Cargo plane crashes in landing at Seattle airport
     SEATTLE (August 14, 1997 00:46 a.m. EDT) -- A small cargo plane
 crashed on landing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Wednes-
 day, injuring the pilot, Federal Aviation Administration officials
 said.
     The Beech 1900, a twin-engine turboprop, crashed while arriving
 in Seattle on a flight from Portland, Ore, FAA spokesman Tim Pile
 said. Another FAA official said a fire broke out on the plane after
 the crash.
     The pilot, believed to be the only person on board, was injured,
 Pile said. The 34-year-old man was in serious condition at a local
 hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said.
     The crash closed one of the two runways at Seattle airport,
 Pile said.
     He said the airport continued to operate on one runway, causing
 some delays. "They are operating as best they can," he said.
     Pile said there was no indication of the cause of the crash. The
 National Transportation Safety Board was responsible for investigat-
 ing, he said.
     FAA officials did not know what type of cargo the plane, owned
 by a Burbank, Calif company, was carrying.
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         Televangelist Robert Schuller settles airline dispute
     NEW YORK (August 13, 1997 11:16 p.m. EDT) - Federal prosecutors
 have agreed to drop a misdemeanor assault charge against televangel-
 ist Robert Schuller for an airborne dispute with a flight attendant.
     Schuller, whose "Hour of Power" syndicated TV program reaches
 20 million viewers in over 180 countries, will have to complete six
 months of federal supervision.
     "I am 70 years old, but I am not too old to learn or be taught
 new lessons," he said in court.
     A misdemeanor criminal complaint said Schuller argued with a
 male attendant on the June 28, Los Angeles-to-New York United Air-
 lines flight, and then grabbed the man by the shoulders and shook
 him, "causing (the attendant's) head to move up and down in a
 vigorous manner."
    Schuller pleaded innocent and agreed to enter a six-month federal
 supervision program, which will require him to check in with author-
 ities by mail or telephone, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Neil Ross.
 The charge will be dropped if Schuller completes the six months
 without breaking any laws.
     The California televangelist also agreed to pay a $1,100 fine
 to the Federal Aviation Administration, which complained that he
 caused delays and disruptions for other passengers on the flight.
     The dispute occurred when Schuller, a friend of President
 Clinton, was flying first-class to New York for a memorial service
 for Malcolm X's widow, Betty Shabazz.
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                     UPS pilots may strike
    The head of the union representing pilots at United Parcel Ser-
 vice said today that a strike against the company by its pilots was
 possible close to Christmas.  The pilots, who already are honoring
 the Teamsters union strike against UPS, have been working without a
 contract since December 1995.  Talks between the pilots and UPS are
 to resume next month.  A pilots union official said UPS pilots were
 paid 25 percent less than those at competing delivery service Fed-
 eral Express and 33 percent below the rest of the industry.
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                        ValuJet Cites Contractor
     ValuJet Airlines alleged today that the SabreTech maintenance
 company "deliberately and deceptively" packaged dangerous cargo on
 Flight 592, which crashed in the Florida Everglades. ValuJet asked
 the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate "new evi-
 dence" uncovered by the airline before reaching a final conclusion
 about the May 1996 crash, which killed all 110 people on board. The
 NTSB is to release its final report on the crash next week. Prelim-
 inary reports have blamed a fire in the cargo hold that was fueled
 by oxygen generators. ValuJet says Sabretech falsified the shipping
 ticket on the generators because it would take too long to handle
 them properly. Sabretech was not available for comment.
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      SEOUL, South Korea-Korean Air announced today it will suspend
 night flights to Guam until the cause of the crash that killed 226
 people aboard Flight 801 last week is determined.
     "The decision was made in order to ameliorate the fears of the
 South Korean people," said Korean Air president Cho Yang-ho.
     The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, which is inves-
 tigating the accident, said Tuesday that even the most experienced
 flight crews found night approaches over the hillside to Guam
 International Airport in bad weather tricky because the rolling
 hillside is easily mistaken for clouds.
    It is not certain whether the pilot was using special instruments
 to land the plane or was using a visual approach when the jet
 crashed into a hillside during a rainstorm at 1:42 a.m. local time.
     Korean Air makes night flights daily to Guam. Flight 801 is
 popular among honeymooners and other tourists looking to maximize
 their vacation time.
     The decision on when the flight will be suspended is to be made
 after consultation with the Transportation Ministry, Cho said. He
 was speaking at a parliamentary hearing into the crash. 
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