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...G.I.G.N. men wearing -- in an ironic reversal of how the hijack had started in Algiers -- airport staff uniforms. The troopers were able to ascertain that the plane's doors were not blocked or booby- trapped. According to some accounts, the policemen also slipped tiny eavesdropping devices into the aircraft. Along with external surveillance devices -- infrared-vision equipment and "cannon" microphones trained on the windows and fuselage -- the bugs would have allowed the gendarmes to follow the hijackers' movements inside the aircraft...
...Bobby Hall said that his crossing into the Communist country's airspace was "accidental" and that Pyongyang authorities forced a signed "confession" from him. Hall said that his helicopter was shot down, and crashed into a mountainside; fellow pilot and Chief Warrant Officer David Hilemon "was thrown from the aircraft and died on the spot." As for his written statement, given in captivity, which indicated the flight path was no accident, Hall said: "It was all what they dictated me to write. The whole time I was there I felt uncomfortable and nervous about everything they wanted...
...Department is investigating reports that Israel gave China U.S. aviation technology to build a fighter jet. If true, the illegal transfer would trigger U.S. sanctions. The announcement came in response to an Associated Press report quoting a senior Israeli official as saying Israel had sold China "some technology on aircraft" under contracts "very small in magnitude." Said State Department spokesman Mike McCurry, who conceded that rumors of such a transfer had been circulating for some time: "Those types of reports concern us very deeply."TIME State Department correspondent J.F.O. McAllisternotes this is not the first time U.S. officials have believed...
...government officials were also becoming increasingly concerned. Last week, after touring the muddy crash site of Flight 3379, Transportation Secretary Federico Pena said that within 100 days, tougher safety regulations for small commuter planes will be formulated. He also announced plans to bring aircraft makers, pilots and other industry members to Washington for an aviation-safety summit. Jerome Lederer, president emeritus of the Flight Safety Foundation, says the airline industry needs to take advice from people in the field: "The airlines express an interest in safety, but the guys in the shops regularly are not consulted." Other experts...
CAPTION: Passenger carrier accident rates per 100,000 aircraft hours...