European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. December 29, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 3ice May have caused Jet to crash land Stockholm Sweden apr shattered ice May have caused engine damage that forced an Sas jetliner to crash land with 129 people on Board government investigators said saturday. No one was killed in fridays crash of the Mcdonnell Douglas twin Turbofan md-80 that crashed shortly after Takeoff. Most of those aboard walked away from the wreckage 42 were injured several seriously. The civil aviation authority investigating team also said a Mechanic had failed to follow routine procedures for checking for ice on the wings. The commission said the Mechanic had not Felt the wings with his hand for invisible ice layers before giving the Pilot the go ahead to take off from Stockholm a Arlanda in Rasmussen Ter National Airport on the flight to Copenhagen Denmark. The planets final destination was Warsaw Poland. A Nice could have broken Loose and been sucked into the engines. This cannot be excluded a Olof Forssberg head of the investigation team said at a news conference. Forssberg said final conclusions on what caused the damage could not be made until the engines had been studied. Forssberg said the airline owned by the swedish danish and norwegian governments had been notified of the preliminary findings and had already increased controls of de icing procedures. He said a study at the crash site revealed damage to both engines. He also said that investigators found some engine parts scattered up to 1.2 Miles from the plane. Sas officials had said immediately after the crash that icing could not have been a problem because the flight was delayed for 18 minutes for the automatic spraying of an anti icing liquid. The danish Pilot Stefan Rasmussen said at a news conference Friday evening that he was sure the plane had been de iced because the mechanics had told him so. Three minutes after Takeoff from the Airport 28 Miles North of Stockholm both engines failed Rasmussen reported. He tried to restart them and failed then tried to find a place to guide the plane Down As safely As possible from 2,000 feet in thick Clouds. A worker paints Over the Sas logo on the Tail Section of the twin in inc md-80 that crashed into a held Friday. Rasmussen said that once he realized he had lost Power he had Only seconds to scan the Forest and Farmland for a Clear place to land. The aircraft skidded across a Frozen Meadow split into three pieces and ground to a halt just Short of a Forest. The right Wing landed in the Woods the body broke open and seats spilled out. But the plane did not catch fire. Earlier saturday information from the planets flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were handed Over to the investigation team said Sas spokesman Mauritz Ljungberg. Don Hanson a spokesman for Douglas aircraft the Long Beach  commercial aircraft division of Mcdonnell Douglas corp., said the company had sent one investigation specialist and would Send More As warranted. In addition Sas set up a special Telephone line to gather information and observations from passengers who were on the plane. Officials said it was a Miracle that no one was killed in Friday s crash. A i am very Happy that we managed to land without deaths Rasmussen said. A i have talked to my family and i think ill Start a new life  Rasmussen a description of gliding the plane indicated that he had lost Power in both engines. Sas said it acquired the aircraft in april. The company has 58 md-80-series jetliners and has used them since 1985.Charity worker gets five Days in jail for dui London Lipi a a part time Charity worker was ordered jailed for five Days and fined 3370 for driving a car after drinking four glasses of wine at a party during a National anti Drunken driving Campaign. Penelope Clasper a first offender had consumed almost twice the Legal alcohol limit before police stopped her and gave her a breath test in London on dec. 11, the court found Friday magistrate Penelope Long also banned the wealthy Mother of two from driving for 15 months. A there has been a nationwide drink drive Campaign and it seems incredible that a lady of obvious intelligence should be unaware of it a Long said. A i have a duty to the Public especially at this time of the  defense attorney Victoria Williams said Clasper 43, drank the wine at a Bridge party and Felt deep regret about it. Clasper spent 2vz hours in jail after being sentenced before she was released on bail pending an Appeal against the sentence. Williams said Clasper who lives in the prosperous Kensington area had been under pressure after her business failed earlier in the year and said she had been on anti depressants the night she drank the wine. Williams also told the court that a driving ban would hinder her Charity work and prevent her from driving her children to and from boarding school. The magistrate said she was Only granting bail because there were no High court judges free at this time of the year to hear the Appeal. On monday Long sent another first offender 42-Ycar-old Andrew Tolstoy of London to jail for one week after convicting him of Drunken driving. The daily Telegraph reported that after hearing Clasper a sentence another Man accused of Drunken driving disappeared from the court before his Case could be heard. The court Jailer police Constable Dick Bracken suggested to Long that Peter Krause May have fled rather than face a similar punishment. The court issued an arrest warrant for Krause an unemployed labourer. Krause 30, is alleged to have been driving while being three times Over the Legal  Banning leaded gasoline Sacramento Calif. A leaded gasoline will soon go the Way of the Dodo Bird in California. Starting new years Day Only unleaded Gas can be sold in the state. It is the last step in a 10-year Effort by the state air resources Board to reduce the Lead in gasoline state officials said at a Friday news conference. However the nearly 1 million Drivers of older cars that still use leaded gasoline wont notice much difference. That a because the Lead Content of regular gasoline has been gradually reduced Over the years. Skit about Anita Hill rebuked As being racial by the new York times Newark . A the president of new jerseys minority bar association Friday called a county bar association a racially insensitive for holding a Christmas show in which a male lawyer in blackface and a curly haired wig played Anita Hill singing old Man River. A a we re outraged a said Karol Corbin Walker president of the Garden state bar association which has about 400 members. A it shows an insensitivity that we Hope by showing our displeasure wont happen  at Issue is a skit performed before 300 people a four of them Black a during the Monmouth county bar associations annual Christmas show on dec. 19 in West Long Branch . The association has 1,400 members. In the skit the lawyer in blackface spoke in what Walker described As a an aunt Jemima accent to portray Anita Hill the University of Oklahoma Law professor whose charges of sexual harassment against Clarence Thomas riveted the nation during his confirmation proceedings for a seat on the . Supreme court. The president of the Monmouth county bar association Larry Cantor offered apologies saturday for the skit. A the show is not meant to offend anybody though it pokes fun at everybody Quot Cantor said. A if there were people present who were offended i would like to say in a sorry for  an association member who attended the show and requested anonymity said Many in the audience were shocked by the skit. And Walker who was not there said she was told the show included at least one other racially insensitive skit. The skit in which performers discussed the casting of local judges for a drama suggested that the county a Only Black judge Lawrence Lawson be assigned to play a Lawn jockey for the county a assignment judge Alvin Yale Milberg. A again we find that Type of conduct to he offensive Quot Walker said. A that was inappropriate humor. The overtones of the Christmas show were degrading and embarrassing. In a told there were a lot of derogatory comments with regards to  the lawyer who performed in blackface Geoffrey m. Grce Nerg of red Bank could not be reached for comment Friday despite repeated Calls to his office and Home. The head of the shows entertainment committee Barth Aaron was out of town and could not be reached his office said