Show f ' I 1 i IA The Sil!t Like Tnbune Thursda i 199 Jull 20 - L 1 - 7 t fIl ' 11''''''S 4 ) re' I i ft4 '""""'"4 - i1 k ik f - I ' V 1 n - i i : '''''' 1 ' th - fr 1 ' 1 a ' rh- - 1 4 ' - 1 - -- te ' 1 ': 4 : -- - '''"- ' —AssocraIPest The doomed United jetliner approaches its emergency landing at Sioux City's airport without any outmard hint of Crashes in Jumbo jet - said Mark Smith down the runwaya witness who said he was working about 1500 yards from the site He said the plane broke into -15000 different pieces Maj Rick Sorensen with the Iowa Air National Guard said he had just landed his plane when the jetliner crashed the Shortly before touchdosA n right tnc2 began to dip or began to roll and the nose began to fall to a position of approximately 15 to 25 degrees right bank and possibly 10 degrees nose low" he told CNN It was very apparent at that moment that he could not make a safe landing The only question would have been how disastrous a landing would it be It was a very disastrous land- landing the pilot came on and said that this may be more than a rough landing so do the best you can to assume the 'crash preparedness po- Continued From A I85th tactical fighter group said he Aas the first doctor on the scene about three minutes after the crash He had Just landed in another plane Ile said the living were scattered it'tiong the dead In one group of six scats a w sittim! in the middle was barely injured her husband beside her was and two behind her were said He said rescuers pulled out three of the that cre‘s alive SurvRor Charles Martz of Castle Pines Colo said there was no panic after the pilot announced there as engine trouble Then just beforu sition- "Suitcases paper mail clothes u ere laying all unfortunately people - said witness Ed over the runwayForst Still some people away from the wreckage Melanie Cincala of Toledo Ohio a passenger on Eight 232 said there v as a fire on the plane and a fireball -flashed past us- The plane burst into flames after she gut off she said 'We could see the plane tumbling Engines Had History Of Problems Records Show AP— OKLAHOMA CITY Aiar criZid Tit' be deter- Hokeyer mined Wednesday Lz11 uhetber the tail engine that expenenced the pre ious protlems as the same No 2 engine that A as on the e1 then it crashed Aleanvhile a passenger IA ho rode from Philadelphia to same DC-1Denver Wednesday morring said the plane had been delayed because of technical problems Ruth Dinsmore of Mount Laurel N J said passengers boarded the plane and it began to leave the terminal at Philadelphia International shortly after 10 am- when Airport -everything s9rt of shut offDinsmore said the pilot came on the PA system and said "a little gizmo" had gone wrong She said the plane taxied back to the terminal IA here the plane sat for about 15 minutes while the "gizmo" was being fixed a 3 w N f" a P ' t im""6""0"01Prflmwor-ms-wi- - : -- 71 ' in LI 1 0- - ! 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An unidentified survivor interviewed by KMNS Radio in Sioux City said that about a half-hou-r before the crash "there was a big loud noise that kind of shook the plane" The pilot said there was a problem the survivor said and the plane r circled for about a "while the pilots figured out what to do Then they said we were preparing for a crash landing" "When we hit the plane broke right in front of me It rolled over twice I think then it burst into flames" he said "I grabbed an old lady in front of me and a baby and I went out the plane Then I looked back and there were flames and I ran into the cornfield" Passenger David Lansberger told Cable News Network that passengers were mostly calm as the emergency landing attempt approached in part because they were expecting no more than a very rough landing "We really thought that we would just land and walk off" he said When the plane hit the ground I "there was noise evelywhere half-hou- There have been annual suggestions that the Utah parade is the nations third largest (after the Rose Bowl Parade and the Portland Ore Rose Festival) and that it draws nearly 250000 spectators "I've heard that but we don't claim it and I don't believe it said Mr Dunyon "I once figured we'd have to have people shoulder-toshoulde- r to 10 deep everywhere amount to 250000 And by what criteria do you judge size? There are a lot of parades bigger than ours Digger perhaps but few ifdny with more conversation pieces 1 just remember thinking This is what it is like to die' Martz a former Navy pilot who still often flies for his business said that when the problem developed the United pilot calmly told passer' gers that there was a problem with the right engine but the plane could fly "perfectly well" without