University Daily Kansan, September 23, 1983 Page 11
U.S. reportedly locates 'black box'
By United Press International
A U.S. search team apparently has pinpointed the location of the flight record from Korean Air Lines flight 007, and a team of experts in Hawaii to try to retrieve it from the Sea of Japan. Japanese newspaper said yesterday.
A State Department official in Washington said she had no information on the report, and a Defense Department spokesman said he knew "not a thing" about whether the recorder has been located.
Rear Admiral William A. Cockell
commander of the seven-ship
U.S. task force earlier refused to
discuss the issue and had
located the "black box" recorder.
BUT JAPANESE MARITIME officials said the U.S. ships shifted their search to the west in the northern Sea of Korea, where they moved away from previous search areas.
A fleet of at least 23 Soviety vessels also was looking for the wreckage
Meanwhile, the United States said it would send representatives to join a Japanese team that would retrieve diplomatic documents "from the Korean airliner."
State Department officials said representatives of the State De-
partment met with federal officials.
perhaps other agencies would be present at the turnover in a fishing port on Sakhalin Island, the Soviet naval unit where KAFL flight 007 was shot down.
RECOVERY OF THE cockpit voice recordings and flight data recorder could help determine why the Korean jet veered 300 miles off course into Soviet airspace on Sept. 1 before it was shot down with 269 people aboard.
Tokyo's Asahi newspaper quoted a top Japanese Foreign Ministry official as saying, "After its recovery, the Japanese plans to present the black box before the International Civil Aviation Organization for its investigation."
"The Americans appear to have confidence in recovering the black box," said the Japanese Foreign Ministry official, who was not identified. "A special retrieval task force is rushing to the scene from Hawaii."
Other Foreign Ministry sources told the newspaper the flight recorder appeared to be in waters about 2,400 feet deep in the northern Sea of Japan.
THE NEWSPAPER DID not say exactly where the American search team suspects the black box is, and has not provided its officials and members of the Japanese
Maritime Safety Agency were not available for comment.
The ship lost the signal before the recorder's location could be pinpointed.
The USS Narragansett, a 2,000-ton ocean tug equipped with an electric sensing equipment and an unmanned vessel able to videotape the sea bed, detected electronic signals emitted by the recorder for 90 minutes Tuesday.
The black box emits high-frequency signals to help searchers locate it, but the water-activated battery only lasts for about 30 days. The jet crashed Sept. 1, leaving about eight days before the battery dies.
THE U.S. SEARCH is concentrated about 18 miles northeast of Moneron island, west of Soviet-held Sakhalin Island.
Cockell, speaking aboard the USS Sterett, flagship of the American fleet, accused the Soviet ships of harassing his search effort and said he doubted Moscow had located the flight recorder.
"We have experienced some harassment and interference," he said, accusing the Soviets of "maneuvering close to our ships, requiring in some cases that our ships back down to avoid collision."
Radioactive gas escapes from nuclear plant
By United Press International
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Radioactive gas escaped from the troubled Rancho Seco nuclear power plant, triggering an emergency alarm system evacuation of the plant's containment building, a spokesman announced yesterday.
"There was no threat to the safety of the public," said Brad Thomas, spokesman for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.
The gas, Xenon 133, was released for eight minutes and escaped beyond the boundaries of the plant that is 25 miles southeast of Sacramento.
Thomas said the problem occurred Wednesday night while workers tried to fix a problem that caused a shutdown of the plant on Saturday.
Thomas said the incident was legally classified as "an unusual event" — one in which there was no serious damage to property or people. The incident lasted 57 minutes, he said.
XENON 133 IS as a radioactive noble gas one that does not react chemically with other materials and is absorbed by plants or animals, he said.
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THOMAS SAID THE release of the gas had begun when workers were building a protective tent over a steam motor inside the containment building.
He said an exhaust fan was turned on and radioactive gases were drawn from the steam generator into the building air circulation system.
The presence of the higher-than-normal radioactivity triggered automatic alarms within the containment room will be indicated of Emergency Services in Sacramento.
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D.C. rodeo angers humane society
By United Press International
WASHINGTON - A national animal welfare group wants to pull the reins on a rodeo exhibition planned this weekend for President Reagan and thousands of his invited guests, a spokesman said yesterday.
"We are opposed to all rodees. We feel it is unnecessary exploitation of animals and we feel that rodees result in torment, stress and harassment of our children." Said Bob Baker, an investigator with the Humane Society of the United States.
The event, scheduled for the Capital Centre in Landover, Md., is by invitation only. About 8,000 White House guests are expected to attend, including Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldwin who was a professional soccer player and spent the summers of his youth working on a Nebraska cattle ranch.
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Baker said his group is particularly upset because the presence of Reagan
administration officials lends credence to an "orgy of animal abuse."
Saturday's celebrity exhibition is part of the three-day "World's Toughest Rodeo" for top cowboys who will be gathering to rope calves, ride bulls and attempt to stay atop bucking broncs. Total prize money is $45,000.
"It is inconsistent with the administration's fight against violence," Baker said. "If someone roped a family dog and tied it to the ground or electrically prodded the pet cat, they would call for criminal prosecution."
"It is to the advantage of roeder participants to agitate the animals. They get more points that way." Baker said. "The calf roping events are particularly cruel, because they are running full force and are brought to a sudden halt with a rope around their neck."
Rodeo officials have disputed such charges, saying rodeo events are strictly monitored and the animals tare to take the rough-and-tumble action.
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