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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 3. 1991the stars and stripes b Page 7engine problem pinpointed in plane crash Vienna. Austria apr Otti vials said sunday that an investigation indicated one engine of an austrian Airliner went into reverse thrust probably causing the crash Over i Bailund a week ago that killed 223 people. It was not. Certain w hat made the  the Lauda air Boeing 767-300 reverse thrust alter the Jet left Bangkok on a flight for Vienna last sunday. Previously there had been speculation that the plane might have been bombed but sunday s announcement pinned the Accident on technical failure. Airline owner Nikki Lauda said a review of the planets cockpit voice recorder revealed the pilots acted correctly As they struggled with the problem. A no Pilot in the world could have got world ten Tulve situation under  lie told a news conference m \ Lenna alter returning trom Washington where the crash was being Analysed. Quot the thrust reversal deployed Lor some reason m midair a Lauda said. A a 1 hat Means one  the other . ,. No one is yet sure Why the engine reversed and Why the problem was not overridden by inboard computers. Lauda said. / a 7. A 7. A Lauda said the recorder indicated an advisory Light the lowest of three Levels of warning lit up in the cockpit shortly before the Accident but that a voice was heard saying the Light was glowing intermittently. Quot a seconds later the voice of first officer Josef Thurner was heard saying a it de Plo de. A a Lauda said he look that to  the reverse thrust which is normally locked out during flight and onh used on the ground. ,. The flight recorder picked up the breathing of the pilots As they struggled with the plane and a couple of seconds later the sound of the plane  said. Lauda told the news conference that the flight data record was damaged and. Could not be used to Analyse the cause of the  he entire incident from the moment the first warning Light came on until the plane broke up. Took no More than a minute said Lauda himself  and a former three time formula one world Auto  Champu. Passengers could not have known what a was gome  added. It was not vet certain Winch of the two Pratt a Whitney pw4flol engines of the Boeing it had reversed. On . As investigators began pointing to engine failure As the Kelv cause of the Accident. Pratt a Whitney spokesman Bob cider my said m Hartford Conn a we have never had and problem with this engine. In 50 Vears a and 7 10 million commercial it flight hours we , had an engine Laflure that would cause a catastrophe like this  a a the plane blew up at about 11.add Teet. It was Over the Livai Pingle about 11 0 Miles Northwest of. Bangkok. Shootout causes troops to patrol in Yugoslavia from wire reports Belgrade Yugoslavia a Federal army troops in tanks and armoured personnel carriers patrolled villages in the Vukovan area of North Ern Yugoslavia on sunday after a shootout Between serbs and croats left three people wounded police said. The situation remained Calm in the Village of. Zremski Cakov i. Where the shootings took place. Saturday As both Federal and croatian police in. Vest gated the incident., 7 v 7 7 the shooting was the latest in a series of ethnic incidents in Yugoslavia s Croatia Republic that have left to least 21. People dead since May 2. No details were immediately available except that shots were fired saturday evening from cars travelling along the main Street of Zremski Cakov i a police official said. It a a pm 7 23 Graves damaged Ypres. Belgium Twenty the rec Graves of British world War i soldiers were damaged Over the weekend and police suspect a. Group of local youngsters is responsible officials said sunday. A  Are talking about youth Van Dalian hero but without ulterior political motives quo said Ypres police spokesman Dairy Tir Eite. ,. He said the 23 tombstones had been kicked and broken late Friday or Early saturday. The Graves Are part of the Ypres Reservoir cemetery in remembrance of British victims of heavy fighting Here during world War 1. -7theiste said police suspected a Quot group of youngsters Quot which passed the cemetery As they returned from a fashion show Friday night. No arrests have been made he said. Bombs cause blackout 7 Ati Lens Greece a two time bombs on Sun Day knocked out an electricity substation next to one of the capitals main Oil refineries causing a. Power blackout and minor damage but no injuries. A caller telephoned the Athens afternoon daily Elefther Otylia with a warning 10 minutes before the blasts. But the newspaper refused to say it any group had claimed responsibility for the attack. November 17, Greece s deadliest leftist terrorist. Group usually Calls the paper to claim Respo Sibili. To for its  police spokesman said explosions shortly after 5 . At Zynetta a Seaside Village 41 Miles West of Athens knocked out Power Lor four hours to the motor Oil refinery and sir rounding towns and villages. A a proposed luxury tax brought out hundreds of boaters in Venice in a massive protest on sunday. Quot a Venice Italy a p hundreds of gondoliers and other venetian Boatmen look to the grand canal sunday to protest a Quot luxury Quot tax on boats which ire the Lifeblood of this Lagoon City. Last ninth the1-Cabinet passed a package of so called luxury taxes either imposing or raising taxes on items ranging from portable telephones to shoes to 7four-vv Heel drive vehicles to boats. The  was to in crease revenues in Hopes of Chipping away at a budget deficit projected to soar to More than is 10 billion this year. A _. About 400 boats including scores of gondolas set out along the grand canal Venice s main a Street Quot from near St. Marks Square and sailed Down to the Rialto Bridge near the Palace housing City Hall. Mayor Ugo Bergamo was among the thousands of people who Rode the boats in protest. The decree a which parliament has yet to turn into Law provides for an increase in annual taxes on boats to,$6.25 a Quarter of an Inch of boat Iii Guh i lie Ocrie. Tian protesters want the tax to apply to the value of the boat and not its length. Besides the fabled gondoliers Many other venetians either make their living off boats transporting people or. Goods Boa to in Venice Sei a As tire trucks hearses ail ambulances among other functions As soon As the tax passage was decreed by the cab inel legislators began discussing was to modify it. Premier Diiulio Andreotti s top aide Nino crts Tolari. Watts quoted As saying sunday that the Gover Meiu docs 1 Rule out resorting to tying the package  to a Confidence vote in parliament where it has a co Torl Able  get it passed info Law. Queen working on Anne s divorce Case paper says London up1 a Queen Elizabeth ii has intervened in preliminary divorce negotiations Between Princess Anne and her estranged husband. Capt. Mark Phillips the sunday express reported. The Queen has warned the couple that any settlement must ensure that their 13-year-old son. Peter not be separated Quot from his father said the express quoting a source close to the Royal family. Phillips the target of a paternity suit by a new zealand woman and the Queen s daughter announced their separation in november 1969-Atter i years of marriage. I he express said financial be Foliations Are under Way in Advance of. Formal divorce proceedings expected to begin in september. Vone dispute centers on the 5 million Pound ss.75 million Gatcombe Park is _ late where Phillips lives it  Mark is very unhappy about being kicked out of Gat com be and is pushing for a financial settlement Ami visiting a rights to his  the source told the newspaper. A Peter is the Queen s first grandchild. And she has made it Clear that the happiness of the Conkli entrust bc7lakcn care of in the settlement. A aft could mean that Anne will have to Compromise because Peter absolutely hero Avo ships his lather and will in double div be upset 11 \1 Aik has to move 1 r Mijalli Imbe  
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