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Li. rnvA FOR SHEflR XIHIF, - ; DELIGHT .1 r I ' IMES PRICE AFS. SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 1969 (JADI 15, 1347 S.H.) VOL. VII,-NO- 237 KABUL, " ' $ " 'tf . V; '' ', r vi- , AR IANA'S BOEING 727 CRASH ES NEAR .''.' ' LONDON; PILOTS AMONG 17 SURVIVORS ;..k.. tf .': V9 , Afg frnm the crash. Thev inrliiH-- a ha. LONDON, Jan. 5, (AFP). inside the house. I believe I saw a officials of the airline and the London by who amazingly survived when Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 little airl being carrid out, han Air Authority left for mbrning to lnves-tiga- te the plane demolished the house, crashed into a house near London's "The tall of the plane is resting by Iran Air this leaving only a pile of smouldering Galtwick Airport early yesterday on the ruins of the house, I carried the crash. ' plane operation rubble. Three adults in the house while making a landing approach away a few survivors from the The was put in Afghan Airlines in were killed. and authorities said at least 39 rlane". by the Ariana ' . ... w a '1 t rS O The Boeing cut a swathe throu- of the 63 persons aboard were The plane left Kabul lor umaun Apru iyoo. as gh trees and hedgerows before ex- killed. at 4:30 yesterday an airline source Captain Nauroz was quoted from ploding against the. house, ' which Of the 17 people rushed to hos- said no passenger list was available saying he had been diverted airport, Heathrow, stands in farmland about two kms pital, most of them suffering from yet but confirmed two of the pas- London's main fog. from the airport. .severe burns, one died later. sengers were Afghans. because of reported 17 survivors' "Almost immediately we beared First reports said there were only A six member team consisting of Hospitals the sound of children crying 54 people on board, but an official coin- ing from the direction of plane, Vat London announced the Airport later said local housewife' establish- Mrs. Hilary that it had been definitely Six Arab states agree to Taylor., that the pUine was carrying 54 ed "My two teenage children went passengers plus nine crew members. out to the see what had happened. Rescue workers said the sur- s call tor summit that Hussain After, a time there -, was a big explo- vivors included the pilot, the co- ) (AFP).-- Six Israeli on Beirut, the eclip- :':MilIft. AMMAN, Jan. 4, the raid sion yelled flight engineer move- and I to them to corns pilot, and the now prepar- se of the Palestine liberation " Arab head of state are away. They came in carrying a :aw --m" " who were released from the hospi- mee- ment with the growth of commando tv" ed to take part in the summit child of four or five between them. Deputy Information and Culture Minister Mohammad Khaled tal this afternoon. fol- forces, set-ba- to the Jarring ting .proposed by Kin Hussein the "The child was badly in- burned and Roshan left this morning1 for a three week trip to the Federal Two of the injured In hospital lowing Israeli raid on Beirut mission, and the possibility of the crying. Then a Inan walked In and invitation of FRG government were said to be occupants of the here yes- tervention in the Middle East by the Republic of Germany at the the airport, it was announced said he was the aircraft's flight en- house struck by the aircraft as it ' fqur big powers are sufficient justi- to discuss the further development of cultural relations between terday. gineer. He had blood on his face came land. The other occu- fication for a new top-lev- el meeting. He will also visit Britain to discuss with the into A royal palace spokesman said and his leg was Injured. the two countries. pants were still missing. A been No-- date nor place has been fixed possibilities of obtaining fel- that the king's proposal had ,"A neighbour brought in another BBC and publishing institutes the unharmed was found in Ab-d- el for it but the meeting might be Roshan's accepted by President Gamal badly burned, child. Then child- lowships. Yesterday a luncheon reception was held in Hussein's my the rubble of the house. Re- held at Beirut after King Nasser of the United Arab ren carried in a Indian honour by the FRG charge d'affaire Gunter Wasserberg. Above visit to Britain next week. Other members of the crew were: public, President Charles Helou of girl. She was in terrible with FRG. Ambassador Gerhard Moltmann, before his Meanwhile, Egypt last night pain". he is seen Miss Zainab and Miss Tahera, ste- Lebanon, President Gahtan Twenty-fiv- e ambulances sped to departure. Gh-ula- Qa-- di welcomed' French support for wardesses, Hayatullah and m