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Crashed jet may have fallen under rule requiring inspection of cockpit wiring ■ TRAGEDY: Last record from plane now sunk in Everglades reported smoke and fire m cabin MIAMI {APJ —* The last mtei Itgible transmission from • Val ufet DC-9 nosediving toward the Kverglade* —* an urgent report of >k»- in the cockpit and cabin — asm* )ust five days Wore «U U£ airline* were to inspect cer tain wire* in their aging IXi-a* to "prevent the potential for fire and uncontrolled smoke throughout the cockpit ** The Federal Aviation Admin tstration confirmed Tueaday that tiie doomed plane now buried in Florida mud and till came under the FAA order "This would have affected the accident aircraft,” *ald Khraheth Yoesi, deputy director of the FAA * aircraft certification ser vice. But she cautioned it was much too early” to tell whether the cockpit wiring problem wa* related to the crash The FAA's 'airworthiness directive” take# effect 1ft months after the first report of a smoke problem in the overhead switch panel* of some planes built by McDonnell Douglas The directive, one of hun dreds issued each year to address safety concerns, was "oiw> in which w* felt there «» •n unsafe condition, hut no immediate safety consequence." Yoest Mid In urgent cmm. I he FAA c»n require quick uwnplt am* by the airline* Investigator* with the Nation al Transportation Safety Board, an agamy that operate* t*f»> rataly from the FAA. declined tomment Tuesday on tha direc tive The NTS8 ha* carefully avoided speculation on possible <auww of either tha crash or the cockpit *moke reported by Flight 592'* an*mu* craw just eight minute* after takeoff The FAA f)rat became aware of the apparent wiring problem In fanuary 1995 after the crew of an American Airline* MD-82 passenger liner noticed smoke in the cockpit anon after land* ***** "The pilot heard a loud pop and *aw *moke in the overhead penal." Yoest said The FAA then received sever at other report* of chafed wires in the Mine overhead- twitch panel, located between the pike and co-pilot The** reports did not mention smoke The agency i*»ued its initial directive May 19. J995. It affect ed 614 plane* in the MD-80 series and required inspet lion of hundles of wires that power the wind thick) healer*. similar to automobile defrosters. The order required enatnte (Mince crew* to wrap the wire bundles in spiral polyurethane tape. If problem* persisted, they were to reroute the bundle* The expanded order that lakes effect Wrdiweiii apptiea to 2«2 additional plane*, including cer tain type* of Co military craft, MD 'WKh and OC 9a. like the 27-year-old Valu|«t plane that killed t09 people when it disap pea red into the Fvergtadea on Saturday FAA iKgfdi show that partic ular plane had other worries beside* potentially chafed wiring It had returned to air ports after takeoff seven tunes in two year* with problem* that included a loose oil cap that caused the loss of 10 quart* of oil. a faulty heat #*t hanger, an overheated con slant speed drive, which provide*electrical energy, a (sully hydraulic pump, and an afar riser door On two occasions, the plane returned after losing cabin pressure Under the expanded direr live, airlines must inspect and wrap the wiring bundle* within this nest 00 days, then reroute them within sis month* The FAA estimate* the cost of the inspec tion and solution at $230 per plane Third acquittal may be Kevorkian’s last trial ■ DEATH: Lawyers say doctor's intent was to end pain, not assist in deaths PONTIAC. Mich (AP) — Dr lack Kevorkian was acquitted Tuesday of two count* of assisted sul* i id«. the third tint* prosecutor* (a I lad to gat a con viction Against the right to-die crusader furors reached their verdict on the third day of deliberations The verdict was met by no immediate reaction from Kevorkian, who had dismissed the trial as a "lynching" by a judicial system out to get him Moments later, the 67-year-old retired pathologist hugged and shook hands with supporters Kevorkian called on the medical profession to set up guidelines to regulate doctor-assisted sui cide for the seriously ill "Enough criticism of me." he said to reporters Vowing not to stop his efforts for the suffering, he said. "I’ve never been so convinced of being right in my life The thing that would stop me at this is being burned at the stake ’* Defense lawyer Geoffrey Fieger said he doesn't think Kevorkian will he tried again Assistant county prosecutor Lawrence Bunting said he couldn't say whether Kevorkian would be tried again. Oakland County Circuit Court turort found Kevorkian innocent of assisting m the suicides of Sherry Miller and Marion# Wants in a rural cabin on 0.1 23. 1991 Miller. 43. of Roseville had multiple sclerosis and w*m unable to car* for herself She died of car* hen monoxide poisoning Wants. 3d. of Sodus had severe pelvic pain and rw.eived a lethal drug infer tion Testimony revealed neither woman was terms nally ill The prosecution'* medical esjwrt* lettt find that the women probably suffered from depression Kevorkian's lawyers argued that because prase tutors based their case on unwritten "common law. " he lead no way of knowing what he did was a crime They also said that his intent was to relieve pain and suffering, not to assist in the deaths After the verdict, several furors said the argu ment that common law was less clear was an important far tor in their decision "I would have liked to nee it in black and white." one furor said of violating a now-expired assisted suicide law that had been passed specifically to stop him. Had he been convicted under common law. he could have sentenced to five years in prison and fined 310,000 on each count Make-A-Wish directors approve boy’s bear hunt ■ PROTEST: Although animal rights activists object, the Kodiak is already being pursued SACRAMENTO. Calif (API — A terminally ill Minnesota boy has burnt granted hi* wish of hunting a Kodiak bear in Alas ka with his family, despite the protests at animal rights activists. The Make-A-Wi*h Founda tion's board of directors resoundingly" decided Mon day to proceed with granting the $4,000 hunting trip "We may suffer some retribu lion from those in the animal right* community, hut we (eel we have a i.otntnitment to this child, and we are going to stick by it," Mid Douglas Kiroet*. one of 25 directors of the non profit, international foundation that grants the wishes of children with life threatening illnesses Several urban chapters of the foundation, including those In Laa Angeles and San Francisco, objected to the Minnesota chap ter's decision and urged the boy's family to call off the hunt. Animal rights groups put word of the hunting wish out on the Internet Actor Pierce Bros nen offered the boy an alterna tive wish — a week's visit with him at the Idaho set where he is filming ii lames Bond movie But tbe 1? year old Minnesota boy. who has a brain tumor, stuck with hit dream of an Alaskan bear hunt A report published today In tbe Mar Tribune of Minneapolis •aid the boy began his hunt two day* before the vote Donald McMillan, former president of the Safari Club of Minnesota, which donated the bear bunt to MakeAVVimh. told tbe Star Tribune that the youth and his father have been hunt ing in Alaska since Saturday McMillan said his group was ready to step in and pay for the hunt If the foundation had backed down Crt N-M.H. wtHi (Mm DmH EmmM Cla«*tficJ«! 140.4141 $19.00 $10.00 Ten Dollars Off v ' J Central Self-Storage* ifeOt Midway 99 Niofth fufrw OR 87402 <541)888 3835 $10.00 $10.00 •\5>nT> v^vV 6%"u^ Dance Parents Weekend 19% IbeapEiwr* vcrMnltwmnr W<-»<*ri EMU Ballroom 7 tMMI 00 PM Saturday. 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