European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday. September 23, 1989 in main faces fuel leak cleanup de ground Waters costly by de Reavis staff writer Rhein main a West Germany Rhein main will need As much As s8.8 million to clean up a 500.000-gallon fuel leak that contaminated ground water at the base officials said Friday. Although plans for removing the Jet fuel arc still in the design stage the estimated time for the entire cleanup phase is three to five years base spokesman maj. Steve Knic Hycl said. A1 installation of the cleanup system along it to take seven months he said. Roger Schmidt who Wod by Trischler & partner the company hired a ots Ign the cleanup plan said company submitted two plans to West German . Air Force authorities. Here arc a number of ways of dealing with the fill but we have narrowed it Down to the two that were most feasible said Schmidt. One method would involve digging trenches on the apron part of the Airfield the second digging a fiver Schmidt said that both tier would a Iii Ilustr traffic atthe base the latter for by rec if the second workers will dig Tunnel of the polluted he said. Shmidt said the decision is up to the City of frail. Fun s environmental office the Hess in stale ministry of economics and the air Force. We expect a reply to our suggestions by the end of november Schmidt said. The project will involve sending the tainted water through a special filtering device to separate it fro the fuel. Afterwards the water will be returned to the Earth and the fuel taken away for disposal. The fuel was discovered in March when test brings of soil were taken before construction began on an to the military Airlift come air passenger the discovery led to further testing by the Darm Stadt company to determine the extent of the contamination. On june 9, a test conducted on the West Side of the terminal found a 9-Inch layer of Jet fuel floating on the ground water at a depth of about 28 feet. Later testing determined that the Jet fuel on the surface was breaking apart and sinking deep into the yid water. An area measuring about 324,000 Clis polluted. The Susan ii of uric of the spill is a pipeline that leaked before itv3mifecn out of service several years ago. We won t be 100 Imp Ilsc uncover the old pipeline but everything seems top Oino it As the source Schmidt said. The leakage has not endangered the air base s ing water source or that of the nearby housing area officials have said. News updates sex mini Berns mar Swiss 1beth Kopp \ Day on Crim official so arc an affair voc ligation that last january. A special f sch Daniel nary probe had Compilli bring charge Switzerland s Kopp was she made a Sher lawyer h in which she tics with a z lebanese co trading a scrutiny in drug Money or indicted Erland a for ice minister Elisa indict a we docs charges of leaking to her husband in drug Money incs 1 to her resignation ral prosecutor to ice said a prelim i o Kopp s conduct enough evidence to against her before prime court Reed to resign after it Telephone Call to band last october Rcd him to Severah based company oiled Shakarchi at had come under in Zorland s biggest a during probe. Refugees cars Budapest Hungary a East who defected to through Hun Gary before thy country opened its Borders to thousands of them 11 Days ago Wink be Able to claim their cars if Tichina the official Mai news agcy said thursday. Some 200 cars abandoned by refugees had a Reily been returned to East a previous bilateral agric Nnaji Between East Ger Many and hut Tonry the report said. But Hunga Rehas now suspended that agric Meiji German cars and cd in Hungary would be Clur d to their owners in the West As of Cut monday if the can prove Owr West German i Root Era fort la a fed Hospital to re and about 600 East ship at austrian Rotor clubs where the cars will be tra por cd by the Hun Garian Auto Clu h probe Der Dale Fia. I investigators Are seeking a con order to Force a is any psychiatric records on the Pilot who crash Din the Ailanti Jocean after a mysterious 800-Mij flight. The pct Tiff filed in . District court said the National transportation safety Board wants All records related to the physical and mental condition of Thomas Hospital in Holly Wood where Root was treated after his july 13/crash, already re leased its Mcdial records but a court order is needed for it to turn Over any psychiatric records. Ink do Dittri x Bers of school bus tragedy studying role of truck s brakes Alton Texas a a Fodera and state investigators fonday of Kusch on whether a delivery truck s brai before it rolled past a Stop rammed a school bus into a watery in killing 19 students. At least 64 people were injured after the bus was struck by a or Pepper truck thurs Day morning. Four students remained in critical condition at hospitals Friday mom ing including one who was unconscious and on a Respirator officials said. The National transportation safety Board and the Texas department of Public safety planned to inspect i " and the truck throughout the t sgt. Israel Pacheco said. They re checking condition of the since the or Pepper was claiming that he brakes fax or Pacheco said. Ivors had records of traffic Vio Fis the Dps said. Truck Driver