its pow- er -- But I could tell it was worse than Martz said The pilot just before landing came on and said that this may be more than a rough landing so do the best you can to assume the crash preparedness position" Ron Rhode of Columbus said he was sitting with an boy Ben Radtke of Prairie View -The plane hit bounced and we ended upside down I let him go' Rhode said Rhode said he and and another passenger Danny Surue of Chicago threw the boy from the plane and then got out themselves Surue said "The boy was sitting by himself alone and they said we were going to crash so Ron got up and went over and sat by him" Ben was not hurt but he said he was afraid he was going to die The boy still wore his United Airline badge that" Days of '47 Officials Won't Let Politics Rain on Big Parade Continued From I troversy because Utah's top incumbents from US senators and congressmen to governors and mayors have been invited to join in the Pioneer Day lineup Mr Bangerter was speaker of the state House of Representatives so he came under that rule Still no one could remember when a state house speaker rode in the parade and two Democratic gubernatorial candidates didn't bother to ask to participate based on what they knew about parade rules Then there was the Native American ''1::al4 i 1111111101111110 i 7-- ' i '‘'''' 11111t ' —Irtune The popular Budweiser Clydesdales made their first appearance in the Days of '47 Parade in 1983 complete with 074 " iN A-- N i k t -- '4W' -- -- S'"‘: ' atra301SOICI f: '1 it1 --1 ti Irtj ''' ' 'k -- ' 4 e 4akk of I 1 11 1 't t-- ------ 4kx ' 7: Ell ' 137Z1(-- it e'''''ostAt l'kIfiyi 7 1 c1 14 4 - I 1 i v 14 4 i - d' k k i t 'ii 1'040 in- -- ' - i t r'"7"'"! L 1 - '' - ?4 '!:''''1 4' 13 ' e '''''i :"') )T0 i? : 4 14 ' 04 4- - 7 " ' out and then he n cluding 11 crew members on the United Airlines flight en route from Denver to Chicago when it crashed while trying to land at the airport in this western Iowa city Passenger Charles Martz 58 of Castle Pines Colo said the scene on the ground after the crash "looked like a battlefield Bodies were strewn all over the place Bodies had burns i 1 ' k ' ? thlo 41 -- '''''' t 4 " ' ''''' '" c''' I tr eA--- ' - — -- 441")44 e--- -''7 5 i in k!°a' t al half-doze- ran There were about 290 people - ba 4 - - '''' t 4ift i "''i 0600 4 Ii t" ) t ''''tiyo '41(0??" 1 4 k-- ' - 44 ! '74:eLII-1--01“---- t ' s 4 k 7?:1 I I - 3 to -- - 4 ' ' i: ' I I - i ? ti f4 it" et' 4it---- - l' ' ?4 ' ?? t 1' 1 'Si ii- t 1 voit' Si) I '''' a i ' i" 4' ' 04' 1'4 " 4 ' eiti 4 1C t - 't - 010 - 44- Marshall said he thought he helped a Chicago where the plane was due people waiting for Flight 232 were in a room guarded by airline personnel and police A clergyman was in the room Among the passengers of the plane were the two top officials of the Continental Basketball Association a league spokesman said Commissioner Jay Ramsdell 25 had not been - t 0 tion: ' et A er By Joe Ruff Associated Press Writer SIOUX CITY Iowa — Survivors told of terror and heroism as their struggled Wednescrippled DC-1day to reach an airport and then crashed and broke up while attempting an emergency landing -The plane came down It bounced twice flipped into the air and we were sitting there upside down and it began to fill up with smoke" said Cliff Marshall of Columbus Ohio who was returning home from Denver "Then God opened a hole in the basement Ithe bottom of the plane' and I pushed a little girl out I grabbed another kept pulling them out until they didn't come no more' -- '1"voll'irm""""0"1 rift Tr'0011P"""f IP s r"""it- rffrfi'71'S I '' Survivor Pushed Others Ahead Through a Hole 'God Opened' n 0' flare International Airport ! f0 t' Jr I I - ?'- - V - sA - f '' 1 N DC-1-1- Vsked about a survivor ho reported an explosion before the crash Nagin said he knew nothing beyond the report and that talk about sabotage was "only speculaAt -- i - -- b ran I t 1 I half-doze- - - k - accounted for early Wednesday but deputy commissioner Jerry Schemmel was among the survivors the spokesman said The airport has two active runways each 9000 feet long which can accommodate a plane the size of a DC-The area around the airport which is seven miles from downtown is crop land in corn soybeans and pasture with some trees 0 was delivered to The United in April 1974 Routine inspections had been conducted on the plane Nagin said No unusual weather was reported Wind speeds were clocked to 30 mph Sorensen said that while he was in the air he heard radio traffic from the pilot was that he The suggestion could turn only in one direction and he was not sure he could make the runway Then he turned left and headed for the southwest runway and everything appeared to