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Among those still discussing and analyzing the cause of the Lockheed Electra crash (63 dead) near Tell City, Ind. last month, there appears an ominous possibility: that the aircraft was torn apart in mid-air by a phenomenon which airmen and meteorologists have taken to calling CAT-for "clear air turbulence." If the theory proves to be true, pilots will have to find ways to keep their ships out of CAT's claws...
...disasters, the Tell City crash seems the most likely to have been caused by CAT. Otherwise, so far as is known, the worst that has happened is injuries to passengers, who got severely shaken. But jets are flying faster and higher, and when the jet stream is going their way, they make the best time by flying in it. So they meet more CAT and hit it harder...
...decided, would accede to a full ban for a year or two, provided that the Soviets would genuinely press for a crash drive to devise better detection, and would make further concessions on issues of inspection...
...Flight recorders must be installed to make a tape of the speed, altitude, functioning of the engines, etc. The recorders are encased in metal so that they would survive a crash, give investigators clues to the cause...
Federal Aviation Agency Chief Elwood Quesada seemed hardly more certain as to the cause of the crash. But the circumstances more than justified him in his weekend action of ordering speed limits for the Electra...