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Show DAVIS COUNTY MaY 12, 1976 Cl.i-i-u- Wi W MA V 1? 197S x StaST i N x ? kY V' X' C,x ! ,7 , s',N D . y J. M , 4 m ' i ; - LVi'v -- - rr.cTCt r n ri: x Vrrr- v- Lotos I 'v ' . t n V t r - WE LEARNED wh en we were here last winter that Eds Peak manufactures its own weather, Ralph Dee, director of the salvage operation, said. But try Monday morning rescue operations were in full swing while larger pieces of the aircraft, that crashed mi Dec. Is. were brought off the mountain. When the workers began the salvage operation on May 3. they had planned only to collect mail and attractive nuisances, DC-8- , x Jack Gamble, manager 'nVmV.' 7. j :4 $W f V ! dS-X- 50 r i f & :.v :- v V r vyis. ' ' ; ? .;'i;: ' ' . $ i '& If' n N 5r. im tD 7 5 , I -- f '?Sa & WHEN THE cargo plane crashed lad December, killing three new members, it was in a holding patten; over the Salt Lake City airport. At t ha time a crew was assembled to bring down the instruments and voice recorders off the mountain. T he National Transportation Safety Boaid, which is investigating the cause of the accident, needed to examine these instruments. Mr. Dee said that the board has not yet issued a report on ihe causo of the accident. The cargo and the aircraft itself was lest until the Wes! slope cleared of snow. On Monday, May 3 a smaller crew worked io remove the mail until late the next afternoon when they were forced oif the mountain due to ram and snow. The mountain was covered with snow and rain which made the salvage opera! ion hazar- cr' - At. v. .. , 'x v. ...' 2l Jjfc ? ." - w. , public relations r-- vmW- 7, of for the northwest region said. But one day later plans were changed when air line officials decided to go into a full scab1 operation since they disc o m rd a field t f shrapnel covered the hill. He said the n. "It's mountain side was a safely 'a miracle that no one1 has been hurt." :;j;:;:;s;.,l '. 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The (lews ate lodged m in ' r ill r, s', 'lie. at tl'.e Crossroads dav the perso'-T,v ' r crew first arrived to a.! ami other attractive nuisUMes, they planned to return later to sweep the lull. But tne danger of the Miveiotl utTniS mode it necessary' to t omplele the whole operation at the same time. Ihi northeast slope of the mountain has about a bO percent grade so the incline of the slope and the high altitude make ' V ' .P s- -- - if ir ' TJL dous. , .. BUT SINCE the larger crews had been flown in from Honolulu, Chicago, Nev, York, Portland, Los Angeles. Denver and San Frantisto on May T the Je ismi, was made to wait out the bad weather over the weekend. Mr. Dee predicts it will take in h'yi xX5p,l:r.:. (4 y 4 ",yx Z'Mt, J4 v. s x ;-- x . " ',:. K.. j; ' A , 'K-Sx- fr - ',') f 1 Vr f 4 ! L A.. 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'L4 V- - said tnat three ( 1 to - MCMlAT h meng i n g r a w llOi pui fi.i'r.ble sard oat " 'ooia! if Uk l ib t irn1 il'ta-,- t. CN s : i r'c.nx ,r , I attu charged with med to the plane ihfir Out k packs ' t n X on pa- u v sherd! s Uf- aiued to patrol the C - I he investigative Dei ettiDt ; until t wind to die down so they could be lifted by helicopter to the crash sue of a cargo jet'. ? s s"o - - v . :"!K a -, But the winds continued duitng the morning, making salvage operations impossible. -- 1 n FRUIT HEIGHTS - On Saturday 2n members of the salvage operation crew for United Airlines waited at the base camp af the Davis County gravel pit in Fruit Heights for the 100 knot gusts of t -- 1;V I days plus to conduct By ROSELVN KIRK X 'VC--- -.- - . x's,. fcs TAO M V&i |