El Al jet crashes into Amsterdam housing complex
AMSTERDAM. Netherlands (AP) -
An Israeli cargo jet with engine trouble
crashed into n suburban apartment com
plex shortly after takeoff Sunday night
and set off a deadly inferno
At least 12 bodies were found, but the
fire and danger of structural collapse
slowed rescuers. Dutch television said
police feared up to 200 people muv have
died.
The El Al Boeing 747 carried a three
man crew and one woman passenger, all
of whotn were killed, the carrier said
It was the Netherlands' worst air disas
ter and the first crash in El Al's 44-year
history, an airline spokesman said.
The pilot was trying to wrestle the
jumbo jet back to Schiphol Airport after
both engines on the same wing died, «iir
line officials said. An official refused to
rule out sabotage as a possible cause
The jet slammed into the juncture of
two nine-story apartment buildings,
spewing flames and burning wreckage
over a wide area of Duivendrecht (pro
nounced DOVV-von-drecht). six miles
east of the airport in the working-class
suburb south of Amsterdam.
Residents searched frantically for fami
ly members in the hellish landscape of
fire, smoke and chaos that shattered a
clear and cool evening Dozens of people
jumped out of windows to escape the in
ferno, radio reported
As helicopters circled with search
lights, hundreds of rescue workers dug
for bodies around the edges of I ho mourt
lain of rubble but could not go further
because the structures wore on the v erge
of collapse
The fire was brought under control
within four hours of the (rash but con
tinned burning throughout the night
'It crushed right into the building I
saw the wings and all Ignited It explod
ed into one huge sea of fire, said resi
dent Mark van dor Linden
The plane tore a hole sis apartments
wide and nine floors deep at the juncture
of the two wings of the complex and set
them ablaze Amsterdam Mavor I d van
Tht|n said ul least r>0 apartments wer.
gutted
The low-income housing project, built
in the UMiOfc. (ionm’s many people on
runt support as well .is relugees
The Amsterdam Medical Center Hospl
t.il s.iid tt tnutted at least 27 hum victims
Airline officials dismissed early suspi
cion of a terrorist strike, which i.'tilil
have jeopardized sensitive Middle I ast
peace talks
Hut asked about sabotage and terror
ism. hi Ai spokesman Nachman kin man
later said it isos too soon to rule mu any
possible t auses of the engine failures
"We have no details, the investigation
has not taken place yet and until it does
we cannot sav anything." Klieman said
klieman confirmed the crasii nas til
Al's first
VICTORY
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kicker I have over coached,”
Brooks said. "Thai includes
four years in the NFL. He gets
his punts and kickoffs high and
he has a very strong leg.”
Oregon began to break the
game open in the third quarter
with the help of some Arizona
State mtscues. After Thompson
kicked his fourth field goal of
the game, safety Eric Castle hit
Sun Devil quarterback Grady
Benton Benton fumbled the
ball at the Arizona State 13
yard line and Oregon corner
back Herman O'Berry fell on it.
Two plays later. Oregon run
ning buck Sean Burwoll scored
from nine yards out to give the
Ducks a 25-14 lead. Oregon
elected to go for the two-point
conversion and O'Neil hil
Burwell to pul the Ducks up h>
1 :i points.
Burwell was the only Duck
running back who found suc
cess against Arizona State s
eight-man front Burwell ran for
115 yards on 25 carries, his
third consecutive game with
more than 100 yards.
"The offensive line is playing
well, so I have a lot of confi
dence." Burwell said. "Wo
know wo can score points."
Whittle, who rushed for over
200 total yards in the last two
games, struggled on Saturday,
rushing for only five yards on
seven carries A bright spot In
the Oregon running game was
Deadwiler, who rushed for 40
yards on four reverses.
"I was very pleased with the
play of the offensive lino.”
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Brooks said "We r«ui lint lull
well considering the eight and
nine-man pressure that Arizona
Stale put on us ”
Thompson kicked his final
fluid goal of the game at tin- he
ginning of the fourth quarter,
and despite giving up a late
touchdown pass, the Dui ks
held on to win
“I am very pleased with my
team," Brooks said "We gave
them too many opportunities
and gave up some cheap touch
downs, but 1 was happy with
the way our defense contained
their running game."
The victory was Oregon's
third In a row and raised the
Ducks’ record to 3-2 overall,
1-1 In the conference.
WIN
Continued from Page 19
ing tn mm! from his young
Ilium, which includes night
freshmen und sophomores
"I liked the game hi* ause
no one quit, end everyone
w.is lighting herd,” (iregory
said "i don't really care
.iImiuI the outcome ol a game
as long as we're fighting
hard, which is something we
didn't do In some earlier
matches."
Warren said game one de
termined tho outcome of the
entire match.
"Winning game one was a
big boost for us as It gave us a
lot of confidence. That was
the ke\ point of the wholn
(natch as the momentum
shifted our wav.' Warren
said '! knew ri^iit then we
would win the next two
games
l.uReinu Woods, who fin
ished tiie game with 10 kills
and a team high 2d digs,
said the win eased some of
tile frustration that had been
building in recent weeks
"We should have bouton
Washington to start the sea
son, and we certainly should
have beaten (ail last week."
Woods said "livnryono was
getting frustrated, but to
night's performance should
boost our confidence level
way up."
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