of South Yemen, President the crash scene, while rescuers scra- Ye- four-pow- initiatives on the Mi- Sakhi, stewards; and Abdul Abdul Rahman al Irianl of mbled through icy mud to pull sur- Is- East stressing the sp- Hai Alam, an engineer. men and President ddle crisis, vivors from the wreckage. me- Moha- of the' Sudan (plus ecial role of the permanent U.S. Hanoi seen cool to The plane was piloted by mail ' Lights from fire engines, showed king making mbers of the Security Council mmad Rahim Nauroz, Ariana's vete- of course, the himself, a heap of charred metal, ,with V the . The official government spo- ran captain. With him in the cock- the sixth). plane's nosewheels pointing sky- kesman Mohammad Hassan Saigon(s peace talk plan co-pil- ot Replies were still awaited from Dr. pit were Zaher Atayee and ' wards. El Zayyat, said in a statement VJan..5 (ASP)Xfiouth ly take part in talks to be arranged flight engineer Hussain Formuli. Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, British aviation authorities im- PARIS.' that Egypt welcomed French in- Vietnam's latest plan to break the in Saigon between the government The Boeing caught fire as it cra- Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. mediately despatched an eight-ma- n Minister Joel Le The-ul- es nego- and various opposition parties. shed. Twenty five ambulances raced Qatar, Bahrein, Abu Dhabi and formation investigation team Paris talks Into three distinct to probe the here fir-m- mem- statement yesterday that yesterday South Vietnamese sources to the scene and more than 50 en the Emirate of Oman are not crash. A spokesman for the team tiations were seen here between the Soviet be acceptable eitherl said that U.S. delegation head were fighting the blaze. bers of the Arab League arid as such said the Boeing's pilot was approa- as unlikely. to talks. Union; United States, Britain and to the Averell Harriman is not opposed to The airport had been closed to do hot take part in summit ching the airport to see if he could .the U.S. or to North Vietna France "should continue and be idea of holding separate nego se The question of Palestinian repre- mese the traffic since yesterday afternoon - landas visibility was down to 100 strengthened." , brain-- tiations on the various issues in- of fog and the plane was the sentation is not known although the metres. The airport had closed 'ast The plan, said to be the J movements Vice-Preside-nt volved, but he would prefer that all first to be permitted to land since Palestinian Liberation night because of fog. child or Nguyen Lao Ngu-ve- n should take place ' v attended the last such meeting. Ky, Was outlined recently by negotiations in then. , head 'plghteen-year-ol- d student Rosa- ... Ba Luonfi. ' President of the Paris. The control tower said it inform- The four previous conferences lind Taylor, the first rescuer on 1964,-a- t Lebanon fears South Vietnamese chamber de- -i Neither the National Liberation ed the pilot there were patches of were held at Cairo in January the scene, said she and her brother of 1964, V Front (NLF) nor the North Viet fog, cutting visibility in places to Alexandria in September rescued four people from the crash. puties. 1965 and namese have made official comm- 100 metres and the pilot replied he Casablanca in September Someone told her the plane had It would limit participation in the six-d- ay war) " ents on the Saloon plan so far. But first. at Khartoum (after the U-- I would make a trial approach major Israeli hit . , " a huse. Paris talks to the and North Clifford-Kissing- final in August 1967. reaction to the er The crash occurred on the "I realise I was . dn't opposite Vietnam and the talks objective U.S.-Nor- Hussein's proposal for a suggestion of direct th Vie- approach, authorities said. v King the house until I saw the gate- to negotiating a ceasefire and a, three-en-gin- opposi- tnamese delegation had said any An eyewitness said the fifth meeting has met with post", she said. There was none of withdrawal of foreign troops. from King Feisal of Saudi Ara- action on border proposal could be put forward be- jet came down just opposite tion the rust of the house left, just no- The idea of direct Hanoi-Washingt- bia on grounds nothing has fore the four-side- d Paris conference, his own home In Horley about one the that (DPA)'.-T- thing. I couldn't believe it". talks on troop withdrawals meet- BEIRUT, Jan. 5, he when it is convened. 2.5 kms from the airport runway. changed since the Khartoum Her brother Tim,, 16, said: "The has already been put forward by Lebanese cabinet Saturday met ' For the moment hwever,, Ha- The eyewitness, D.