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According to the sources, Navy jet fighters attached to the aircraft carrier Constellation were already in the air when a Navy P-3 Orion surveillance plane reported that its radar indicated it was being approached by several airplanes...
...first quarter of the year. Nonetheless, Herbert Giersch, an economist at the University of Kiel, predicted that more stimulative government policies would push the growth rate to 2% for 1987 as a whole. The outlook may be bleaker for France, which is heavily dependent on such exports as aircraft and telecommunications equipment. Said Economics Professor Jean-Marie Chevalier, of the University of Paris Nord, who predicted a 1.3% growth rate this year for his country: "There is now a mood of melancholy, anxiety and uncertainty about France's economic prospects...
...Lines, where some workers have complained that they have been forced to cut corners on maintenance. Since mid-July, the agency has conducted inspections of Eastern's operation at Boston's Logan International Airport. After an FAA visit last Thursday, the airline canceled or delayed several flights to make aircraft repairs...
...instance last May, says King, his supervisor did not want to record a fuel leak on an Airbus A-300 jet because the plane might have to be taken out of service. King secretly made a tape of the supervisor's words: "I have no chance to move this aircraft with this stinking item in the logbook . . . We don't want any showstoppers. We want the plane to fly away." The leak was repaired, King admits, before the plane took off. Eastern denies that King has any evidence of improper maintenance...
Amid the growing public concern about airline safety, organizations of the fractionalized industry are showing a rare unanimity in demanding action. Groups representing the airlines, the pilots and corporate aircraft owners presented to Congress a plan to improve safety and service. It recommends that the Government use the current $6 billion surplus in the federal aviation trust fund to meet such goals as expanding airport capacity and hastening the development of more modern traffic-control systems. Over the years, flying has been a safe way to travel, and the airline industry is determined to keep it that...