European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10a the stars and stripes sunday february 3,1 91planes collide in l.a.,. Killing at 18 los Angeles up a eighteen people were confirmed dead and As Many As 14 others unaccounted for in the fiery Quot a a runway co l i Friday to tight of two _ planes at los Angeles International Airport. On saturday Crews waded into the tangled wreckage to begin the recovery of bodies. Dozens of others survived the collision Between us air flight 1493 As it was Landing and sky West flight 5569, a commuter plane about to take off for. Palmdale Calif. The crash trapped the smaller Fairchild Smitro and its 12 passengers and Crew beneath the flaming fuselage of the Boeing 737-300 As it careened Down the runway. All aboard the sky West plane including the Pilot and co Pilot were confirmed dead. Coroners investigators received five bodies All from the us air plane. A spokeswoman for us air said the airline determined that the Pilot was dead although his body had not been recovered. The us air co Pilot survived the crash suffering two broken legs but the Fate of the four flight attendants was not revealed by us air. Us air spokesman Bill Kress said 69 people of the 89 aboard the 737 survived the crash. Many walked away shaken after using emergency chutes to get out of the plane. Twelve remained hospitalized saturday including one in critical condition. Neither coroners officials nor the airline could account for an estimated 14 others who were missing and feared not equipped with any recorder dead. A sky West spokesman said officials the search suspended Friday night be were exploring the possibility that a a mis cause of the danger Posedy Jet fuel -.communieation�?�Between the Tower and ing from the soldering shells of the. One of the pilots led to the crash planes resumed by morning Light after the us air jetliner arriving from col Crews removed the remaining fuel. Umbus Ohio was Landing shortly after 6 National transportation safety Board . When it collided with the sky West investigators arrived just after Daylight to twin engine Turboprop bound for pahn examine the wreckage that Lay in a Dale 40miles North. Charred Heap next to the abandoned fire a it seemed like we suddenly hit some station that stopped the planets screech thing. There was no warning a said us air ing slide after the collision. The smaller passenger Dan Goss plane was crumpled under its belly. The plants burst into flames and Slid Nosb investigators said at a morning for several Hundred Yards Down the run briefing that both the cockpit recorder Way leaving skid Marks debris and Possi and the Black  had been recovered Bly the bodies of some passengers along from the Airliner. The so Hgt plane was the  from Page 1 been Little ground activity near the kuwaiti Border. A a there a no iraqi offensive posturing going on a Royal air Force group capt. Niall Irving said saturday. A they tend to concentrate and disperse. The picture is really rather  v. A on Friday night elements of the 82nd airborne div fought a 15-minute gun Battle with an iraqi patrol that tried to ambush them. It was the first Exchange of gunfire Between the army division and the iraqis. There were no confirmed casualties on either Side in the Battle which illuminated the sky with explosions from anti tank weapons and Orange tracer rounds from heavy machine guns and Small arms fire. The shooting occurred several Miles inside the saudi Border about 10 . When the 4th in of the 325th inf regt which is part of the 82nd�?Ts 2nd brigade conducted counter reconnaissance patrols. The opposing forces were about 300 Yards apart when they opened the units clashed just West of the area where . Marines and other Allied forces fought Battles with iraqi forces earlier last week. The .-led coalition has been preparing for a ground attack on iraqi forces to Force Row from Paget a no % them from Kuwait. V with a combination of lightning fast fighter bombers and hulking b-52s, the allies Are battering iraqi ground forces in Southern Iraq and Kuwait the emirate Saddam Hussein seized aug. 2 a six months ago saturday. The weather was virtually perfect with just Wispy Clouds scudding across otherwise Clear skies Over Kuwait and Southern Iraq according to military weather forecasters. British officer Irving told reporters in Riyadh on saturday that Allied forces made five attacks on iraqis chinese made silkworm anti ship missile Sites and that patrols in the Gulf were making sure that a no iraqi vessels make a run for iranian waters.�?�. The British officer said Only three iraqi planes had been spotted taking off during the previous 24 hours and none had flown to  Baghdad governments army newspaper in a front Page editorial saturday vowed that iraqis would use any Means necessary to fight the coalition confronting Iraq. A we will use whatever Power and weapons Are at our disposal starting from Kitchen knives to weapons of mass destruction a it said. In the past Saddam has threatened to use All arms in iraqis Arsenal including chemical  a official news Agency said Allied warplanes pounded targets in Southern Iraq on Friday night continuing into saturday morning. The islamic Republic news Agency said explosions could be heard in the Vicinity of the strategic Southern City of Basra the site of iraqis military Headquarters for the kuwaiti theater. Allied ground units were on the move As Well. Some were shifting in response to iraqi troop movements and actions. Saudi army units for example were reinforcing the Frontier town of Khanji to head off another iraqi raid there. A. A a a a. A a a a a a a a a a a ��-�.,. There were no air raids Over Baghdad on saturday morning though