European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Friday december 23,1983page 2 a stateside families fear the worst new Vokk al1 family and friends of the 258 passengers aboard he pan am Sci that crashed wednesday night in Scotland began a harrowing wait to confirm the Fate of their loved ones. Bill Robson chief ambulance officer Tor greater Glasgow said there appeared lobe no survivors. Pan american world airways flight Ion originated in Frankfurt West Ger Many and slopped in London s Heath raw Airport before continuing toward new York s John f. Kennedy International Airport. Witty Sam said the plane hit a Gas Sta Tion and several houses in Lockerbie a Village in Southern Scotland hat is 10 Milts Northwest of Dumfries and 275 Miles Northwest of London. Some passengers on inc flight were to change planes and depart for Detroit under the same night number and were scheduled in arrive Early thursday. Can showed footage from Juk air port in which one woman shrieked and collapsed to the floor when she Learned her daughter was aboard the plane. My baby. My baby she cried. A Young Man approached an information Booth saying he had a relative on the flight and was immediately sur rounded by photographers. He knocked one of the cameras to the ground before going la the waiting area. Things arc had enough let s let them get the people who arc meeting the air plane up  said one of the Secu Rity officers. A pathway to the elevator was then cordoned off. On the television screens listing Arri Vals beside flight Ion was the message. See act for Sec  pan am later said a passenger list would not be released before thursday because the names must still be compiled and next of Kin must be notified. Pan am said there were 243 Passen Gers and 15 Crew member on Board. We have no indication there were any problems a pan am spokesman said. There was no Contact from the Captain or any of the Crew members. There were no problems no indication whatsoever prior to the flight that there were any problems on Board that air  he said the airline was sending crash experts from around the country to inc site the Crew included three cockpit personnel based in new York and 12 night attendants stationed in London he said. The plane had been through a routine Check within the past week the spokesman said. Pratt & Whitney engines East Hartford Conn. Up1 the pan am jumbo Jet that crashed wednesday in Scotland with 258 people aboard was powered by Pratt and Whit Ney engines the company confirmed. The Boeing 747, which crashed on a flight from London to new York s Ken Nedy International Airport was powered by jt9d engines said company spokes Man Edward r. Cowles. Cowles said two Pratt investigators were dispatched to the scene adding we will do whatever we can do to assist an am and the  i caution the worst thing we could possible do is speculate on a cause at this time he said. Pratt and Whitney one of the world s largest manufacturers of Jet engines is a subsidiary of u nit cd technologies corp. In 1985, after a fatal crash in Man Chester England of a British airways Jet the , Federal aviation administration ordered a nationwide inspection of Pratt i jt8d engine because of re ports of cracks in the engine s combus Tion Chambers. Eugene cd Lunan of soul Ifield mich., consoles his wife Leila As they wait for news of their Davit her a Nanna 21, stationed in Frankfurt who May have own on the night. Pan am Jet had a lot of mileage Seattle a i1 the jumbo Jet that crashed wednesday in Scotland was inc Lelh 741 Buill but a hoeing spokesman said that did not necessarily mean the plane could be considered old. The pan am 747-100 was delivered to pan american in february 1970. The first 747 delivered loan airline also pan am entered the Fleet the previous month said David Jimenez spokesman for Boeing commercial air planes which builds 74 7s in Everett. The plane that crashed had about 16,500 cycles with one Cycle being a Takeoff and a Landing Jimenez said. That however is not considered a particularly High num Ber of cycles for a commercial jetliner he said. A High number is considered to be Mare than 50,000, he said. By comparison the Aloha airlines 737 that lost part of its lust Lac during a flight Over Hawaii last april had More than 89,000 cycles a  was investigated in determining whether Metal fatigue caused part of the fuse Lage to rip  Boeing spokesman Paul Fang said the manufacturer would not release service records on any plane because on the air planes Are out of Here they re not our property anymore.". Pan am said in new York that the jetliner was part of the Civi Reserve air Fleet a program to provide planes to the government in the event of National emergency. Fane Laier confirmed the plane was converted by Boe ing in Wichita kan., in 1987 to make in cargo capable in 4s hours for the National emergency program. The air Force pays for the modification but it was not Able to convince most airlines to participate. Fang said so inc conversion involving adding a cargo door and strength ening the floor was not a common procedure. Over the years. Pan am has bought 45 747s from Boe ing according to Tom Cole another Boeing spokesman. As of september 1988, pan am Stilt had 38 747s in its Fleet he said -. Flames from Page of t were what id oked like Blanket Cov wreckage and there we cred bodies. \. Some of the wrecks a also landed on can on the four Lane bypass around pc Korbic and they went up in flames. A former pol ice Iri Spector Archie Smith ran out of his House with he icon when he it Ord the crash i did t know what it was ainu Rel. It was just a mighty bang where the houses Werea sems to be just a Black holc the fire spread quickly Anos a Home soon caught a Pught and it is now destroyed As editor s note Scott Hal it port a i Houman a ont cat Ball of lire As fit were slajsj""1 Hudi copters ambulances and Moun join Rescue teams rushed to the Village in Southwest Scotland. Traffic jams blocked Access and the Village Square was sealed cry War fear that a Gas station hit in the crash cuu blow up. Police said to Histand wreckage were strewn Over 10 Miles a Mike Samahan a resident w pm As a few Hundred Yards from the scene Sal he believed inc plane was on fire before it crashed because it was trailing flames when it went Over the  flight 103 had taken off 25 minutes late and was at 31,000 fret when Contact was lost the Heathrow Airport said. The aircraft was following its exact flight plan a fan am spokesman said. To thing would suggest that weather was a Factor especially since we believe it happened at Altitude he said. The Jet took off from Heathrow at 6 25 . And disappeared off radar screens 50 minutes later. The airline did not release a passenger list. Another witness Hotelier Graham by Cutey said the fireball from the plane towered 200 to 300 feel into the air. Les Callaghan spokesman for Dumfries and Galloway Royal infirmary said the Hospital treated about 12 people believed to be local residents Hurt when the plane crashed in the Village of 2,500. Investigators and other pan am offi  in route to the crash scene Early  said. In  safety Board officials from Washington were dispatched to the scene to help with the investigation