European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page b the stars and stripes monday september 25,1989 crowded Europe skies need single control Jane s says world today London a Europe s skies Are the most crowded in the world and a single air traffic control system is needed to replace the complicated Patchwork now directing air planes the editor of Jane s Airport equipment said rider also wrote of the Waves still being caused by deregulation in the american airline Indus Tryand he estimated that deregulation has saved american passengers $100 billion in the last 11 said the december bombing of pan am flight Ion Over Lockerbie. Scotland has caused major reverberations with governments aviation authorities congestion in the air As Well As on the ground is a major problem in Europe and it is now deemed to be the worst in the David rider airlines and airports worldwide All trying to find ways to increase Security. The introduction of new systems for controlling personnel Anil baggage has gone some Way to reducing the risk he said in the introduction to the authoritative yearbook. However it is always going to be extremely difficult to find the right balance Between providing reasonable Security while seeking to minimize the inconvenience to passengers and ensuring Complete Security at great Cost to passenger and airline Airport authority rider said. Rider said 42 air traffic control centers now use 22 different systems to communicate with one another in Europe in a most inefficient and a flight from London to Athens requires the cooperation of seven countries and 50 air traffic controllers using telex and telephones and spending a total of 35 Man hours to arrange the routes and timings he said. Bottlenecks in North South routes arc often caused by the fact that Greece has no civil radar network he said. Controllers there rely on radio communication with pilots meaning aircraft must stay 60 Miles apart instead of 3 Miles apart As they do in British airspace. Going from cast to West in Europe is not much better he said. An aircraft flying the 762 nautical mile Between Frankfurt to Madrid passes through the control of seven centers. In the United slates a flight of751 nautical Miles from Chicago to Boston passes through Only three centers he said. Congestion in the air As Well As on the ground is a major problem in Europe and it is now deemed to be the worst in the rider wrote. The British charter airline. Britannia airways re ported that 40 percent of its flights in april were delayed by air traffic control problems and the average delay was 90 minutes to two hours he said. A single european system is the obvious solution he said but one which seems unpalatable to Many countries since if implemented correctly it would mean the unified control of both civil and military airspace throughout Western rider said that in the United slates fares have declined by one fifth after inflation is considered be cause of increased Competition resulting from deregulation and the development of Hub airports. Increased traffic has led however to delays because of concentration of traffic at focal Points he said. Pope represses condemnation of Galileo but warns scientists Pisa. Italy a Pope John Paul ii praised Gal Ileo in a meeting with scientists sunday signalling the Pisan astronomer s rehabilitation 450 years after hews condemned by the Church for teaching that the Earth revolves around the pontiff however warned of potential abuses of modern science and called on scientists to respect the Church s moral and ethical teachings. On the last Day of his three Day trip to Tuscany John Paul spoke to the faculty and students of the University of Pisa where Galileo studied and taught inthe late 1500s. Noting some of the professors who taught at the Pisan University the Pope cited above All the great , born in Pisa in 1564, was tried by the inquisition for teaching the theory of Copernicus that the Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun. The Church denounced the theory As dangerous tothe Faith summoned Galileo to Rome in 1633 and made him renounce his beliefs. He was sentenced to enforced residence in Siena. The Pope who appointed a Vatican commission in1980 to study the Case said on arrival in Pisa Friday night that Galileo s work was imprudently opposed atthe he said Galileo s theory is now recognized by All Asan essential step in the methodology of research and in general on the path toward the knowledge of the world of the Pope told the scientists however that in it indisputable task of research and service science has an intrinsic morality it must in Light of. Milestones already reached and those foreseen including possible dangers today More than Ever arises the question of the relationship betwee research and the Pope said scientists must consider the Mora land ethical dimensions of their research and where their work will Lead. Facing the most hidden forces of nature and using the most daring methods to dominate and use them Man raises the ask of excesses and abuses he imposing repressive limits on research scientists should respect the supreme Laws of nature and life he said. In a word that Means a sense of Pope John Paul. Passes a statue of Galileo John Paul cited the deterioration of the Environ ment and the accumulation of weapons of disastrous the Fields of biology and bioengineering he warned of the dangers of Overly daring operation that involve unacceptable forms of manipulation and Pope did not elaborate but he has previously condemned artificial procreation techniques such fastest tube babies and forms of genetic engineering. The Pope s visit to Pisa also included a meeting with nuns and priests in the 1 Ith a Cury Cathedral near the leaning Tower of Pisa and a mass in front of the 12th-Century baptistery. He visited the Hill towns of Volterra and Lucca on saturday. Cambodia ready to give soldiers remains to . Phenom penh Cambodia a cambo Dia is prepared to turn Over to the United states the remains of american soldiers killed in the Vietnam War and to cooperate in joint searches for other remains. Premier Hun sen said Sun Day. Cambodia has said it has a Large number of soldiers remains from the War which spilled Over from Vietnam into neighbouring Cambodia. But efforts to retrieve them have been stalled by the Lack of diplomatic relations Between the United Stales and the vietnamese installed communist government in phenom penh. Asked if phenom penh agreed to joint searches such As those conducted in Vietnam and Laos Hun sen said not Only Are we ready but Betook up unilateral missions that found re Mains. But it was the . That showed a Lack of interest in our find. They said they have no relations with the phenom penh government so they will not get in touch with the phenom penh government. We arc prepared to hold discussions with the United states and to hand Over these Spanish agents break up heroin trafficking ring Madrid Spain a narcotics agent shave broken up a heroin trafficking ring involving iranians and spaniards seizing 6.6 pounds of heroin and a Large sum of Cash a police spokesman said spokesman who was not identified in keeping with custom said the agents had arrested Siavash Hoffa 40 Gholan Reza 31 and Racza Chlam 42, All of Iran and the spaniard Surbano Campos Gomez 45 Palmira Canosa Cle Montc 56 and Mirta Curras Canosa 26. Police also arrested an Argentine Alfredo Ramon Vega do Dios 34, in the Case. Thousands in s. Korea protest ban on Union Seoul. South Korea a thousands of teachers students and supporters demonstrated in eight cities across South Korea on sunday to protest a ban on a teachers Union. About 1,500 students hurled rocks and bottle sat riot police in downtown Seoul after hey were blocked from entering Yon Sci University. No injuries were reported immediately. Police detained do ens of protesters in with president Roh Tae woo the protesters shouted As police fired tear Gas an chased them into alleys and Side streets. About 1,000 teachers students and workers held a separate anti government rally after stay ing overnight inside the Campus which has been scaled off by thousands of riot police. Education authorities have outlawed the National teachers Union and ordered that teachers involved in Union activity be punished. The government contends that leftists have been using the Union to spread revolution among the Stu dents. Ethiopia lifts Gas rationing but boosts Cost of fuels Addis Ababa Ethiopia a the ethiopian government has ended gasoline rationing but at the same time sharply increased the cos of fuels. The Price of a liter of regular gasoline was increased from 1.19 birr about 57 cents to 1.50 birr about 72 censor the equivalent of $2.74per gallon. The prices of other Basic fuels including Dic Sci kerosene and cooking Gas remained unchanged under the government directive Issue Don saturday. The ethiopian news Agency said the govern ment also lifted a ban in effect since 1985, on the use of private vehicles on sundays allowing the private sector to participate effectively in the economic life of the
