European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 3, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 11 dead 3 missing in copter Cozumel Mexico a " authorities searched wednesday for the Bodie of three american tourists who disappeared when a helicopter plunged into the sea apparently because of a Mechan ical failure. Ten other americans and the 1 Pilot were  helicopter carrying a Pilot and 13tourists, was one of two Bell 212s flying Back to a cruise ship from Mexico s you cat a Peninsula when it went Down tues Day afternoon in the Caribbean police said. The other helicopter landed safely. Brian Wilson a Volunteer for the  involved in the search said the helicopter reported mechanical failure shortly before it plunged into the 12-mile-wide Channel separating the Island of Cozumel from the Yucatan. There was no evidence of a fierce storm As initially reported by authorities he said. The bodies of the mexican Pilot an the 10 passengers were recovered quickly by boats from a nearby naval base and taken to a Cozumel morgue but three passengers had not been found by wednesday. Wilson said they were presumed dead. The helicopters rented by a local travel Agency had taken the tourists on a Daylong excursion from the ship to see mayan Indian ruins As they were flying Back from a Day at the ruins the helicopter radioed the control Tower at approximately 2 30 . Say ing it had mechanical failure. Shortly after that the helicopter plummeted into the Ocean Wilson said he said the bodies that had been re covered were still being identified and that names would be released after families were notified Only the Pilot has been identified so far he said. Cozumel is a favorite tourist haunt particularly for wintering americans. Wilson said the search for the missing three passengers could be hampered by fast Ocean currents. He said the helicopter plunged into the Channel about three Miles West of the is land Airport on Coz meps Northwest coast. Ramon Caracas Silva commander at Cozumel International Airport initially said fierce rain and wind developed As the helicopter approached land. But Wilson said wednesday that bad weather did not appear to be a Factor. The Costa romantic run by Cost cruise lines had left Miami on a carib bean cruise and docked at Playa Del car men a Harbor on the Mainland where the two helicopters picked up the Passen Gers. ,."/ the ship then moved to Cozumel where it planned to pick up the returning passengers naval authorities said. Cozumel is visited by More than 1,000cruise ships each year and helicopters Are a frequent Means of traversing the Yucatan s steamy Jungles to visit the Many Indian ruins dating to As Early As a.d.550. . A Force Cape Ron Beck left of Connellsville pa., with the 355th operations group uses a radio to direct b-52 bomber during an exercise tuesday in the kuwaiti desert designed to show muscle to Saddam Hussein. Kuwait a eight . A 10 Thunderbolt ii antitank planes flew into Kuwait on wednesday part of a Squadron promised by the Pentagon to help protect the emirate from Iraq. V sixteen More of the planes from Pope fab n.c.,were expected to arrive before the end of the Day according to a . Military source who requested anonymity. The source said the tank killers known As warthogs will stay in Kuwait As Long a needed to deter iraqi  the twin engine jets which Cost $8.8 million each flew into Ahmed Al Jaber air base about 46 Miles West of Kuwait City. The base was reopened this year following repairs from extensive damages inflicted on it by iraqi occupiers. You were Here for us during desert  we Are in need of support and you have re turned like a True and trusted Friend Brig. Gen Saber Sweidan commander of Kuwait s air Force said in a Brief ceremony at the base about 30,000 Allied personnel along with warships and combat aircraft were moved into the persian Gulf Region after iraqi president Saddam Hussein massed More than 64,000 troops near the Border with Kuwait last month. The iraqis retreated under pressure but Baghdad has yet to drop its claims to Kuwait or recognize the order demarcated by the United nations after Al lied forces evicted iraqi occupiers in february 1991. A los took part tuesday in a show of Force exer Cise by the allies in the airspace Over Kuwait and Southern Iraq. The warthog s Catling gun can fire3,900 rounds a minute and defeat an array of ground targets including tanks. Its other weapons include Maverick and sidewinder missiles. Duron to face trial in shooting at White House Washington a Francisco Martin Duran was bound Over for trial wednesday on felony charges stemming from a weekend Rifle attack on the Whitehouse. He was ordered held without Bond by a Magis trate who rejected defense pleas that no one was Hurt nobody was  Duran a 26-year-old upholsterer from Colorado Springs  underwent a cursory mental Examina Tion tuesday night prosecutors who had requested the exam said wednesday that they accepted Duran was competent to understand the charges against him. Duran was charged monday with four felonies Stem Ming from saturday s shooting at the White  investigators Are considering new information that might Lead to an additional charge of attempting to assassinate the president. No additional charge was filed at wednesday s hearing. _ the prosecutor called Only a single witness a super visor of the secret service to testify about the shooting which left pock Marks in the Obj Side Wall of he Whitehouse and shattered a window the supervisor special agent Tim Cahill said 27 rounds were tired. Did you talk to any secret service agent who observed the shooting on sunday Public defender Leigh Kenny asked Cahill who is a supervisor in the Washington Field of f ice of the secret service no i have not he  have not talked with any eyewitnesses no i have  after that Exchange Kenny said you Are giving us hearsay from some people who have Given you  later she told the to magistrate that we have hear second of third hand or fourth hand hearsay the 27 rounds were fired toward a building not person. Twenty seven rounds were fired and no one was injured. No one was Hurt nobody was harmed Kenny said. I . Magistrate Deborah Robinson rejected that argument and ordered Duran to stand trial. Earlier one official familiar with the investigation speaking on condition of anonymity said testimony from a least one witness and papers found in Duran struck have prosecutors looking at broadening the charges against him. David Miles a former co worker at the Broadmoor hotel in Colorado Springs told the associated press that Duran had said he was going Totake out the  among the papers Taw enforcement officials found were a map with the words kill the president but he abbreviated the word pres ident a Law enforcement official speaking on Condi Tion of anonymity said wednesday. Parents plead for boys return after tip fails Union . A the parents of two missing boys appealed for their re turn wednesday after the sheriff said promising Lead in the Case turned out to be fruitless. I am of the belief now that this is not going to affect our Case Union count sheriff Howard Wells said. The boys Mother Susan v. Smith who reported that her sons were Kidnap Ped during a carjacking last week said her sons Are missed and loved More than any children in this  our lives have been torn apart by this tragic event she said her estranged husband David by her Side. I can t sex Are wanted Bac asked people topless How much they  David Smith Pray for the boys. Susan Smith told authorities oct. 25 that her 3-year-old Michael and 14 month old Alex were taken by a Man who commandeered her car then ordered her out of it and drove off with the boys still strapped in their safety seats. Wells said a tip about the missing Chil Dren came in by phone Early wednesday from out of state. Explaining later How the tip did t payout Wells said the Call had concerned a child in Washington state who resemble done of the missing children