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...powerless craft began to lose altitude, First Officer Marcel Quintal, a Royal Canadian Air Force veteran, remembered an abandoned military strip at Gimli, 60 miles to the southwest. In the hushed cabin, the flight attendants told the 61 passengers to prepare for a crash landing...
...Still, a powerless landing poses major difficulties. The flaps, which normally slow a plane down while increasing its lift, cannot be operated by the weakened hydraulic system. As a result, a 767 without power lands at about 210 m.p.h., instead of the usual 150 m.p.h. Nor can a pilot come around for a second try if he does not like his approach. Says Boeing Spokesman Tom Cole: "You only get one chance...
...communique dismissing his statement as "irrelevant." They have consistently refused to provide conclusive proof that Emanuela, the daughter of a Vatican City messenger, is still alive. In addition, they have addressed most of their demands to the Vatican even though, as one official there conceded, the Holy See "is powerless to meet their demands." Having "sincerely pardoned" Agca after the shooting, the Pope has called five times for Emanuela's release...
Bradley, whose city is only 17% black, echoes that view. "You must build credibility with business and labor and city government. Black politicians will be successful when they can demonstrate that a black can serve the interests of all the people." Without such coalitions, the mayor can end up powerless. In his first week on the job, Harold Washington lost control of the Chicago city council to a group of rebellious white council members who proceeded to divvy up key committee chairmanships and leave the mayor's supporters out in the cold. Washington fought the councilmen in court...
...leveled off at about $29 per bbl. since the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries cut prices to that level in March. James McKie, chairman of the economics department at the University of Texas, noted that while OPEC has not collapsed, as some had predicted, the oil producers now seem powerless to push prices higher. He warned, however, that the group could regain its clout if Middle East strife once again restricts the flow of oil. Said he: "OPEC will now wait in the wings for its next opportunity, which, I feel viscerally certain, is sure to come...