European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page a a a the stars and stripes Friday August 31,1990survivor from Page 1 a Hospital was capt. Bradley Schuldt assigned to the 7th air div Ramstein a. Schuldt was badly burned had internal stomach injuries and a major lung injury a which ultimately i think limited what we could do for him a Schoomaker said. Schuldt died about 5 . Of Galvan Schoomaker said a i will say that he. Having lost a Large number of friends and co workers. Is suffering a great Deal emotionally. He s expressed an interest to go Home with his Crew members. Air Force officials said thursday they did not know when the victims bodies would be returned to the United states. In a separate development the c-5 a a flight recorder was found late wednesday and sent to the United states for scrutiny by investigators. Investigators weren t the Only visitors at the crash site wednesday night. Amateur photographers and families with children and p0s in Tow converged to see the wreckage. Parked cars and bicycles lined both sides of a four Lane Road outside the base s West Gate. John Lawther 19, witnessed the Accident on his Way Home to Lan Stuhl from work at the Ramstein officers open mess Early wednesday. He returned to the site that evening with his younger brother. A it flew past me when i was Alt the Gate. I could see its lights. It just looked like it was flying really Low Quot said the student at Kalamazoo College in Michigan. A i lost it in the Trees and then i saw flames five times As High As the Trees. It was like someone lit a fuse. The whole sky was Orange. I had the window open but i had the radio on. When i drove by i could hear Little explosions. A i stopped for a minute. But i thought there was no Hope. What was i to do a other onlookers commented on How the plane had crashed in possibly the Best possible location a near the Center of a Large Clearing that offered easy Access to emergency workers and investigators Yot off the Road and away from developed areas. It also could easily be roped off to keep the curious away from the wreckage. In Light of the crash West German parliament member Rose Btte repeated her Call for a ban on military flights during the shipment of chemical weapons from Clausen to Miessau and before the Railroad shipments of the nerve agents to a North sea port. Miessau is nearly eight Miles from Ramstein a. A it would be disastrous to think of what would have happened if the Galaxy had flown some More seconds a Gutte said. Air Force officials have emphasized that the a a s flight path would not have taken it Over the Miessau depot where the chemicals Are temporarily stored. The Crew members killed were Mai. Richard w. Chase staff sgt. Daniel Garza Mai. John m. Gordon master sgt. Rosendo Herrera tech. Sgt. Monty Knutson tech. Sgt. Daniel Perez Mai. Richard Price staff sgt. Edward Sheffield senior master sgt. Carpio Villarreal passengers kilted were staff sgt. Marc Cleyman Hahn a master sgt. Samuel Gardner Hahn a staff sgt. Rande Utec Ramstein a and  from Page 1 rejected an iraqi request to resume food shipments for needy iraqi children saying it will adhere to the  embargo on Trade with Iraq. / a in new York 36 expelled iraqi diplomats and their families left Early thursday on a plane for Jordan. The Bush administration ordered them out in reaction to a series of iraqi moves against the . Embassy in Kuwait and its staff. A two westerners made it to safety in Jordan thursday one an american of Indian origin and a 17-year-old British girl of Arab extraction.  among 185 evacuees who flew into Jordan aboard the daily iraqi airways flight. The american . Sharma 55, an agricultural Engineer from Idaho Falls Idaho told reporters he had spent three weeks hiding in occupied Kuwait. He said he hid his . Passport and left Iraq using an Indian to Vel  senior foreign Diplomat in Baghdad who is involved in negotiations with iraqi authorities said embassies were asked to compile detailed lists of the women and children who will be leaving a and that will take All  diplomats said they were drawing up lists for exit visas. Quot tomorrow no government department will lie open Quot the Diplomat noted referring to Friday the moslem Sabbath. C-5s, Ramstein officer says by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a West Germany a no single component or system on c-5 Galaxy aircraft flying in and out of Ramstein a is a causing us a headache the commander of the 608th military Airlift group said thursday. The Ramstein based unit oversees maintenance and Aerial port operations for incoming and outbound military Airlift come aircraft such As the c-5 and the c-141 Star lifter transport planes. Col. James m. Murphy emphasized that he was speaking in general terms about the c-5 and not in relation to wednesday s c-5a crash just outside the base. A there Are things that Are breaking v Murphy said a but. In any system As sophisticated As the c-5, components malfunction. But no specific component is driving us  the increased amount of flying by the aircraft to support operation desert shield requires that they receive More frequent checkups although major maintenance work is usually done Only at the aircraft a Home base Murphy said. Hairline cracks such As those that have developed in the c-141 Fleet Are riot Likely to occur on the c-5 because new wings have been installed. The a models have received new wings since the mid-1980s. The b models were built with new improved wings Murphy said. A i done to anticipate anything like that showing up in the c-5,�?T Murphy said of the hairline cracks. Another potential problem in the operation is flight Crew weariness. A c-5 Pilot it. Col. Jack Gray said wednesday that the Load is nearly too much for Crews. A we have shaved the safety margin in some instances As narrow As it should be shaved Quot said Gray a member of the 709th military Airlift so reserves. Murphy said each flight commander must recognize Crew fatigue and manage around each Crew s a weakest  no one requesting More rest will be turned Down or pressured to accept another trip he said. A you simply can t do that because the Cost is too High both in human costs and material costs a Murphy said. A yes we give them less Crew rest. We have Given them less Crew rest. But when they ask for More they get  in hectic periods since desert shield began Crews May get 10 hours of rest Between 18 and 24-hour Days and longer in special circumstances Murphy said. He noted that Airlift traffic in and out of Ramstein for desert shield is less than that of some other air bases supporting the Middle East operation. A Ramstein is the safety valve a Murphy said. More . Units from Europe head for Gulf Stuttgart West Germany a several More . Units from Europe Are deploying to the persian Gulf to support operation desert shield the . European come and Pentagon said. A contingent of Security police personnel from the 47th tac missile Wing Comiso air station deployed from Sicily Early thursday morning. Air Force capt Mike Kormanik said that because of Security reasons the destination and number of people could not be released. Fighting Falcon f-i6 aircraft personnel and equip ment from the 401st tac fighter Wing at Torrejon a Spain also Are deploying. The first elements left the base on wednesday said base spokesman tech. Sgt. Louis Arana Tarradas. The Pentagon said thursday that the planes deployed to Qatar in support of the operation. 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