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8 Thursday, November 15, 2001 Timing Error May Be Cause of Crash The Associated Press NEW YORK - Investigators raised the possibility Wednesday that turbu lence from the wake of a 747 led to the crash of American Flight 587, saying the doomed plane took off less than the standard two minutes after the jumbo jet. “We do not know whether this con tributed in any way to the actual acci dent, but we are looking at this very closely,” said Marion Blakey, chair woman of the National Transportation Safety Board. Wake turbulence, the swirl of air behind a plane, can endanger planes fly ing too close behind or below each other. The phenomenon has been blamed for at least one deadly crash in the past. Investigators want to know whether it caused Flight 587 to break apart three minutes after takeoff from Kennedy Airport on Monday, killing all 260 peo ple aboard and as many as five on the ground. The plane’s tail assembly sheared away and its twin engines fell off as the jet went down. 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However, Blakey said it appeared there was less than that between Flight 587, an Airbus A3OO, and a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 that left ahead of it on the same runway. “We believe that in fact it was 1 minute and 45 seconds," Blakey said. She did not explain why this was so, but she said it appears air traffic con trollers followed proper procedure. She said tower clearances for the two take offs came 2 minutes and 20 seconds apart. Pointing to a map of the two planes’ flight paths, Blakey noted that although the jumbo jet’s path was 800 feet above Flight 587’s, the winds probably pushed the turbulence lower. The cockpit voice recorder from Flight 587’s final minutes revealed two rattling noises and indicated the pilots complained about the wake of another plane before their aircraft went down. Walter Sheriff, a retired American Airlines captain who studies the phe nomenon, said the wake turbulence from the four-engine 747 could have struck the Airbus with “tornado-like lat eral force.” The Federal Aviation Administration State & Nation has set minimum distances for planes flying near each other, based on aircraft size. After a 1992 crash in Billings, Mont., that killed eight people, federal investigators found that the pilot failed to follow the established “vortex avoid ance procedure” and flew too close to a jet. Blakey, at a news conference, also said Flight 587’s other black box - its flight data recorder - was repaired by the manufacturer, allowing investigators to extract data on the last minutes of the doomed flight. The recorder had been scorched and banged up in the crash. Both of the plane’s engines have been recovered and taken to a hangar at Kennedy. Authorities have not ruled out sabo tage or other causes but have said all signs point to a mechanical failure. “That does not mean we have con cluded there was no crime. We simply have no evidence to date of a crime of terrorism,” Attorney General John Ashcroft said. The flight data recorder monitors nearly 200 separate functions in the European-made A3OO, including rud der movements. “We’ll be looking very carefully at how the tail failed,” the NTSB’s George Black Jr. said. An FAA expert was headed to the site Wednesday to study the plane’s tail assembly, an analysis that could lead to corrective measures or inspections. Blakey said American Airlines has also volunteered to do a sample inspection of its Airbus A3OO fleet to ensure there are no problems with tail assemblies. 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Research Grant to Address Air Quality By Emma Burgin Staff Writer The U.S. Congress approved an appropriations bill last week allotting $2.5 million for environmental research at UNC on water and air quality in the Triangle. UNC’s Department of Environmental Science and Engineering in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will conduct the research that will test pollutants in the air and use mod els to monitor pollutants’ reactions in dif ferent environments. Bridget Lowell, press secretary for Rep. David Price, D-NC, said Price real izes the pressing need for solutions to North Carolina’s environmental problem. “Congressman Price suggested that federal money be used for this research. He recognizes that air quality is an impor tant issue in North Carolina,” Lowell said. Cass Miller, chairman of the environ mental science and engineering depart ment, said funding for this research is appropriate for North Carolina. “Since North Carolina has one-fourth of its counties violating national air qual ity regulations, I think it will be benefi cial to the state,” Miller said. The bill states that $1 million will be allotted for building models of environ mental systems. It also calls for a $1.5 mil lion grant for a “one atmosphere” project, where researchers will be trying to find Under the proposal, 55 percent of the revenue generated by the advertisements would have been distributed among Chapel Hill, Carrboro and UNC. But McDuffee said the decision was not an issue of money but rather a ques tion of how to institute better communi cation between the three parties. “We need to put in place a different solutions for poor air quality in the state. Lowell said the grant will have a pos itive influence on North Carolina’s air and water quality. “Specifically for the ‘one atmosphere’ grant, it’s a study that looks at all the pol lutants and their impact on overall air quality,” she said. “The modeling pro ject has to do with contamination of the local air and water.” Lowell said the grant also will help the area deal with on-site research and emergencies. “In the event of something real hap pening, for example, cleaning up flooded lagoons or former agricultural sites, we know what we’re looking for,” she said. Miller said the money will have a big impact on the area and its students. “The money comes to the depart ment and the majority of it goes to grad uate and some undergraduate students working on projects focused on envi ronmental research,” he said. “It will have a positive impact on the students and the department.” Lowell said Price advocates this research to ensure a normal way of life. “(Price) has been a North Carolinian forever. He knows this is a problem peo ple deal with every day,” she said. “These issues effect their lives and where they are.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. structure to make decisions,” she said. “There is no mechanism for the other partners to hear the presentations and provide input." The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. RSWP From Page 3 area and the Triangle,” Moran said. “A lot of people working in minimum wage jobs are not making the living wage.” Betty Longiotti, chairwoman of the RSWP program for Carrboro and Chapel Hill, said she is grateful to those restaurants who pledged support this year, despite the decrease in involvement from 105 restaurants last year to 74 this year. “This year we had 74 restaurants involved,” Longiotti said. “I feel that ~The Q/QIQ c P<nkelle%c Council uould like to tko.'hk the %e%bep.s of the Qall 2001 cJu'hiOJi Qou^al Katie Bucklew Kara Lipiello Susie Dickson Rachel Meyer Blair Dunlap Jessica Milliken Sara Coughlin Suzanne Renfrow Jocelyn Fina Lindsay Roofe Anne Elizabeth Franklin Laura Sanders Rebecca Frucht Tara Stasios Katie Gardner Caroline Stewart Beth Hoddeson Ashley Summerlin Amanda Her Ashley TerrelFßea Elise Tortora Meredith Webb QVe appreciate all youji hojtd Mofkl !jLSOHO| | .. ■ .TOSHOES, ' IBnwi A concept store for Sr - men &. women if \ l V t, 7 ** QfX\jr\ Donald). 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He said the responsibility falls on the president or chancellor of each school but that collectively they could make an across-the-board change. “What we really need is a cultural change," Dibbert said. “But cultures don’t change easily.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. COMMITTEE From Page 3 “They should have free lots open around central campus so students can come to campus and study in the library and stuff,” he said. Young said he was disturbed by the way decisions about parking have been made without student input. “I think it raises a lot of issues of trust on how decisions are made on this cam pus,” he said. “I want to make heard to the administration that this isn’t some thing students will take quietly. “Regarding Qatar and regarding parking and regarding tuition increases, it’s important to acknowledge that the student voice is important and to ignore it is a very big mistake.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. with the sluggish economy, September 11 and stress from bioterrorist attacks, I think that is a very respectable turnout.” Moran also emphasized that although there are national concerns, people need to stay involved in their communities. “We want Orange City citizens to pay attention to local economic and social problems,” Moran said. “When people are staying involved locally, they are really helping out on the national level.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu.
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