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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...probe into the American crash seems certain to lead to a broader and deeper investigation, going all the way back to the initial design of the DC-10 by McDonnell Douglas Corp. and its certification by the FAA. The Government's recommendations about the DC-10 will largely depend on what the NTSB's crash detectives eventually find to be the "probable cause" of Flight 191's crash. The accident left no survivors to interview, and the cockpit voice recorder disclosed only two sounds after the routine checklist readings: an unexplained thud and the single word "Damn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Saving Sense of Paranoia | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

...probe went on, the NTSB asked the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to study the long-term effects of vibration and acoustics on engine pod and pylon attachments in all superjets, including those flown by the Air Force. If the NTSB eventually finds the DC-10 pylons are too weak, it could recommend that the plane be grounded again until they are strengthened or replaced, and the FAA most likely would issue such an order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Saving Sense of Paranoia | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

...cool, clear night last November a gleaming Atlas-Centaur rocket sat ready on its floodlit launch pad at Cape Kennedy. Perched atop the silver booster, the High Energy Astronomical Observatory-2 (HEAO-2), the most ambitious and advanced astrophysics research probe ever, lay shrouded in protective covering...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: 'Einstein Observatory' Blasts Off | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...there anything to substantiate the suspicions of dealers and their customers that the gas shortage had been contrived by the oil companies. Nonetheless, a probe was being pursued by the Federal Trade Commission because statistics showed that gasoline production may have fallen more sharply than warranted. Said Alfred Dougherty Jr., the FTC's Bureau of Competition director: "If this cutback in the production of refined products was not justified by a scarcity of crude oil or other legitimate business reasons, the current gasoline shortage may be contrived." Admitted FTC Investigator Ronald Rowe: "Right now, we have a lot more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Playing Politics with Gas | 5/28/1979 | See Source »

There are no plans to leave NATO. The U.S. maintains airbases at Thule and Søndre Strømfjord and operates four early warning radar stations that probe deep into the Soviet Union. Eventually, Motzfeldt says, Greenland will "press the Americans to pay a tax for polluting our country with their planes and disturbing our people and wildlife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREENLAND: Here Comes Kal | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

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