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Orders airlines to install devices to detect wind shears Washington a airline have been or dered to equip heir Jel fleets Over the next four year with devices of help pilots escape deadly wind shears which have been linked to five major accidents and More than 500 deaths the Federal aviation administration s Rule announced thursday Calls for a phase in of the equip ment on More than 3,600 jetliners by late 1992, the regulation covers any commercial jetliner with3d or More seals. The transportation department said the Cost to the airlines would be $40,000 1o 150,000 per shears called microburst have been called the no. I killer of airline passengers and have Bee responsible for 18 airline accidents and 975 deaths since 1970.a microburst is a powerful Down burst of air caused by a sudden change in wind direction that can drive jetliner into the ground if encountered during an approach or 1985, a microburst struck a Delta air lines l lot i As it was Landing at Dallas fort Worth causing crash hat killed 134 people. A pan american world airways jetliner encountered a Strong Shear White try ing to take off from the new Orleans Airport in 1982 and crashed killing 154 Delia Accident focused attention on developing and installing sophisticated ground radar that would provide advanced warning of shears along departure and approach tunes. But the radar is not expected to be available until the Early 1990s and then Only at a relatively Small number of airports. At the same time the Faa and Industry began examining training methods to help pilots select a Shear and possibly escape although most pilots have said there Are microburst that cannot be flown through if encountered at a Low Altitude As during a Takeoff or technology to help pilots escape a Shear has been available for several years. Two years ago. Pied Mont airlines began installing the equipment being Evice but some airline executives and pilots have questioned the value of the critics noted that the equipment is not a radar and thus would Only help a Pilot recognize a. Problem when the plane already has flown into wind Shear conditions. By then it might be too late to escape if the plane is close to the ground they said. The Faa regulation says half of an airline s Fleet must have the devices within 27 months three fourths of the Fleet within 39 months and the rest of the Fleet within 51 Rule also requires airlines to provide pilots with increased training on wind Shear recognition. Mrs. Dukakis says drugs robbed her of full deck Nashville Tenn. A Kitty Dukakis wife of democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis told High school students thursday that she was t functioning with a full deck during her 26 years of drug dependence. Mrs. Dukakis speaking to the Mcgavock comprehensive High school senior class said that while she accomplished much during the years she was hooked on amphetamines i never took credit for those things i was doing because i could t Start the Day without the Pill. Like Many other people 1 was Able to function she said. However i was t Able to function with a full mrs. Dukakis went Public with her problem 14 months ago saying she beat her dependency when her husband was in the Middle of a gubernatorial Campaign in Massachusetts. Mrs. Dukakis suggested that drug education should Start in kindergarten. Cancer victim from Vietnam Dies after wish is fulfilled Dillon Colo. A a vietnamese refugee who battled liver cancer for nine months got his last wish to Bis family emigrate from Vietnam before he died. Ton Anh Humph 25, had Clung to life hoping for a reunion with the family he left behind when he fled Vietnam with his father and brother in 1979. He died at the Summit medical Center in Frisco just a week after his Mother two other Brothers and two Sisters arrived in Dillon from Vietnam. "1 think he kind of held on until the family came that was All said Long Anh Huynh the brother who left Vietnam with Huynh. He was really ill and we getting weaker every firm to pay $7 million to end false pricing Case Washington a Ford aerospace corp. Of Newport Beach calif., will pay the government $7 million to Settle claims that the company submitted pent sold to the the allegations relate to three 1981 contract for the Sale of pave tack pods which Are mounted on aircraft and through the use of lasers and computers enable the aircraft to guide bombs to targets. In a settlement the Justice department alleged that Ford certified and submitted Cost or pricing information during negotiations that was not accurate com plete or current. Using data amounted to defective pricing the government said causing the air Force to rely on inac curate information leading to possible overpricing of the pods. Senators blame higher a r fares on deregulation Washington a members Ofa Senate committee on thursday faulted airline deregulation for raising air fare for Many americans and leaving some cities dominated by carriers that control local air service. But transportation Secretary Jim Bur Nley told the Senate Commerce commit tee that even though the airline Indus try has its flaws nearly 10 years of deregulation have benefited most travel ers. Overall the airline Industry has be come much More competitive As to Price and service As a result of economic deregulation Burnley told the legislators. Burnley cited statistics showing that since 1978, Domestic air traffic has grown from 275 million passengers Tomore than 450 million while average fares have declined 13 percent adjusted for inflation. The Secretary said that if most Ameri cans Are asked if deregulation has been helpful you la find an overwhelming perception that the country has benefited Burnley s defense however did Little to ease the concerns of members of the committee Many of whom come from sparsely populated states. My fares have zoomed up up and away and my service has gone Down said sen. Ernest Hollings , chair Man of the panel. Holling said it now costs him $510 Tolly from Charleston s.c., to washing ton compared with si20 in 1978, before deregulation which Marks its i old anniversary next month. Sen. Larry Pressler r-s.d., said it costs s269 to Fly from Aberdeen s.d., to rapid City s.d., while a Washington to los Angeles ticket can Cost $239. That is a very bizarre result to Small cities and towns Are really suffering from this sen. John Danforth of Missouri rank ing Republican on the committee also complained that some airlines have been Able to dominate air traffic so thoroughly in individual cities that Competition does t really he said Congress must determine whether deregulation is truly working and if it s not working what Are we sup posed to do about with the 1986 merger Between Tran world airlines and Ozark air lines Twa controls 82 percent of traffic a Lambert is. Louis International Airport. A report released tuesday by the Gener Al accounting office an investigating Arm of Congress found that after the merger the number of St. Louis route served by two or More carriers fell from 64 to 36, while Twa fares from the Cit grew by 13 percent to 18 percent. Alfred e. Kalm who was chief of the now defunct civil aeronautics Board in 197ft when deregulation was created told the senators that the airline Indus try is today far More competitive than it was under Deal with problems faced by cities dominated by individual airlines he suggested tougher enforcement of antitrust Laws when airline mergers Are being considered allowing foreign airlines to Pur Chase american carriers and taxing fre quent flyer tickets to discourage repeated use of the same airline. When deregulation began advocates argued that airlines would not be Able to charge excessively High fares because competitors would be spawned who would set lower critics have argued that it has been difficult for new airlines to Start up be cause of the High costs involved and the Lack of available space at Many airports. Competition has also been diminished by the 26 airline mergers since 1985, an the increased dominance by individual carriers at certain airports across the country