Ruben Perez 25, was convicted of speeding in 1987. Bus Driver Gilberto Pena 46, was ticketed for running a red Light in March 1988, but records did indicate whether he was driving a school bus at the time. Perez was treated and released the and Pena remained Hosni Mcd stable condition of Fth said. The def Jaid Friday hot 86 people including Tai Whuey were on the bus rather than Saij 5evcrar"fcdcnts who is Cap Edith jus with minor twice walked a rom the Accident Anc Pike notice lately counted. The bus was designed to carry 83 pct Pic said Herman Light Quality Assur Ance director for the manufacturer Blue Bird body co. Of fort Valley a. Hidalgo county District attorney Rene Guerra who visited the scene said the Case will be presented to a grand jury. Presently there May be some Crimi Nal negligence Here he said. It might possibly be involuntary manslaughter it recklessness can be attributed to the Driver or Thul Ruck passed a state inspection Jot North according to officials Attica cola co., which owns the truck. David Rayburn a spokesman for the National transportation safety Board said the investigation would include weighing the truck and bus which was pushed More than 40 feet by the Impact. Investigators from the Texas attorney general s office also probed the Roadway and Edge of the caliche pit which had no Fence or railing. Caliche is the Spanish name for a construction material made gravel Sand and desert debris be by a porous Calcium Carbonate Slat a a Gist Bill Farr said. Alton to pulsation 3,000, and the larger neighbouring opt Mission prepared Fri Day to Bury the to Tafth victims. The Junior High and were headed for Mission when it crash occurred. All the dead were 12 to 18 police reported. Faa investigators seek jetliner Pilot for clues to crash of . Airport new York a investigators probing the crash of a us air Boeing 737 have been stymied by a Lack of information from the cockpit recorders or from the Pilot who vanished after his plane careened off a Laguardia Airport run Way and into the East River. Pilot Michael Martin left the scene shortly after the wednesday night crash without talking to authorities the co Pilot claimed Martin had been acting irrationally just before he ordered the plane s Takeoff aborted. We be tried to Contact him but behave not been Able to do so.". Fred far Rar a spokesman for the Federal aviation administration said thursday. He added there was no indication of Why he was aborting. Until we know Why the Guy aborted the Takeoff we have no Way of knowing the cause of the Accident the crash killed two women passengers. The National transportation safety Board Analysed the flight data and cock pit voice recorders on thursday and officials said they have no immediate explanation of Why the crash occurred. They hoped to interview the Crew on Friday. Martin and up Pilot Constantino Kleissas have the right to decline the interviews but if they do the Nosb can subpoena them said Rachel Halterman an Nosb spokeswoman. The crash of flight 5050 late wednesday split the fuselage of the plane which was bound for Charlotte . The Tail of the plane was partly submerged 10 feet from the runway while the nose skidded onto a trestle that held runway lights on the River. Of the 59 survivors including All six Crew members 45 people were treated at hospitals and eight remained hospitalized As of thursday according to us air. Local Law enforcement officials were investigating reports that the Copilot told port authority police shortly after the crash that the Pilot was behaving oddly in the cockpit. We suspect Martin s behaviour May have played a part in the Accident a Taw enforcement source said. Investigators quoted Klc Israfl 29, As say ing that he was at the controls of the jetliner As it roared Down the runway and that mar tin started mumbling and acting irrationally newspapers reported Friday. The new York times said the co Pilot gave his report to port authority police but port authority spokesman John Hughes said he knew of no interview that Agency police had with the Crew. The cockpit recorder had no noises or voices that suggested there was any problem with the Takeoff or Why the Takeoff was aborted said James Kolstad acting chairman of the Nosb. The flight data show the plane swerved slightly instead of. Moving straight Down the runway and indicated there were some deviations in rudder movement Kolstad said but it was not immediately Clear How that might have affected the Takeoff. The Pilot had flown 737s for Only two months and the co Pilot was in a 737 cock pit Crew for the first Lime the times reported quoting airline Industry officials. Officials said whoever was at the controls of the plane radioed the control Lowe that he was aborting Takeoff moments be fore the Jet Slid into the East River. Port authority officials said Light rain at the time of the crash was not a Factor. The port authority of new York and new Jersey operates the Airport. The plane was delivered in january an had no history of mechanical problems us air spokeswoman Nancy Vaughan said. In june the Faa ordered most boeing737-400s grounded because of two incidents in which engines failed. Airlines were or dered to replace certain engine parts