be somewhat about normal" Then the right wing dipped The plane "bounced twice flipped into the air and we were sitting there upside down and it began to fill up with smoke" said Cliff Marshall of Columbus Ohio a passenger returning home from Denver "Then God opened a hole in the basement and I pushed a little girl out I grabbed another kept pulling them out until they didn't come no more Marshall said he thought he out and then he helped a FAA records obtained for The Associated Press by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association indicate that on Oct 7 1988 the No 2 engine overheated and shut down just after takeoff from 0Hare Airport in Chicago An inspection of the engine later revealed that a turbine blade had failed and broken free from the engines platform On Sept 30 1988 the No 2 engine also reportedly quit operating at 16000 feet because of "extensive high pressure and low pressure turbine damage" the report said The primary cause of the shutdown was a blade that separated at the blade root due to an -- ailing edge crack" the report said On July 20 1981 the report said the No 2 engine shut down due to vibration" An inspection revealed a broken turbine blade the report said The report also indicated problems with the other two engines on the plane On Sept 26 1986 the plane's No 1 engine was replaced after an inspection revealed a cracked second stage blade On Nov 13 1987 the report said the flight crew reported that the No3 engine vibrated and lost power after taking off from Los Angeles records indicate past matr prrihlems with the ta:I eriglre ci Airlines DC-- I 0 thai cTastied day as 0 attempted tc make an emerpecfp)e gency landing Ait±i aboard ND The jet s :Jr Cq 2 failed st pr:-i- r 11 the crz6h and the experienred -traiLc faIure Fedcomplete A trr:rv-7trati9raI spclesman Fred Farrar said 4 eve-m- g ing" DC-10- 's If :"4"sli Or— :: f - f - t all of Fire Apo e ' i Law—"Vo - t '''''''''' ' 161116inierigiONONOMwt110410&o:IVV trouble Seconds later though bursting flames mould spell disaster for Flight 232 which originated in Denser t 4 e '' - V I ii - I N I OW 4 'Y f ' ''' iY1 Af' f 11 t t I --- -- ) 14' i Utah" furor Last year the Salt Lake Indian Youth Clubs float was disqualified the day of the parade Reasons given say Native Americans were that the entry didn't look like a float that the vehicle pulling it was visible and later that buffalo and animal hides on the entry were inappropriate Our float was a lot like the one we entered the year before and that one won a prize said club member Doug Wallentine "I'm a Mormon but I think the parade committee tends to look down on Native American entries that don't have themes from the Book of Mormon (LDS sacred writ! "It's upsetting when white people can dress up like Indians but when Native Americans try to enter we're not allowed" Mr Harmon said officials disallow floats "if they don't stand up to standards of various branches of the parade committee and if they aren't what the applicants said they would be Its easy to get into the parade" he said "All you have to do is abide by the rules and standards of the committee" Like the mons ere willing to compromise in dividual or personal freedoms in the interest cif the community while most of America was becoming individualistic believing in personal control over all aspects of one's life" Mormons generated a fire storm five years after arriving in Utah when they formally announced that they practiced polygamy which until that time had been "an open secret" "Whenever a subculture's values are at odds with the main culture the group is subject to criticism and often persecution" said Mr May "That's why the Mormons came to modern-da- y parade Mor- mon pioneers themselves were con- troversial "Mormons were fundamentally a people whose value system was at odds with broader America at the - said Dean timeMay a Univ rsity of t'tah history professor !or Horse Parade Lists Winners The Days of '47 All Horse Parade committee presented trophies and cash prizes to the following individuals and organizations in Tuesday's parade: Riding Clubs (her 15 Horses: Silver Spurs Riding Club Riding Clubs Under 15 Horses: Utahns Riding Club Davis and Weber counties All Junior Riding Clubs: Coalyille Dustbusters Club I Open Costume Group: Utah Arabian Horse Club Vehicles: Intermountain Miniature Horse Club Sandy and Draper Horse-drawCarriages: Kathie Borman Horse-draw- n Wagons: Meadow Gold Dairies of Utah Show Wagon Elberta Utah Horse-drawt Wagons (more than two horses): Sagewood Ranches Stage lines Salt Lake Open Single Costume: Blaine Overson All parade and show horses sPecial certificate: BIP McHenry and 4' Glade Peterson 1 Pony-draw- n n n t |