Tuesday, November 16, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
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Possible evidence of crime on Flight 990 voice recorder
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board questioned yesterday whether his agency would continue leading the investigation of the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990, raising the specter that the plane was downed by a criminal act.
Jim Hall also met with FBI Director Louis J. Freeh to discuss having the law enforcement agency take charge of the investigation after the plane's cockpit voice recorder taped one of the crew members making a questionable statement.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, added: "There is no desire for the FBI to rush into this." The decision after yesterday's meeting between Hall and Freed was to wait and see what else can be drawn from the tape recording.
A federal law enforcement official told The Associated Press that the question of whether to open a criminal investigation was raised because "one view is that a crew member is heard on the cockpit tape to say something religious in nature."
CBS News reported, meanwhile,
that the system recorded what
Hall told a news conference he was confident the jetliner's advanced flight data recorder would provide information needed to resolve questions about the Oct. 31 crash, which killed all 217 aboard.
sounded like the cockpit door opening and a voice saying something to the effect of "what's going on?"
Hall said work on the plane's other black box, the cockpit voice recorder, was being slowed because of the need to translate the recorded conversations to English from the pilots' native Arabic.
That prompted him to say: "We are concentrating our efforts on determining from the evidence, including the cockpit voice recorder, whether or not this investigation is to remain under the leadership of the National Transportation Safety Board."
He acknowledged there have been many rumors, theories and stories circulating about whether the crash was caused by mechanical failure or a criminal act such as a hijacking, crew fight or pilot suicide.
The board's charter says that it will be the primary investigative authority for transportation accidents until there is evidence of a crime.
Island nations bracing for Hurricane Lenny
The Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Hurricane Lenny lost some strength Monday but threatened Haiti and the Dominican Republic — hilly, rain-saturated lands where the expected heavy downpours could cause dangerous flooding.
The southern coasts of the two countries that share the island of Hispaniola were under a hurricane watch, as were Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. Lenny passed south of Jamaica on Monday and a hurricane watch there was canceled.
Noting the hurricane's unusual eastbound route, the U.S. National Weather Service warned, "Do not be fooled. This is a potentially very serious situation."
Meteorologist Ronnie Semexant of Haiti's weather bureau said, "The land is
already saturated from heavy rains, meaning that the slightest rain will cause flooding. If the warnings are not heeded, it means certain death for many."
Benny was moving east near 15 mph Monday afternoon, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Its maximum sustained winds went down from 100 mph to 85 mph and extended 30 miles from the center with tropical storm winds another 145 miles.
Lenny's appearance so late in the hurricane season revived memories of Tropical Storm Gordon, which struck in November 1994 and killed at least 1,000 people in Haiti's southern provinces.
Authorities in the Dominican Republic urged residents living near rivers or in low-lying areas to evacuate and warned those who refused would be forcibly moved.
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