European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 r the stars and stripes tuesday september 13,1994investigators recover engine parts Pittsburgh a Federal investigators have found three parts of a crashed us air Ieti a right engine that could indicate it was thrown into reverse while in flight. A flight Crew reported problems with the engines reverse thrust 2vi months ago. Aviation experts pilots and National transportation safety Board member Carl Vogt said that reversing engine thrust while a plane is airborne would be catastrophic. But Vogt said sunday that it is too Early to draw conclusions from the parts recovered from a burned out Ravine. A speculating about anything is very premature a Vogt said at a news conference sunday night. A a we re not entering our investigation  on monday hundreds of people filled a Square in downtown Pittsburgh and poured into adjoining streets for a noon memorial service for the 132 crash victims. A the sudden Downing of an air plane has touched us All a said Paul m. Kelly of the salvation army of Western Pennsylvania. Survivors of the victims sat in the first few rows Many of them crying As a priest read the names of the dead. Marina Raykin of suburban Monroeville came to the service to remember her husband Eugene. She said twas a change from sitting at Home waiting for Calls from us air about efforts to recover his remains. Crews hoped to begin moving wreckage monday from the crash site to a nearby hangar where they will try to reassemble parts of the plane. At the site workers began washing pieces of the air plane with soap and bleach As a disinfectant in Case the wreckage was splattered with blood that could transmit disease to recovery workers. A we think that when we lift the aircraft parts Well find More bodies a said Allegheny county fire marshal John Kaus. About 85 percent of the remains have been removed and it will probably take a couple of Days to Complete the Job Kaus said. A. A a a the Boeing 737-300 nose dived thursday night into a wooded area sue Miles Short of Pittsburgh International Airport killing All 132 people on Board. Investigators have recovered eight of the planets 12 thrust reversal actuators which control the thrust reverse is. Three of the actuators from the jets right engine a including two recovered sunday a a parishioner leads the congregation at the Westminster presbyterian Church in upper St. Clair pa., in prayer during a sunday service. The Church was attended by the five member Weaver family who died in thursdays crash. Were in the deployed position. It Wasny to Clear whether they were knocked into that position when the plane hit the ground at More than 300 Mph. A fourth actuator from the right engine was not deployed. All four actuators recovered from the left engine were in the proper position. Thrust reverser is a device on the Back of a Jet engine that changes the direction of the thrust that propels air planes. During landings the reverser is closed across the rear of the engine so the hot exhaust is deflected Forward to counteract the air planet a Forward motion. Passengers can hear the process As a loud Roar. A the thrust reverser could flip the plane Over in a heartbeat a said a Veteran Pilot from american airlines who spoke on the condition of anonymity. A at that Point you re not even dealing with an air plane. You re dealing with something falling out of the  Nance an air safety analyst in Seattle and 20-year commercial airline Pilot cautioned that a this Impact was so horrendous and the scattered parts so thoroughly hashed up that no conclusion right now no matter How obvious it might seem can be relied  the airline ran a full Page letter of sympathy to victims relatives and friends in mondays edition of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. The airline also thanked hundreds of emergency workers at the crash site. Records from june 28 show that a Crew flying the 7-year-old plane reported difficulty putting the right engine into reverse Vogt  reverser was lubricated and part of twas replaced july 3, he said. Thrust reverser systems on Boeing 737s, 747s, 757s and 767s have been a concern since the May 1991 crash of a 767 in Thailand that killed 223 people. That plane operated by Lauda air of Austria went out of control after its left Side thrust reverser activated. A two year investigation failed to determine Why that engine  s drowning ruled an Accident by the stars and stripes the death of a senior airman from the air Force special operations come at Raf Alconbury England has been determined to be an Accident. Senior airman Michael r. Miller jr., 22, an aircraft maintenance specialist with the 7th special operations so at Raf Alconbury accidentally drowned according to an autopsy. His body was recovered from the River Edh near Troncin Slovakia. According to an Raf Alconbury spokeswoman Miller was alone and off duty at the time. Miller had last been seen at about 1 45 . On aug. 23. After being notified of his disappearance later that afternoon slovak police and military forces began searching for the missing airman. Slovak Media assisted in the Effort showing his photograph on television am giving news bulletins in newspapers and Over in radio. The 7th sos was in Slovakia taking part in an unclassified training exercise involving joint . Army and air Force elements and the slovak military. Spouses from Page 1 approximately Lude 15-hour courses will in a a level i up to five years acronyms Courtesy Chain of command expectations and Mission. A level ii five to 10 years leadership management skills communication family separation group benefits and entitlements. A level Iii 10 or More years effective communication workshop planning and group conflict management. The program comes at a time when the army is trying to change the mind set that the service is obliged to take care of personal family needs. The new attitude is that the army will provide soldiers and their families with information that will empower them to make their own lives better. Some Young families do not even know that they Are entitled to use the commissary said maj. Angela Manos a strategic planner in the office of the army chief of staff. Manos a some done to know to ask a and Many Young army spouses a a done to have a clue about the demands of army life said Manos who also addressed the group. Often military services that Are delayed Are ones that Are denied. In fact Manos said the army cannot always meet expectations on medical dental or housing services. And As far As providing those services she said a we never could a we just said we  Many Young enlisted families have unofficially trained themselves to survive said Wilhemina Mckinney the wife for 22 years of the army in Europe a command sgt. Maj. Gene Mckinney. A a ready family makes a ready Soldier a said Wilhemina Mckinney who Heads the training program for Europe based families. A if it ainu to broke done to fix it a she added using another adage. A operations desert shield and desert storm proved that something was broke a during those operations Many army spouses found themselves floundering on a foreign continent when Europe based troops deployed to yet another continent. Manos said the army has been disappointed for years that programs it poured Money into such As army Community services turned sour. People came to expect that the army was obliged to solve troubles such As finances family abuse Aid shaky marriages. Further there was a negative stigma attached to soldiers who sought Helpa ready family makes a ready  a Wilhemina Mckinney. From some counselling services. Commanders looked upon them As a dirt balls who did not take care of their families Manos said. The mistake she said is that the army focused on Why soldiers were in trouble or left the service. Today the focus is on healthy families and Why they do Well. The army will encourage spouses and other family members to attend the family team building sessions. Initially there was a movement to make the program mandatory. But civilian spouses Are too smart Tilelli said. They would just say a you can to make me do anything. A a it a nothing we re forcing you to do a she said. A a it a something that once you get a Small taste of it you la like  the length of the sessions will be tailored to fit Community needs. The classes will take place in chapels education centers at family support group gatherings or in Peoples Homes. Free child care will be provided and nursing mothers May attend if the babies Are quiet Tilelli said