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...danger is not solely the fault of the little planes: in the San Diego crash, federal investigators blamed the P.S.A. crew for failing to keep the smaller craft in view. Still, the scary mix of traffic over a center like Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) may be even more hazardous than it was eight years ago. Says one 747 captain: "You get below 10,000 ft., and it becomes almost suicidal not to devote a tremendous amount of attention outside the cockpit. I can't tell you how difficult it is to pick up a small airplane...
Most small-craft pilots shun the "birdcages" around major airports whenever possible. William Kramer had no such choice: he took off from Torrance Municipal Airport, just ten miles from LAX, and was heading across the city toward Big Bear Lake, a resort area some 90 miles to the east. Kramer, who had moved from Spokane to the affluent Palos Verdes Peninsula early this year, had been licensed to fly for six years but had logged only 231 hours in the air, most of them in Washington's relatively uncrowded skies. On the fateful Sunday morning, Kramer reportedly bought...
...daughter took off to the northwest toward the Pacific in the four-seat Piper that he had purchased three years ago for $33,000. He then banked to the right and headed eastward toward Big Bear Lake. At that point he was in a sector far enough from LAX to avoid the controlled space if he kept his plane below 6,000 ft. Tragically...
...next day, fearing another bloody melee, officials at the Hollywood Palladium canceled a Run-D.M.C. concert. The band, however, blamed lax security for the riot. Joseph ("Run") Simmons, 21, who with Partner Daryll ("D.M.C.") McDaniels became the first rap artist to produce a platinum album (1 million copies sold), defended his group. "Rap music has nothing to do with crack or crime," he said. "Check my lyrics. I'm a role model for kids, and I go out of my way to give them a positive message...
...greater acceptance of the 'rape myth' in its broader sense -- that women enjoy being coerced into sexual activity, that they enjoy being physically hurt in a sexual context." The commission was less certain about material it labeled nonviolent but "degrading"; such items, it said, foster a similarly lax and accepting attitude toward rape, but do not necessarily arouse violence. A third category, erotica that is neither violent nor degrading, proved to be the most problematic; the commission acknowledged that there was no evidence to suggest it promotes violence, but did say that "none of us think the material in this...