European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday. September 23,1989 cause of fatal . Crash probed new York a a us air Pilot told the control Tower he was aborting Takeoff moments before his jetliner Slid into the fast River killing two Passen Gers. Hut he did not say what the prob Lem was officials said thursday. There was no indication of Why he was  said Federal aviation administration spokesman Fred Farrar. Until we know Why inc Guy aborted the Takeoff we have no Way of knowing the cause of the  two women were killed but 59 people including All six Crew members survived after the hoeing 737-400 Slid into Bow cry Hay off Laguardia International air port shortly before Midnight wednesday. Police scuba divers freed As Many As 15 people who were trapped in the Cabin while rescuers in boats scooped Passen Gers from the water or off the wings. They were hanging from the pier hang ing on the Wing hanging from the front of the  said police i. Larry Johnston. Authorities did not identify the women who died but a relative said they were Betsy Slayter Brogan. In her 30s, of Gray. Term., and her Mother in Law Alice Brogan of to Mioc a. The rela aborted Takeoff puzzles investigators tic. Jack Havir of Morristown Tenn. Said the younger woman was a nurse who had a 5-year-old son. The Jet s flight data and cockpit voice recorders were Analysed thursday by the National transportation safety Board but provided no imme Diate clues on the cause of the crash said Nosb chair Man James Kolstad said. The Crew had not yet been inter viewed by authorities and Kolstad had no information about their experience or identities. He said the Nosb had asked for drug and alcohol tests for the Crew. Us air chairman Edwin Colodny declined to discuss any details or pos sible causes of the crash lie added the Captain is taking advice of his own  he would say Only that the Crew had been based in Baltimore and had worked for Piedmont aviation before its merger wild us air. Flight 5050, bound for Charlotte. N.c., was accelerating Down the run Way in a Light rain when the control Tower acknowledged the Pilot s request to abort and cleared him to turn onto the last taxiway before the end of the runway. The Pilot seemed to be accelerating but did t have enough Power to get the plane up said passenger Larry Martin. He put on the brakes. The plane look a dip and the  thing i knew All hell broke  the plane broke into three part about 50 to 100 feet into bowery Bay. Its front sections resting above the water on a trestle that held runway lights its Back sections submerged. The two women who died were scaled in the rear. People were on App of each other. People were screaming said Martin who was travelling with his wife. Vale Ric. There was the smell of Gas. Every one was saying get out gel out get out " passengers scrambled out doors and onto wings. Some escaped Down an emergency Chute and found themselves in about 25 feel of water. Many Clung to wings or grasped floating timbers. The Crew was great. They were pitching people out and Down the slide said passenger Tom new Berry. 27. We just grabbed on to a big piece of Wood and held on for dear life. Rescuers working under the Glare of emergency lights placed slings under the Tail Section to keep it from sinking and had All survivors ashore within 40 minutes. Forty five people went to hospitals and us air vice president Jack Long said eight remained hospitalized. One was Hurt seriously and had undergone surgery for Blunt  the plane was 9 months old and Thad no history of mechanical prob lems said airline spokeswoman Nancy Vaughan. A Boeing crash team planned to examine the aircraft. Into proposes 40,000-Froop Maneu Vernim of Vienna affix pact would limit most military  Eui to 40.000 soldiers and 800 tanks under a proposal offered by nato thursday at East West talks on conventional forces. The proposal the first to limit european Milit Maneu vers was presented to Warsaw pact the Start of the latest round of talk chief West  Istir wild Igor Hartmann called the pack Amyuit Host comprehensive most de tailed  arms control system that was Ever worked Oul for conventional  made july 1 Jet tar my  a Riff of dts Ceprini for heavy reductions a  Iro Bush  Summit meeting in May. Said the nato package provides All the negotiating material needed to reach an agreement unconventional arms next year. Although it proposes limiting the size of military Maneu vers to 40,000 men and 800 Lanks one Maneu ver every iwo years would be allowed to exceed those limits. _ hanged from a package offered two weeks ago at the opening session of the Vienna talks on reducing conventional forces in Europe. A dispute among nato members delayed its presentation. Warsaw pact countries and 16 nato Mem Bers Are Alhi Bigart in he talks on conventional forces in Europe the measures propose it in let thursday also provide for an extensive Exchange  As part of detailed verification including routine Lions to Sec each Side carries put pledged reduction Sand maintains agreed upon ceilings. Bus from Page 1 and Hospital slippers with cuts on his face and bruised hands. It just filled up with water real Quick he  opened up a window took out my sister took out a couple of friends and it was already full of water and you could smell the  they were just trapped. We had to break the Glass of the windows to get in said Al nyc a diver who pulled seven bodies from the bus. Authorities used a Crane to pull the bus from inc pit and dragged the pit for victims rescuers later called off their search and said air the students were accounted for. All the dead were Between 12 and 18 years of age Mike Cox. A Public safely spokesman in Austin said. A temporary morgue was set up at a civic building in Mission As frantic parents rushed to the scene and swamped phone lines at the school and police station. One woman was curried away in an ambulance hysterical after seeing the bodies of her two daughters pulled from the water. Another wept As she was told about inc death of her child. Mow can she be dead she had just gotten on the bus five minutes before the woman said. Students families met with Counselor and school officials at the City s Community Center. It s very somber. The whole City s in Shock right  said fire department capt. Rene Lopez. Mission school superintendent Ralph Cantu can celeb All extracurricular activities for the weekend. Confin a Mao Washington Al Jurn debate or dissent the Senate confirm a a or Wiull Early Friday to be i incl ii Istl Timil chiefs of  is the first Black Orbr fro hold inc position. Powell so was approved on a voice Rote. Bases from Page 1 information to believe that something like that is in the  but a Stati department source said that the preliminary work of deciding which bases could be closed is Complete and that the four British bases definitely arc on the list. Alconbury and bin Waters a Home of six squadrons olt Ftp a i aircraft.  of particularly popular Vir Force leaders. Military experts View the Jet As being too slow making it an easy target for surface to air mis Siles.  Cook aviation editor of the authoritative Jane s defence weekly a lilt in Ilii Umich talks in Vienna the a 10 s biggest what the air Force wo3 do is use an attack version of the Fly called the Al 6," Cook said. Bin Waters Ilij pfc Ali i Iii for a qua Iron ofjurn1 err f-l6s. Air Force that if the United slates lied out of Bem Waters the mull Irole fighters could be sent elsewhere in Europe returned to the United states or Given to air National guard units. Looking at the two other bases mentioned in the option a Pentagon source said thai Mildenhall docs l have anything significant there and thai Fairford is a Small and insignificant installation. Mildenhall is the Headquarters of the 3rd air Force. It is also  5l3lh  mtg 1nil i Neil Iii Iheec-135h, Couin Mcnol that would in h no Fin Iii Imi Mil and control in a War. The missions at Raf Mildenhall in elude Suppon for  strategic air come Kc-135 Aerial refuelling planes on temporary duty there. The planes arc part of the european Tanker task Force which serves air Force Navy and nato aircraft operating in the North Atlantic Europe the Middle East and Northern Africa. Two reconnaissance aircraft the to 135 and the sr-71, also Ornaf mild Chc Hercules transport raft Are also on temporary duly at inc base. The c-130s Are used for Tacti Cal Airlift in i Safe. A base spokesman said the base with its additional role of supporting transiting cargo aircraft is responsible for More than half of the be tactical Airlift Mission. Only aircraft Parma a Cully  Are four ec-135s and a m l i itt rth . Raf Fairford which has about 1,200 Scricc members also support the european Tanker task Force. Contributing to this report stall writer Dave Dahl