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Wednesday, October 25, 1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Denver airport snowed under with problems
The Associated Press
DENVER — The airport that was supposed to keep America's flights on time in any kind of weather failed the test during its first blizzard.
A storm that dumped a half-foot of snow crippled the new Denver International Airport. Snow and rain leaked through the tower roof and fell on computer equipment, prompting state and federal investigations.
One plane took a wrong turn and got stuck in a snow drift, forcing airport officials to cancel landings for 45 minutes. Another plane aborted its landing at the last second because of a snow-removal truck on
the runway.
Gates were clogged while planes waited for de-icing.
Nevertheless, officials said the airport, which opened 16 months late and more than $3 billion over budget on Feb.28, weathered whiteout conditions late Sunday and early Monday better than any other airport in the world.
"We were able to keep three runways open in blizzard conditions and have planes depart and land in those conditions," airport spokesman Dan Melfi said yesterday. "I never bought that we would be delay-free. There will always be weather delays."
Below-freezing temperatures and winds blowing up to 60 mph led to zero visibility, snow-laden runways and icy highways leading to the airport.
The most serious incident came early Monday, when a United Airlines Boeing 727 en route from Chicago nearly crashed into a city truck on the runway. The driver was overseeing snow-removal on the airport's five major runways.
Mitch Barker, a regional spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said that the FAA wants to know why the truck was on an active runway and why the ground-radar system failed to detect
it.
Melfi said that the incident is under investigation but that the truck driver — a longtime employee — "is in a lot of hot water."
Schroeder told FAA officials that the plastic roof over the airport tower had partly collapsed, allowing rain and snow to fall on computer equipment.
"Let's get the roof fixed for heaven's sake. ... get the plastic off," Schroeder said. "That ought to be done ASAP. And then we should get some understanding of how the regional FAA office and the tower work together on these flow problems."
Israel, PLO edge toward Jerusalem issue
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Israel and the Palestinians quietly have begun to tackle the most explosive issue on their agenda — a solution for Jerusalem, the city claimed by both as a capital.
Officials confirmed yesterday that Israeli and Palestinian academics with close links to their political leaders were exploring various models, ranging from Palestinian self-rule in the city to establishing two municipalities.
Among the Israeli involved is Yair Hirschfeld, a history professor who
helped set up secret talks in Oslo, Norway, that led to the breakthrough 1993 Israel-PLO accord on Palestinian autonomy.
Hirschfeld said yesterday that he was in the early stages of private research on Jerusalem and that he had no public mandate. Israeli Economics Minister Yossi Beilin, Hirschfeld's mentor and a key player in the Oslo talks, also disavowed a connection.
But Israeli officials have said that the future of Jerusalem was so sensitive that the government would avoid writing position papers inhouse so that no policy option
would appear to have official sanction. The initial work was to be commissioned to think tanks.
This is in keeping with the Oslo talks, when Israeli academics initially developed an autonomy model with PLO officials. When the dialogue became promising, Israel sent in high-level negotiators from the Foreign Ministry to lead the talks.
Beilin, architect of the Oslo talks, said yesterday that Israel would have to give the Palestinians a measure of self-rule in Jerusalem if it wanted to win the world's recognition of the city as Israel's capital.
"We will not be able to, and we
shouldn't, ignore the 170,000 Palestinians who live in Jerusalem and who are entitled to live according to their own culture and norms," Beilin said.
"To deal with the matter, I suggest adopting the idea of the former mayor, Teddy Kollek, who suggested self-administration," Beilin said. "This means neighborhoods, including the Palestinian areas, will be able to elect their own representatives and deal with day-to-day issues."
Israel-PLO talks on the status of Jerusalem are to begin by May 4.
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