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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...report issued last week notes, the mechanics had ignored the maintenance instructions set forth in manuals by the DC-10 manufacturer, McDonnell Douglas. The manuals call for removing and remounting the engine and pylon separately-and preferably with an overhead lift and sling that can support the weight of the two assemblies more precisely than a forklift. Yet the FAA agreed with American Airlines that the manufacturer was aware of the one-step operation, which cuts maintenance time in half, at American hangars...
Despite the report, the legal battle over who was responsible for the crash is far from over. At stake are millions of dollars in damage suits. In Washington, American Airlines Vice President Donald J. Lloyd-Jones told a Senate hearing: "It may be that we did cause the crack." But he suggested that the problem could have originated with metal wedges used by the manufacturer to align parts that had not fitted exactly when the aircraft was built Said he: "It may be that the existence of shims in the aft bulkhead created an interference fit that made the creation...
TIME'S own aeronautics expert, Washington Correspondent Jerry Hannifin, contributed voluminously to this week's Skylab story, which was written by Senior Writer Ed Magnuson, and to Science Editor Fred Golden's accompanying report on space exploration. A licensed pilot and irrepressible space buff, Hannifin has been covering NASA since it was NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, until 1958). Recalls Hannifin: "We used to talk about the 'new' turbojet engines, and, gee whiz! a supersonic airplane even seemed possible." Over the years, he met Rocket Wizard Wernher von Braun, covered blast-offs from Cape...
...There the berobed Ayatullah Khomeini, now 79, receives a steady stream of visitors, ranging from government officials to impoverished peasants seeking his blessing and aid. But Khomeini did not really create the Iranian revolution, the revolution created him. That is the conclusion of Senior Correspondent James Bell, who first reported on Iranian politics for TIME in 1951. Traveling widely in Europe and the Middle East, Bell spent nearly two months searching out the all-but-unknown background of the remote, aging mystic who seemingly appeared from nowhere last year to oust the Shah and transform his country into an Islamic...
...amended to an extent that made it internationally acceptable. Specifically, that would include loosening the white grip on power and increased promotion for blacks in the armed forces and civil service, plus the departure of Ian Smith from the political arena. Thatcher's decision was based on a report by her special envoy to Africa, Lord Harlech, that Britain's recognition of Zimbabwe Rhodesia under the present circumstances would not be supported by a single African country-not even South Africa. In insisting on constitutional reform as a prerequisite to recognition, Thatcher was moving closer to the views...