European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes. Saturday March 25,1969 fusion breakthrough in suit Larf City Utah British scion ii . Of report after crash raised doubts about bulb s maintenance design by Norm an Black a military writer Washington an internal air Force report produced after a bib bomber crash last november a Texas raised questions about maintenance procedures and design problems with the plane s fuel line system officials said  report disclosed in the washing ton Post on Friday elaborates on the findings of an Accident report that the air Force made Public in february. The internal document already has prompted changes in maintenance proce dures for the both s fuel system and has spawned a study of whether structural changes should be made to the aircraft the air farce said. But the service denied in a statement that it had found any design or maintenance problems that contributed to the nov. 8 crash rear Dyess fab Texas. The Public Accident report concluded that the bib crashed because a fire in the left Wing knocked out two of the plane s four engines and burned out Crit ical control equipment. All fou men parachuted to safety. The Public report also said the fire apparently had been fed by a ruptured fuel line m the portion of the Wing that runs above the left engines. But the re port added that the crash Impact had destroyed evidence necessary to further isolate the cause of the fire and the exact location of the fuel  the internal document however raises questions about the general design of the fuel system in that portion of me plane according to officials who commented Only on condition they not be named. Whatever the exact cause a b-1 de sign deficiency allowed the fuel in lie Over Wing fairing to Migrate into the compartment containing the environmental system pre cooler which reaches temperatures sufficient to provide ignition the internal document states. The Crew received no warning of a fire due to Lack Ofa fire detection system in that Section of the plane the report says. When they did realize the plane was on fire they had no Means to shut off fuel flow. Or suppress the fire in that area says the document. The air Force in its statement Friday acknowledged the internal report had spawned a new study that could Lead to structural changes. The bib program office is also As Sessing engineering proposals to design a fuel isolation and tire detection capability for the Over Wing fairing areas the air Force said. Addressing questions about the inter Nal document the Public statement said it is a Long standing air Force policy not to discuss details of these Accident investigation reports. But no serious problems in the fuel lines were identified during the course of the investigation or at any other time. Additionally no maintenance inadequacies were identified the statement said. However the air Force is aggressively implementing precautionary Mea sures to prevent any possibility of a re Currence. These actions include inspections of key areas and the addition of some maintenance  they should make a mint Holland Mich. A planters life savers co. Hopes customers hungry for nostalgia will savor the return of some old fashioned flavors it has t sold in dec Ades. The company s Holland Plant recently began producing the limited edition nostalgia Fla Vors Lico Ricc Choc of late and pepsin ,1 stores began carrying them a week ago. The three flavors were devel oped in the 1920s. 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