European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 16, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7mechanics reassigned after plane crash Eagle Lake Texas apr a dozen maintenance employees who worked on a commuter plane the Day before it crashed and killed All 14 people aboard were temporarily reassigned investigators said saturday. The workers also will undergo routine drug testing. Forty three screws were missing from the leading Edge of the Continental express planets horizontal Stabilizer a Section of the Tail that keeps an air plane horizontal in flight. The screws were missing after Crews replaced the de icer Boot an inflatable attachment used to break ice off the Tail Jim Kolstad chairman of the National transportation safety Board said saturday. A there is a conflict in testimony Between individuals who claim they informed the next shift that work had begun on the left hand Side a Kolstad said. Workers from the second shift claim they had not been told he said. The brazilian made Embraer-120, on a in hour flight from Laredo to Houston crashed at Eagle Lake on wednesday. The horizontal Stabilizer is a piece that crosses the Tail. The leading Edge is a slanted area that allows air to flow Over the Stabilizer and Back to movable elevators slats that cause the air planet a nose to Angle up or Down. A a we re told by Embrer that they believe the loss of the de icer Boot would stall the Tail and would result in a severe nose dive a Kolstad said. Authorities were still searching for the 9-foot-Long Boot late saturday. In a prepared statement officials said the workers a involved have been suspended by the company from their maintenance duties pending the completion of the investigation and have been temporarily reassigned to non maintenance administrative duties at another company  Continental express Hasni to commented except to say it was premature to speculate on the cause of the crash. Kolstad also said evidence showed there was an inflight fire aboard flight 2574. Molten Metal was found on the stabilizers left Side and molten aluminium drops were found in the Cornfield where the plane crashed. Kolstad also said there was a failure of the Metal in the left Wing and the vertical Stabilizer. He said the right engine was thrown from the aircraft because of Metal stress. Leading lady of ufos will take last Bow Portsmouth . A after nearly 30 years of being the nations no. 1 ufos Abductee Betty Hill is retiring from Public appearances to discuss her a interrupted journey a partly because too Many flakes Are making ufos reports. It does no to faze her that Many people think she is one of the flakes with her tale of being kidnapped and examined by creatures from outer space. A a in a not affected one Way or another whether a person believes or does no to believe a she said. A sometimes i wish there weren to so Many who believed. I  get so Many phone  she has spoken around the world about what one and her husband Barney reported happened to them on the night of sept. 19, 1961, in new Hampshire a White mountains. After returning Home from a drive the Hills were puzzled by Bettye a Tom and stained dress Barneys scuffed shoes shiny spots on their car stopped watches a broken binocular strap and no memory of two hours of the drive. Under hypnosis three years later they recounted being kidnapped and examined by aliens. She still has the binoculars and torn dress. She also keeps a plaster bust of her kidnapper a one Calls him a Jun a _ a for. The following year a Boston newspaper obtained transcripts of the hypnosis sessions and ran front Page stories. A Book interrupted journey and a television movie later told their Story. The Hills helped set the stage for today so Tufo cult a said Philip Klass a writer and editor for aviation week and space technology Magazine. He has investigated ufos reports for 25 years but said he has never heard of a ufos report that did no to have an earthly explanation. Barney Hill died in 1969. Betty Hill now 72, has spent much of her time lecturing about their alleged abduction researching ufos and watching lights in the skies. She plans to leave the limelight after Betty Hill holds a plaster bust of a Junior a depicting the alien she claims kidnapped her and her husband on sept. 19,1961, in new Hampshire s White mountains. A ufos conference in Portsmouth this month marking the 30th anniversary of the encounter. But she Isnit perturbed by sceptics such As Klass. In his writings about the Hills Klass said he and the Hills psychiatrist or. Benjamin Simon concluded the Hills were frightened by a Bright Light probably Jupiter that seemed to follow them. Simon has since died. A but when it came to the Story about the alleged abduction Betty had Many Many More details and Barney had Only a few which suggested it was not a shared experience Klass said in a Telephone interview from Washington. He said Simon suggested Barney Hill Learned his account after hearing his wife describe vivid dreams she had of a ufos abduction. She denies telling Barney of her dreams. The two hours the Hills lost do not Surprise Klass especially because they drove onto Side roads in their fright. He said it would have been difficult for Betty Hill to accept that her experience was a dream alter telling people about it. Then came the Book and movie and a there was no turning Back for  meteorite drops in before Indiana boy s eyes Indianapolis apr Brodie Spaulding feels Lucky. Not Only did the 13-year-old find a meteorite he actually saw it land. And it missed him. The youth was standing in his front Yard in Noblesville about 10 Miles North of Indianapolis when the fist size meteorite plummeted to Earth about 5 feet away from him aug. 31. A i was amazed a Spaulding said. A it just happened All of a sudden. I heard a real Low whistling noise and saw a Rock laying there. A i feel pretty Lucky especially because it did no to hit  Spaulding said the meteorite was still warm when he picked it up. It was a dense and solid and kind of like Burnt  a Purdue University chemistry professor Michael Lipschutz said Spaulding is a rare witness to such an event. A Only about one of these Falls on every million Square Kilometres on the Earth a surface each year a Lipschutz said. The meteorite which weighs just Over a Pound will be sent to Johnson space Center in Houston for study Lipschutz said. Then he said he Hopes Spaulding will give it to the smithsonian institution. Glitch causes late launch of satellite a Cape canaveral Fla. Up1 the shuttle discovery a five member Crew launched a $633 million environmental research satellite Early sunday 35 minutes late because of problems relaying commands to the spacecraft. Ground controllers were unable to immediately resolve the trouble but engineers were confident it involved a procedural error not a mechanical or electrical glitch with the satellite and the shuttle Crew was cleared to proceed. Minutes later astronaut Mark Brown operating discovery a 50-foot-Long robot  released the 14,400-Pound upper atmosphere research satellite into space at 12 23 . Edt sunday to accomplish the primary goal of the 43rd shuttle Mission. Deployment of the spacecraft which is As big As a school bus was delayed because of an inability to consistently relay commands Between cars circling the Globe with the shuttle at 17,000 Mph and two Nasa communications satellites in orbits More than 22,000 Miles overhead. Orbiting 354 Miles up the satellite will study in unprecedented detail the Impact of pollution on the Earth a atmosphere and the depletion of the planets protective Ozone layer. Operating in an orbit tilted 57 degrees to the Equator cars will be Able to probe virtually the entire atmosphere including the Polar regions where chlorine from Man made chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons or rfcs cause a Ozone holes to develop. Ozone molecules made up of three atoms of oxygen Block cancer causing ultraviolet radiation from the Sun. But us rays break Down rfcs freeing chlorine atoms that in turn break up Ozone Moje Cules diminishing the Ozone layers ability to shield the surface from dangerous radiation. Data from cars will help scientists determine exactly what effect pollutants Are having on the Ozone layer and other atmospheric systems and what might be needed to prevent permanent damage. The satellite is the first in a series of spacecraft being launched by Nasa As part of Mission to planet Earth a Lon term program to study Earth a environment to find out How pollution and human activity in general Are affecting the planets biosphere. The project was budgeted at $740 million but it ended up running $30 million under budget. The satellite represents $633 million of the total Cost with the rest earmarked for data analysis and ground support. The astronauts plan to devote the rest of their five Day Mission to carrying out on Board experiments before gliding to a 2 09 . Landing wednesday on the Kennedy space centers 3-mile-Long shuttle runway