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Jet crashes in Amsterdam
Israeli plane collides into housing complex; officials fear 200 dead
The Associated Press
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — An Israeli cargo jet crashed into an apartment complex last night, minutes after its pilot reported engine trouble on takeoff, an airline official said. Dozens of people were killed by fire and burning debris.
At least 12 bodies were recovered, but a Dutch television report said police feared that up to 200 people might have died.
The El Al Boeing 747 struck the apartment complex, and flaming wreckage scattered over a wide area of a densely populated area near Schiphol airport.
Helicopters fitted with strobe lights tried to illuminate the scene for hundreds.
Mayor Ed van Thijn of the suburb of Duivendrecht said at least 50 apartments had been gutted by the blaze.
Residents searched frantically for family members. Some people jumped out of the windows of their apartments to escape the inferno, radio reported.
The Amsterdam Medical Center Hospital said it treated about 20 burn victims.
Airline officials dismissed early suspicion of a terrorist strike, which could have jeopardized sensitive Middle East peace talks.
Yisrael Cherbin, cargo manager for El Al in Amsterdam, said the plane's captain reported problems with two engines shortly after takeoff and asked to return to the airport, about 10 miles south of Amsterdam.
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The plane flew over a lake to dump fuel and crashed about 2:30 p.m. on the turn to make a new approach to Schiphol, one of Europe's busiest airfields. The night was clear and cool, and winds were light.
"I saw the plane going nose-down with the left wing up and the right wing down behind the next apartment building," said a witness to the crash, photographer Peter de Neef. "The engines were smoking. I heard the pilot trying to pull up and then I didn't see it and I saw sparks coming in the air."
Cherbin said the Tel Aviv-bound plane carried what he considered to be a regular commercial load.
Earlier, a Schiphol air traffic control official, who spoke anonymously, said a bomb was the suspected cause of the explosion because there were no prior reports of trouble on board the plane.
EI Al routinely carries out intense security precautions that can take he
The cargo plane crash would be the first loss of an El Al plane to mechanical problems in the airline's 44-year history.
Every El Al pilot has been trained by the Israeli Air Force. Plainclothes guards reportedly travel on El Al planes and flight schedules are altered at the slightest suspicion of trouble.
The airline built its reputation for tough security after enduring a string of terrorists' attacks, beginning with the only hijacking of an El Al jet in 1968.
Police quell Brazilian prison riots; 111 slain
The Associated Press
SAO PAULO, Brazil—Human rights activists and relatives of inmates accused police and riot troops yesterday of committing a massacre when they stormed Carandiru Prison to put down an uprising.
Police have denied such accusations, saying 111 prisoners were killed mainly by other inmates when a gang fight turned into a riot Friday at the greatly overcrowded complex.
But inmates' relatives and others have said that they suspect the death toll might be higher and that the hundreds of police and riot troops sent in to put down the violence did most of the killing.
Flavio Augusto Sariva Straus, of the Sao Paulo Bar Association's human rights commission, claimed that police killed the prisoners.
"It all part of the state government's official policy of shoot first and ask questions later. Police do this the streets and in the prisons," he said.
Sao Paulo Police Chief Hermes Cruz
"I refuse to accept the possibility that a massacre was committed because our philosophy is always to act on the defensive," he said.
denied such accusations.
The prison, which holds 7,500 inmates but is built to hold 4,000, has long been criticized by human rights groups.
Relatives returning from visits with inmates inside the prison yesterday recounted stories of mass executions. They spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution against prisoners.
Outside the prison, a crowd of angry relatives chanted, "Murders," while others sobbed at news that their family members were among those killed. Sao Paulo State Security Director Pedro Franco de Campo said more than 300 riot troops with shotguns, pistols and machine guns raided the five-story cell block No. 9 in the prison, Latin America's largest.
They quelled the riot in less than three hours, he said.
Cruz said 111 inmates were killed and 321 troops were wounded.
Relatives welcome home damaged Turkish warship
The Associated Press
NATO and Turkish panels are investigating the Thursday incident to see if human error or technical malfunction led to the firing of two Sea Sparrow missiles from the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga in the Aegean Sea.
GOLCUK, Turkey — Seamen wept and relatives crowded the dock yesterday as the damaged warship Muavenet was towed to port with its flag at half staff for the five sailors killed by a U.S. missile fired during NATO war games.
But NATO's supreme commander, U.S. Gen. John Shalikashvili ruled out the possibility that alcohol or drug abuse played a role in the firing.
At least one — but possibly both
— missiles hit the bridge of the
Turkish destroyer, killing a captain
and four crew members.
Twelve sailors were injured.
A tarpainul partly covered the ship's wrecked bridge as it was towed into port, about 70 miles
Monday, October 5, 1992
east of Istanbul. Many sailors on board burst into tears and hundreds of family members surged onto the dock after waiting hours for the ship.
Children screamed with joy on seeing their fathers — wives and mothers cried.
"I was on the bridge the moment the missile hit us," said Capt. Meftun Dirman, 40, holding his wife's hand and carrying his small son in his arms.
"I felt a terrible explosion but luckily nothing happened to me."
Another survivor, Sgt. Tuna Cavusguh, said, "I thought I was going to get killed too when I saw my friend next to me drop dead a split second after the explosion. I am very lucky to be alive."
Until the cause of the incident had been determined, the U.S. Navy said Saturday it was placing severe restrictions on the Sea Sparrow, which would only be kept operational by commanders if it was deemed necessary for adequate self-defense of the ship.
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