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...report," said the President, "that it appears that in a proper defensive action by the U.S.S. Vincennes this morning in the Persian Gulf, an Iranian airliner was shot down over the Strait of Hormuz. This is a terrible human tragedy. Our sympathy and condolences go out to the passengers, crew and their families." At 1:30 p.m. a tense and obviously tired Admiral William Crowe, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, strode into the Pentagon briefing room to deliver the shocking details to the waiting reporters. He explained that the Vincennes had fired on the plane only after...
...runway, and seemed to sink gently into the forest. It came to rest in one piece, but a spreading pool of jet fuel ignited and engulfed the plane. Even so, the chief steward and three flight attendants stayed with the craft, evacuating passengers on inflatable emergency chutes. The crew's heroism kept casualties remarkably low, but three people were killed and about 90 injured. The plane was a total loss, recognizable only by its red-white-and-blue tail section...
Computer-controlled jets are attractive to the airlines at least partly because of their low operating costs. The gadgetry of the A320 eliminates the need for a third member of the cockpit crew, creating a cost-cutting advantage for airlines struggling for profits in the age of deregulation. Airbus also boasts that the plane is 40% more fuel efficient than older, comparably sized models like the Boeing 727 because of its lighter weight and streamlined profile...
BESIDES providing compensation for relatives of the victims of this tragedy as an expression of our grief and sympathy, the most important thing for the United States to do now is to come up with a credible strategy so that Navy captains are not forced to either jeopardize their crew or feel obliged to shoot at planes before they have time to identify them. But that's a point of relative detail...
...comparison--at least to explain why Captain Will C. Rogers III shot at the mistakenly-identified aircraft--is the U.S.S. Stark tragedy of just over a year ago. In that incident, Capt. Glenn R. Brindel failed to respond to Iraqi planes attacking his ship, and 37 members of his crew died as a result. After an ensuing investigation, Brindel was forced to retire from the navy...