bE RE ee ee ee ee ee Ae reed eee LCCC AN STR ERELUYI SYS TT ETS te ee Page 2, The Herald, Wednesday, Saptember 19, 1979 Deapite the highiy-publicioed pite the highly-publicited incident in which part of the tall fell off an Air Canada bC-9 ‘jetliner over the Allantle, that aircraft type has one of the best safety records in the skles, U.S. government statistics show, Firat flown in 1965, the GOOD RECORD DC 9s said one of the twinjet McDonnell-Douglas airliners have proved widely popular with the airline industry and are among the most common alreraft in we, A study by the U.S. National Tranaportation Safety Board between 1963 and 1977 disclosed 42 ace cidents involving DC-bs, in- cluding 11 accidents in which someone was killed. With nearly 9.5 million hours of fiying logged In this period by DC-0s, the board translated its statlstics to an aceldent rate of 0.60 per 100,000 hours, And 0.11 fatal accidents per 100,000 hours. No one was killed in Mon- ‘day’s incident invalving the Air Canada plane which was enroute to Hallfax from Boston. The plane lost its threemelre tong tail cone but was able to land safely- _after returning to Boston. A ‘stress crack in a bulkhead is being blamed for the Incident and Alr Canada said a second DC-6 was with- drawn from service when similar cracks were found. Constant pressure changes and vibration can lead to metal fatigue and cracks, a problem which regular aircraft maintenance programs are designed to Air Canada ups inspections MONTREAL (CP) — Air Canada is inspecting all 43 of its DC-9 Class $2 alrcraft in the wake of an accident Ln which a jet lost ita three- ‘metre long tall cone enroute to Hallfax from Boston Monday. A t out of Regina was carcelled Monday evening after a spot inspection revealed a crack in the tall assembly of o second DC-9, ea are being made to rear bulkhead seals on both alreraft. The airline feels a stress crack in the rear pressure ees n from Boston, OTTAWA (CP) — The Progressive Conservative ‘government has dumped beral Bryce Mackasey as 900,000-ayear chairman of Air Canada. The word came Tuesday in a simple announcement from the office of Transport Minister Don Mazankowski, It said Pierre Taschereau, former | chairman, is replacing Mackasey as in- terim chalrman on 4 part- McDonnell Douglas, the makers of the alrcrait, recommend x-rays of the rear pressure bulkheads after about every 4,-000 hours of flying time. Helen Brisbols, of Mc- Donnell Douglas, said her company would have nothing to aay until the Investigation into the Boston incident is completed. The Regina jet had been scheduled for an x-ray check seon, but the Boston aircraft had about 3,000 hours of flying time jeft before its next echeduled x-ray. The airline's engineers have decided to check Hime basis. There was no word on how the government overcame the fact that Mackasey hada seven-year appointment. The replacement of Mackasey was effective Tuesday, the announcement The Air Canada board of directors, which met all day In Montreal, had been consulted and “unanimously concurred with the acticn bulkheads on all DC-9 Class 32's every 24 hours and cut the time between x-rays In The jet was over the . Atlantic, 11 minutes into a mid-day filght, when the pilot noticed the plane was depressurizing and turned back to Boston. ‘People started screaming, Food was flying around,” said passenger Ellen John, 25, of Taunton, Mass, Another passenger, Betty Martin, of Syracuse, N.Y. said: “We heard a boom.” . “Byeryone turned around. You could see a hole where taken,’ the announcement Mazankowski met hig cabinet colleagues Tuesday after talking with Mackasey, & minister in the: former Liberal government of Pierre Trudeau, over dinner Monday and with the board of directors Tuesday mor- ning. He was asked about the fate of Mackasey as he went into the cabinet meeting. the tail cone is supposed to be, We were all praying. Passengera were all wing their seat belts because the _nopmoking and buckle-up signs were still on. The “emergency oxygen masks dropped from their overhead _ positions and passengers - were able to use them during the pilot's 80-second descent from 7,000 metres to 2,750 metres, “T gather he did a beautiful job of landing,” sald Alr Canada spokesman Steven Pisne about the pilot, G. Gill of Toronto. Flight attendant Yolanda Neneman, 27, of Enfield, N.S., waa treated in a Boston He would only say he met the board and Mackasey and there would be an an- nouncement in due course. Mazankowski said following a cabinet com- mittee meeting that the government “wanted a change inthe chalrmanship” of Air Canada. “Things weren't running smoothly," he told reporters while refusing to disclose specific details of any WEDNESDAY 5 p.m. to midnight | KING CFTK BCTV KCTS ma {NBC) | (CBC) (CTV) (PBS) i fies . 00. | Caral Happy That's Mister 115 [| Burnett Days Hollywood Rogers 130] News Hourglass Winsday Eleciric 7450 [Cont'd Cont'd Cont'd Campany 00 Cont'd Wednesday News Once Upon 115 Cont'd Night Movie ‘| Hour A Classic :30 | Cont'd ‘live Cont'd Dick ‘45 [Cont'd Again, Cont'd Cavett 006 Seattle, Die | Rhoda MacNeil :1§ | Tonight Again’ ; Cont'd Lehrer :30 Tie Tac Major League ‘Elght Is Wodehouse 45 Bough Baseball Enough Playhouse £00 Real Boston Cont'd Meeting : 15 People Red Sox Cont'd Uf Minds a) Cont'd vs. Toronto CTV Movie Cont'd 145 Cont'd Blue Jays Speciat Cont'd 00. «| Movie Contid ‘The Great 15 | of Cont‘d Outlaw Performances 30s The Cont'd Josey Cont'd 45 Week Cont'd Wales! 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Three of the 38 passengers were treated for minor injuriea at Logan airport's first aid atation. The accident Is is being in- vestigated by McDonnell Douglas, the Canadian transport department, and the U.S. National Tran- sportation Safely Board. Tt ia the second time this year that McDonnell Douglas is investigating one of its models, It launched a study into the DC-10 after an American Airlines crash near Chicago. killed people May 25. Mackasey dumped by Tories financial settlement with Mackasey. . Mackasey earlier told reporters in Montreal; “As far as I’m concerned, I’m chairman of the board with a seven-year contract. If they want me out, they’re going to have tofind a way to do so.” The transport miniater aaid he had a dinner meeting in Montreal last night for a - general discussion of Air Canada's affairs. Mazankowski met Tuesday morning with the airline's board of directors. He sald the Crown cor- poration’s governing :legisiation states that any changes in the role of the chairmanship must be made sin