there was a Large explosion before Dawn possibly caused by an Allied cruise missile. It was not immediately known where the blast occurred. Meanwhile iranian president Hashemi a Sfanjani expressed dismay saturday at alleged Allied bombing of civilians in Iraq but said a key to ending the Gulf War was iraqis withdrawal from Kuwait. A Sfanjani met with iraqi envoy Saadoun Hamadi a member of Baghdad a ruling revolutionary command Council. It the president then summoned his supreme National Security Council to a meeting according to the news Agency. / _ the Council said in a statement that Iran will continue to exert efforts to end the War. A Bush Colls on nation to Pray mattresses in tents and others standing in formation outdoors. Many prisoners faces were visible. In contrast to iraqi broadcasts there was no immediate indication that the iraqi prisoners had been physically abused and the prisoners remarks were not recorded. A a a a. A Quot a a a. Also Friday . Television showed a separate videotaped segment of blindfolded iraqi prisoners being held aboard the Curts a . Guided missile frigate in the i persian Gulf. The iraqis were captured after their vessels were sunk last week. \ Luethold said he did not see that broadcast. _ i Luethold refused to reveal the contents of the red t. Ross messages citing regulations requiring confidentiality. He also would not identify who received the Mes sages saying Only that they had gone to a both warring  Quot. B but he said each nation has a responsibility to make sure its forces Are aware of the Geneva convention requirements even before a War begins. A formal agreement Between the United states and saudi Arabia gives the saudis ultimate custody Over or is of War taken by either country said army Brig. Gen. Pat Stevens in a Central come spokesman. A based on the culture and locations and saudi willingness to do that it just made a whole lot of sense for us to Luzv. Luu arrangement Quot Stevens said. A the Geneva conventions permit coalition captors to demand no More information of an  prisoner than his name rank identification number and Date of birth. But some iraqis have volunteered More Stevens said. On Friday . Army it. Gen. Thomas Kelly emphasized the .-led coalition s determination to treat iraqi prisoners fairly. A we would Lully expect the government of Iraq to treat their prisoners of War As we Are 1 Rea Ting iraqi prisoners of War which is in a full compliance with the Geneva conventions a Kelly said. Coalition forces have captured More than 630 iraqis. Washington apr president Bush invoked god and the memory of Abraham Lincoln As he asked the nation in a radio address saturday to Pray for the safety of american troops Protection for the pos and Tranquility for the souls of the dead. Bush noting that he had designated sunday As a a National Day of prayer a. Said in the prerecorded message a at this moment of Cesis May americans of every Creed turn to our greatest Power and unite together in a prayer. It a a a a a. A let us Pray for the safety of the troops a these men and women who have put their lives and dreams on hold because they understand the threat our world  Bush invoked the memory of Abraham Lincoln a and his anguish during the civil  a the turned to prayer saying a in be been driven Many times to my Knees by the overwhelming conviction that i have nowhere else to  a on Friday Bush spoke to military families on three bases in North Carolina and Georgia. He comforted wives of captured and missing airmen. After receiving what he called a warm reception he said at Days end a a in a going Home with my morale  a Aii old a jul la nor from Paget Quot until the War is Over.�?�. Quot about 70 iraqi boats have been reported attacked or sunk by Allied naval planes and helicopters most of them Over the  week As the boats streamed out of their ports. Naval officers had been puzzled by the sudden movement of iraqi s tiny Navy. V. Over t he past two weeks 89 iraqi warplanes Quot have to oven to Iran according to the . Military. Iranian late Friday the president visited his ailing 89-year old Mother Dorothy Walker Bush at her Winter Home in hobe sound fla., before flying directly to Maryland to spend the weekend at Caimp David the Mountainside presidential Retreat. Y addressing a cheering crowd of military families at pm it Quot Stewart pa., the president said operation desert storm a is night on  ? with virtually the entire Post Home to the 24th inf  shipped off to saudi Arabia Bush told an Audi enee made up mostly of spouses and children that he knew they were concerned about when the ground War against Iraq would begin. _ but he said a it will Only begin if necessary and when we decide the Tuge is right. We will conduct this conflict on our terms on our timetable not on Saddam Hus sem s timetable.�?�. Is Jeave an upbeat assessment of the wars Progress on Friday at fort Stewart and at Cherry Point Marine corps air station and Seymour Johnson fab both of which Are in North Carolina. A a at each Stop Bush spent considerable time shaking hands with those in the crowd kissing children and posing for photographs and videos. Officials say the planes will be impounded until the. Wars end. Hialit by authorities have said that the movement o Iai Cratt m,8ht represent a mass desertion by iraqi pilots or a strategy by the iraqi military to protect the planes from Allied attacks. A Ltd the hurts a Racli sailors were treated for or a tfx ,Vei?.ox punches and blankets while their h fu1-6 and Decd afterwards they were by -Nss,?1f�wed before Beins Aken ,0 and that Zhu a 8mys pretty dispirited cold and wet but there were no bloody wounds a said cmdr. Glenn Montgomery the curtsy Captain