European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 29, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3 survivors help sought in swedish crash Gott Rora Sweden map a investigators reviewed flight recordings Ana asked passengers to Telef it hone in saturday to Nelp determine Why an Sas Jet Iner lost Power on Takeoff and crash landed with 129 people aboard. The planets manufacturer Mcdonnell Douglas sent a specialist to assist in the investigation. Officials said it was a Miracle that no one was killed in fridays crash of the md-80. Most of those aboard walked away from the wreckage 42 were injured several seriously. The aircraft was bound for Copenhagen Denmark and Warsaw Poland. It crashed three minutes after Takeoff from Stockholm a Arian a Airport 28 Miles North of the City after the Pilot reported trouble with both engines. Officials initially said ice Likely played a role in _ the crash but the Pilot Rasmussen later said the planets wings had been de iced before Takeoff. Another expert speculated that a fuel line blockage could have caused the engine failure. Information from the planets flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were handed Over saturday to an investigation team from the civil aviation authority 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. A a it a too soon for us to have any idea of what May have happened there a Hanson said late Friday by Telephone from California. A we certainly recognize that the Crew did a marvelous Job of bringing that air plane Down and we re very glad that there were so few injuries and no fatalities a he added. In another facet of the investigation Sas set up a Telephone line to assist people who had been aboard the plane and to gather information they might be Able to offer. The Pilot 14-year Veteran Stefan 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. A worker paints Over the Sas logo on the Tail Section of the twin engine md-80 that crashed into a Field Friday. He told reporters that he tried to Glide As far As possible to slow the plane Down. One minute before Impact still travelling at 150 Mph he alerted the passengers and Crew to Brace themselves. The aircraft skidded across a Frozen Meadow and ground to a halt just Short of a Forest. The right Wing landed in the Woods the body split into three pieces and seats spilled out. But the plane did not catch fire. A i am very Happy that we managed to land without deaths Rasmussen said. �?o1 have talked to my family and 1 think ill Start a new life  Rasmussen a description of gliding the plane also indicated that he had lost Power in both engines. But officials of scandinavian airline systems said that would be very unusual. A the Way he set Down the aircraft indicates the Pilot was actually flying the aircraft to the end not gliding Quot said John Tulin chief of Sas flight operations in Stockholm. His comment suggesting that at least one engine May have been functioning was made before Rasmussen a news conference. Sas said it acquired the aircraft in april. The company has 58 md-80 series jetliners and has used them since 1985. Swedish aircraft expert Erik Uddenberg Aid it is one of the worlds most used aircraft with about 2,000 in service. On aug. 16,1987, a Northwest airlines md-80 crashed shortly after Takeoff from Detroit killing 156 people. Investigators said the Wing flaps had been incorrectly set although engine failure was initially suspected. Charity worker gets five Days in jail for dui London up a a part time Charity worker was ordered jailed for five Days and fined $370 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 2vi 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-year-old Andrew Tolstoy of London to jail for one week after convicting him of Drunken driving. The daily Telegraph reported that after hearing clasp re 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 Quot 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 Woula 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 Winch 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 y ale Milberg. A again we find that Type of conduct to be offensive a Walker said. Quot 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. Greenberg 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