European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Sfa Sand of pipes vol. 53, no. 146 500 saturday september 10,1994 r d 8693 a learn f rom air tragedy Sorne say. V a .-.-. / -.  r a / i.  a-. A by Dave Melancon and Doyle t1llman staff writers comrades of the Gie Belstadt Germany soldiers killed in the april 14 Friendly fire incident in which two american f-15s shot Down two . Army helicopters say they Are not looking for revenge but Hope military aviation can learn from the tragedy. Public reaction was mixed Friday to news that the air Force has charged f-15 Pilot it. Col. Randy w. May of the 53rd fighter so at Span Dahlem a Germany with 26 charges of negligent homicide and two charges of dereliction of duty in the incident. All 26 people aboard the Black Hawk helicopters died in the Downing Over Northern Iraq. Five members of the airborne warning and control system radar plane that oversaw the action also will face dereliction of duty charges. No announcement was made on charges against the second of the two f-15 pilots who took part in the  ,. The indictments Are aimed at comforting the family members of those killed and satisfying the civilian Community said 1st it. Gregory Mogavero an army helicopter Pilot assigned to co a 6th in 159th aviation regt. Many of the helicopter Crew members killed in the crash were from the same unit. I am More interested How we can find things from this Accident that can help us with future joint operations Mogavero said. Another Gie Belstadt Pilot who asked not to be identified said members of the unit empathize with the pilots. They understand How an Accident such As see air on Page 3 132 killed after Jet plummets Pittsburg Hisle rational Airport Aliquippa a. A the jetliner banked to the right rolled a few times and nose dived into a Ravine. There was a muffled Boom then the evening sky turned Bright with flames As a Black Cloud of smoke mushroomed into the air. It was just coming straight Down said one person who saw the us air Jet liner crash at 7 19 . Thursday All 132 people aboard died when the Boeing 737-300 dropped from the sky on a Clear windless evening As it approached Pittsburgh International Airport. It was the deadliest crash in the United states since 1987 and us air s fifth fatal crash in As Many years. Witnesses described a gruesome scene of body parts pieces of plane and bag Gage strewn everywhere in a Clearing on the heavily wooded Ravine. All we saw was body parts hanging from the Trees said Denise Godich a nurse who was one of the first at the scene. There were people everywhere. You could Justice parts of  the plane carved out a huge Crater in a stand of Trees and shattered into count less Small pieces. Only the plane s Tail remained intact. It s just a horrifying scene of destruction said gov. Robert p. Casey who surveyed the scene from the air friday8 morning. Us air flight 427 originated in Chicago and was to Stop in Pittsburgh bef6re continuing to West Palm Beach Fla. Jason Moka a 10-year-old who was witness says it was a nose dive straight Down history keeps repeating itself for us air playing soccer a half mile from where the plane went Down said its engines seemed to sputter before the crash. The Crew radioed the Airport Tower when the plane was about six Miles away and there was no indication at that time of any difficulty us air said in a statement Friday morning. Among the victims was 43-year-old Alan Sefcik of North Franklin township Southwest of Pittsburgh. Sefcik was re turning from a business trip to Chicago said his wife Jane. He was a business manager of a paint company i be Only had my dad for seven years. I wish he could have been Here longer 7-year-old Tom Sefcik said Friday morn ing when told of his father s death Jane Sefcik recounted by Telephone. The Cou ple married 21 years also has two teen age sons. Firefighters fought their Way to the scene through Trees and Down Treacher Ous terrain thursday night but there was no Road to transport heavy vehicles. Crews began cutting a Road into the Rocky wooded site at Daybreak Friday and As of mid morning a team was waiting for clearance from investigators to begin the search for remains. Refrigerated trucks waited to bring bodies to a Tempo Rary morgue at the Pittsburgh Airport. A downpour Friday morning was expected to make removing the remain seven More difficult. Investigators hoped to gain some clue from the plane s Black Box which records see Jet on Page 2 a non weighs timing of haitian ultimatum . Marines in riot gear stand guard atop the . Embassy in port a Prince As haitians rallied thursday. By the los Angeles times Washington president Clinton plans to Issue a Public ultimatum to Haiti s military leaders to step Down or face a . Invasion but not just yet officials said thursday. Clinton and his top aides reached a general Consen sus in favor of sending an ultimatum during a White House meeting this week but they Are still considering when and How to do it. Although the officials refused to say when the ultimatum might be sent their comments indicated that any military action in Haiti is several weeks away a least. These Are All measures we might take at the end of the line and we re probably not at that Point Yex on senior official said. A probable course one official said would be to Send the haitians a private message first through . Diplomats in Haiti intelligence agents or indirect contacts followed by a Public ultimatum with a Short deadline perhaps As Short As 24 or 48 hours. " we might give them a Little time to think about it a very Little time one official said. We be been warning them for three years now so they should t need  the private message another official said might in clude a Concrete offer to the top haitian military offi cers of Safe transportation into exile for themselves and their families. Officials gave two reasons for giving the haitian leaders a final formal warning to increase the Chance see haitian on Page 2