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Show r DAViS ccUfiTv cl r ;h ' t At ' DAV IS ; COUNTY CLIPPER, MAY 12, 1978 r a rrX. ' i V ur'C . sis Vx -- 1 .tu . . S'sf - f 'v I ft "V v , la, Photos by It f FRUIT HEIGHTS On Saturday 25 members of the salvage operation crew loi United Airlines waited at the base camp af the Davis County gravel pit m Fruit Heights for the 100 knot gusts of wind to die down so they could be lifted by helicopter to the crash site of a cargo jet But the winds continued during the morning, making salvage operations im possible 4t& Vfr 7 Slf A, '1 ''' , f'4 kf . jw?s . - , i, w" ; ' K ' I iM I .. 7 -- f V - v ,'' - r J 4 V " V,I h . airuaft is f s ON j ? rv" -' 4 , 4 f rf rv A V 1 X" X, " '..An " v C1 J V- V' "- - ' T V 5 . oV THE AREA has been posted and both the sheriif s office and airline officials urge people to stay awav from the site due to the danger of ihe jagged metal The area has been posted by the U S Torest Service U hen the crew went on the mountain last week tF were primarily interested in salvaging the mail which ihc. packed in flour and mail sacks to be t iken tu the Salt I ake post office Officials ihc re are dunged with the further dis tribution of the mail and any other pieces of mail which were still legible In most c ises the impact had broken the mail s it ks open Mr Dee said, but addresses on some pieces of mail were st ill legible According to Mr Gamble the plane cai lied about 1219 pounds of mail About bob to 700 pounds have been recovered i mercy n MONDAY u began p bunging hiper pin s the mountain with ah Gamble said parts hoiuontal stibiiii a tail of the ruft and u mg intact Some demolition y , the helicopter Iduo plane off the mout itikugeoll s of the v i i In lion. i rv he! rt s of c irgo he plar ed into a n , itk to the smelter THE CRFW which ty, to ( mountainside earW i nm Mi Hi iff. th , i eves will nd hauled i puts but have ible c i (( the ittogetlu ll1 t I t i tomb A. i o 1 five for this type of op ,i if Jrs, Mi Dee said n( i ' il diums are toss to the placed on the mourn ui3 u . T hi small site of the workers , pT ' , In ciews pieces ait ( aicfullv and plat ed in the di it All the men havi tj ger d edges of ram gear and bool t oi slow, the inti u make the im but every area of b ip on side will lx iwept i k tn ,K' e' K 4f E vdr i v ? f s, ' r jtV i k A A . v1a ill Q U k - n . t .L i I f: .va 4 rtL cry-A- A ; .v - r ,, kv ,v ;; j'j fc h s , V (, - ai i X A ty t? iiX.; .v5 iv it' rv. .5 , j Is t V ' ; iV . . fU s r Aj V wf s vfjr'T si . W Xs iu 1 y Jlv t y. ''s. IT r h n i r- Wa ,1 f iI i WHEN THE cargo plane crashed last December, killing three ciew members, it was in a holding pattern over the Salt I dke City airport At that time a crew was assembled ro bring dawn the instruments and voice recorders off the mountain The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the cause of the accident, weded to examine these in strunients Mr Dee said that the boaid has not yet issued a report on the cause of the accident The cargo and the aircraft itself was left until the West slope cleared of snow On Monday May 3a smaller crew worked to remove the mail until late the next afternoon when they were forced off the mountain due to rain and snow. The mountain was covered with snow and ram which made the salvage operation haxar dous i4 v sc Ir , of Ed's Pc tk 4 l' i 4 V 4 ' i w ' I f L filled w il mount mi v de th pri diet th 4 tme toe T ? , sale that t rows E I EARNED when we were here last winter that Lds Peak manufactures its own weather, Ralph Dee, director of the salvage operation, said But by Mon day morning tescue opeiations were in full swing while larger pieces of the DC-Saircraft, that crashed on Dec 18 were brought off the mountain When the workers began the salvage operation on May I, they had planned only to collect mail and attractive nuisances. Jack Gamble, manager of public relations for the northwest region said But one day later plans were changed when air line officials decided to go into a full scale operation since they discovered a field of shrapnel covered the hill He said the mountain side was a safety concern It's a miracle that no one has been hurt lT' During the time since the investigative crew left the crash sue in December until they returned last week, vehicles on panel from the Davis Countv Sheriff s Of hie (DC SO) have continued to patrol the area Lt Stan Tebbs said that three teenage rs wue arrr sted and t harged with trespassing They had hiked to the plane site and returned with their hack packs days plus to conduct on the west slope of Crews will comb ttj Fd s Peak until it is ,pl tss Mr Gamble said Plans are to coir the debris from the s when the snow men, there is a chance II i feet of snow btems By ROSELYN KIRK . y; .Me h M OFFICIALS expect that when thev reach the nmtheast side of the mountain that the job may be even more difficult since the area is more heavily forested The salvaee crews are hoping that thev won t have to cut trees They have also tested water samples boih in Januaiy and at the pusint time to see if there are traces of gasoline So far the tests have shown nothing Mr Gamble said tests will continue to monitor the area to see if there has been any contamination of the wa in i fcVEN though il i i I have had l t ifi expel lence, each m different and so Mr )n f assignments as th j j conducts the opt i r s nailers that havi Heights at the gi m pi Both men comm Davis County In it i . t dent c i s one of two o in hruit i t i Jit' people rt ws are lodged mm Fach day the persoi u Restaurani open up t an houi early no news must be on ti in ( it inn , i lot BUT SINCE the larper crews had been flown in from Honolulu, Chicago New Yoik Portland Los Angeles, Denver and San F rancisco on May 5 the decision was made to wd,t out the bad weather over the w - kf nd Mr Dee piidicts it will take K) MR. 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