that crashed on Takeoff in Texas Las week declared we re not going to make it and then called for full Power on the engines just before Impact according to the cockpit voice recorder recovered from the crash. The Pilot. Larry Davis took the emergency action seconds before the Boeing 727 s Tail and right Wing hit the ground and the plane skidded to a Laming Slop about 3,000 feel beyond the end of he runway at dal Las fort Worth International Airport. Despite the fire the death toll was limited to 13 of the 108 people on Board. The Captain s remarks were reported by the Dallas times Herald which said they were contained in a partial transcript of the voice recorder. The essentials of he transcript were confirmed by government sources in Washington the document listed five occasions when he tape device recorded sounds of an apparent compressor stall a phenomenon that causes a loud bang like the backfire of an automobile. Just before he first bang and right after an audible warning signal that the whole plane was flying too slowly the Captain said something s wrong Nohh according o the transcript. And in the midst of he engine stall Bangs the co Piton exclaimed engine failure immediately afterwards someone said we got an engine failure neither the transcript nor an account the Captain gave a Friend who visited him in Parkland Hospital in Dallas on saturday contained any new data to help resolve the mystery of what went wrong. We still do not have one clue to Tell us logo in one direction Over another in seeking the cause of the crash said a member of the National transportation safely Board Lee Dickinson who is overseeing the official inquiry. The Friend who old of visiting Davis was my. Hamilton who like the Pilot lives in Greenville Texas about 65 Miles Northeast of the Airport his account was provided in the fort Worth Star Telegram wednesday and was elaborated on in a Tele phone interview with the new York times. Because of the Captain s injuries he is not expected to be officially interviewed by investigators for a week or More. The co Pilot and night Engineer have been inter viewed but have not pinpointed the cause of the Acci Dent according to safely Board officials. Hamilton who said he had served As a gunner aboard a six engine air Force b-36 bomber said the Captain had Iota him that he had called out engine failure and had pushed Forward the throttles for the two other engines. I put the throttles to the firewall the Captain was quoted As saying. Bui it Jusi would not Fly he said adding that it should Fly with two engines. The Pilot did not specify which of the three engines clustered around the Airliner s Tail was the one he thought had lost Power. Preliminary examination of the three engines has turned up no apparent evidence of a malfunction work on disassembling the engines to explore More fully what went wrong is scheduled to begin monday Ai the Hartford conn., Plant of the manufacturer the Pratt and Whitney division of United technologies corp. Stalls of engine compressors the arrays of rotating Blades that compress the air to support combustion can be caused by an internal malfunction by intake of a Bird or other object or by an abnormal Man Euver of the plane. Such a Man Euver can interrupt the proper front to Ming 777-200 ova go Arttra Raff to Vuew in i m Var to Back flow of air into the engine. Sharing attention with the engines As a major focus of the inquiry is the operation of the plane s flaps. These Are devices on both the leading and trailing edges of the wings that provide the High lift needed to support flight at the relatively slow speeds of Takeoff and Landing. Words on the voice recorder indicate that the Crew went through Hicri Roper procedure for Clending laps during pre la coff checks. However the Flap handle was found in the up or retracted position in the wreckage. New yorker loses 680 pounds greets Sunshine weighing 520 Waller Hudson slimmed Down from 1,200 pounds to 520pounds, walk outside far the first Lime in 18 years. Hempstead . A Walter Hudson who has slimmed Down an estimated 680 pounds lumbered out of his House thursday and greeted the Sunshine forthe first time in 1s years. Ii feels Good i should t have waited this Long said Hudson showing off his new 520-Pound Phy Sique. A year ago his roughly 6-foot Frame weighed about 1,200 pounds. Wearing sunglasses to protect his eyes Hudson walked through a widened doorway and onto a specially constructed elevated Concrete palio. He Sal on Concrete Block with a Vinyl Cushion. Hudson s fear that his tees would not support his weight kept him trapped in his House and confined mostly to Nis bed since he was 15 years old. He Cameto the world s attention last fall when he became wedged in a doorway and had to be rescued by fire fighters with saws. Now he said he considers that frightening episode a Lessing. It made him realize that something had to be would have kept eating More and More he said. That fall saved my life. It was a gift from lost several Hundred pounds under Dick Gregory s die regimen but when he comedian turned nutritionist wanted to take him to his clinic in the Baha Mas Hudson walked he did t want to leave the House he pressed ahead with his own diet. Every other Day he consumes nothing but water. Other Days he drinks his own liquid die formula which he plans to Market some Day and also occasionally has garlic onion and Apple cider. In an average week he loses three pounds. He hop Eslo reach 190 pounds. "1 got a lot to live for he said. I want to Helpa lot of people people who arc overweight or on has been aided by a medical team led by Barbara Rosen a psychologist specializing in eat ing disorders. I am very proud of what Waller has accomplished in such a Short period of time said Rosen. He knows now that anything he sets his mind Todo he can Hudson said he too was proud he recalled hat just a year ago he never left his bed and breathing was , he was Silling on the palio enjoying the Breeze. His hair was braided and tied with Colore ribbons he wore a Light Blue Loga and pants. He looked Forward to taking daily walks Wilh his three dogs. His goal is to visit his Mother s grave in a Ceme cry afew blocks from the Small House he shares with his knows i m coming to Sec her he said ii won t be Long Warner plan to save civil War site Washington a sen. Joh Warner r-va., on thursday proposed a Compromise plan to give Congress cheaper Way to Block the development of a shopping Complex adjacent to hallowed civil War balls Enfield. Warner s plan disclosed before Senate Energy and natural resources subcommittee would authorize the Federal government to seize a Section of a proposed development site near in Manassas National Battlefield Sile located about 27 Miles West of the nation s capital. -.-. The site includes a Hill from which Confederate Gen. Robert e. Be commanded troops in the second Battle of Manassas which historians have argued is the most important Section of the development site. The Developer John t. Hazel would also be required to revert to an original development plan which called for construction of housing and a Small of fice Complex on the addition Warner s measure would close two roads that bisect the Battlefield. He estimated thai the entire plan would Cost about 160 million about half the estimated Cost of a sweeping acquisition plan passed bythe House Lasi month. Warner s proposal comes in response to a House Bill that would seize the entire 542-acre development site Adja cent to the Park add it to the Battle ground pay Hazel for the land close two Road running through the Park and assume part of the Cost for new roads around the 4,200-Acrc Park. President Reagan who said the House measure is too costly threatened to veto it if it is passed by the , meanwhile has been working around the clock laying sewer lines an Clearing Trees on the disputed site. Opponent of the development Fea hazels unusually speedy construction Progress is a strategy to move the project 10 far along that Congress will be unable to Slop proposal Drew an angry response from the Developer who note that the Virginia senator had not moved to protect the development site in 1980,the last time the Park was expanded ,
