Delta Flight 1141 Crash Focuses On Flap Position
NTSB investigators flag flap indicator handle found up in cockpit, suggesting improper wing flap setting may have contributed to the Dallas takeoff crash. Pilot reports of engine trouble and a white flame were noted as crews work through cockpit tape and flight data. Thirteen died, 95 survived. most perished from smoke and trapped exits.
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Lee Dickinson
Washington Laboratory
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Delta Flight 1141 aborts takeoff after uncanny sound
Delta Flight 1141 halted its takeoff at Dallas Fort Worth after a thumping noise echoed what occurred in Wednesday's crash. No injuries were reported though survivors aboard the Utah bound flight recognized the eerie parallel. Passengers transferred to a substitute jet. some canceled trips.
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Jerry Galloway
Ronald Wayne Black
Galloway
Colleyville
Texas
Delta
PEN lists AP correspondent Terry Anderson among writers imprisoned
PENs Writers in Prison report says Terry Anderson and more than 300 writers are jailed worldwide. The release, at PENs congress in Seoul, notes 305 writers in 29 countries denied freedom of expression and vows continued anti censorship efforts.
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International Association of Poets
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Lebanon
Pearl S. heroism at Delta 1141 crash near DFW
Ronald Andy Dyer 38 of Pearcy Arkansas helped carry a fallen passenger to safety at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport after Delta Flight 1141. He carried her piggyback for part of the way with burned hands requiring hospital surgery. He refused hero label despite witnessing another passenger struggle to open a jammed hatch as flames raged. He was en route to a wildfire assignment near Libby Montana with the U S Forest Service.
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Andy” Dyer
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Dallas-Fort Worth International
Two Americans among dead in Ramstein air show crash
At Ramstein Air Base West Germany 49 people died after three Italian jets collided and one crashed into the crowd An American private Genevieve Riggs and her 9 year old son Joshua Frymyer were identified among the dead Also named were Sgt Myron Riggs severely burned and the Frymyer family from Lewistown Pennsylvania The incident lowered the earlier death toll from 52 to 49
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Salvation Army Civic Dinner Scheduled in Elyria
The Salvation Army announces its annual civic dinner for Saturday September 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Tavern on the Mall Party Center Griswold Road Elyria. Tickets cost 13.50 with reservations due by Tuesday 3 p.m. Call 323-2026 for details.
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Salvation Army
Griswold Road
W. Broad St
Nine held in Zia crash probe at Islamabad Airport
A newspaper reports ISLAMABAD nine suspects including an air force squadron leader were arrested at Islamabad Airport in connection with the Zia ul-Haq plane crash. The investigation focuses on sabotage with no charges yet filed and U.S. teams aiding inquiries.
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Pakistan
Mohammed Zia ul-Haq
Jang
U.S
UN chief leaves Iran Iraq talks as envoy takes charge
In Geneva the UN secretary general suspended efforts and placed Swedish diplomat Jan Eliasson in charge while signaling a return if progress resumes. Iran and Iraq accused each other of ceasefire violations though observers noted only minor issues resolved. The war has claimed up to a million lives and talks focus on troop withdrawal navigation rights and Shatt al Arab control.
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U.N
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Iran
Iraq
Jan Eliasson
Sweden
New York
Perez de Cuellar
Lisbon
Shatt al-Arab Waterway
Bakker poised to return to PTL air as sale proceeds
PTL founder Jim Bakker could be back on the air by September 9 after a bankruptcy trustee says he will sign a 165 million buyback deal to reclaim the ministry he lost in a sex and money scandal. Skeptical PTL Pastor Sam Johnson vows resignation if Bakker resumes control.
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PTL
Jim Bakker
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Red
Sam Johnson
Peters
Johnson
Ford plans expansion land and zone approval in Lorain County
Ford exercised options on more than 100 acres west of the plant as Lorain County commissioners approve a four community enterprise zone including Sheffield Avon Lake Sheffield Lake and Avon to support an expansion. State Sen. Alan Zaleski questions timing while workers and officials say they are kept in the dark about seven months of process. The joint venture aligns with Ohio Truck Works to create a full line assembly plant, a plan first raised in the mid 1970s and pursued again after 1977 land options and later setbacks.
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Lorain County
Sheffield
Alan Zaleski
D-Elyria
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