Word: mishaps
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...Poland's Kolobrzeg air base, in the mistaken belief that his aircraft had lost power. The plane flew on automatic pilot for 1 hour and 37 minutes, covering 560 miles before falling out of the sky. Soviet officials promised to pay for "physical and moral damages" caused by the mishap...
...could the Maxim Gorky, which was equipped with radar and other modern navigational aids, encounter so serious a mishap? Norwegian experts suggested that the ship, commanded by Captain Marat Galimov, who apparently was on his first voyage in the Arctic seas, may have been cruising at excessive speed. When it struck the ice, according to Senja captain Sigurd Kleiven, the Soviet ship was steaming at about 18 knots in an area where Norwegian maritime officials say no more than 3 to 5 knots is advisable at this time of year. Said Bjorn Sorensen, a Lutheran parish priest on Spitsbergen...
...Admiral William Crowe, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrives in Moscow to sign a new accord designed to prevent such tragedies as the 1983 downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 after it intruded into Soviet airspace. All 269 passengers and crew members were killed in that mishap. The key provision in the 19-page pact, titled "The Prevention of Dangerous Military Activities," is that incidents, including border incursions, that might lead to a showdown should be handled "by peaceful means without resort to the threat or use of force." Trespassers will be "regarded as innocent until proved...
...Gulf Power of "trying to make the public believe Jake set the plane on fire" by telling only their side of the story behind Horton's imminent dismissal. Executives of Gulf Power and Southern have clammed up, refusing to give more information until authorities determine the cause of the mishap. One thing is sure: no matter what the investigation turns up, many people in Pensacola will insist that the crash that killed Jake Horton was no accident...
...mishap could not have happened at a worse time. Besides being rich in whales, otters, seals, porpoises, dolphins and many species of birds, the waters around Valdez also contain some of the best commercial fishing grounds in Alaska. The harvest that was to begin this week, when fish such as herring and pink salmon start their annual springtime runs, could be endangered...