Plane crashes in lake with county attorney aboard
     NEW ORLEANS - April 3, 1998 4:19 p.m. EST -- A small plane car-
 rying the county attorney of Denton County, Texas, crashed into Lake
 Ponchartrain. She was rescued Friday after clinging to wreckage for
 12 hours, but her daughter and two other people were missing.
     The airplane, bound from Denton, Texas, to New Orleans, was under
 radar control when it vanished about 10:30 p.m. Thursday about 10
 miles north of the New Orleans Lakefront Airport, authorities said.
     Attorney Carmen Rivera-Worley was found in the lake about 10:30
 a.m. today, a couple of hours after the landing gear was spotted,
 the Coast Guard said.
     There were no signs of the three other people aboard the single-
 engine Cherokee PA28, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Renee Gordon.
     The Denton Record-Chronicle reported that the missing were Ms.
 Rivera-Worley's 17-year-old daughter, Sarah; Denton County's build-
 ing maintenance supervisor, John Scott; and pilot Brian Taylor.
     Assistant District Attorney Lee Ann Breading said Ms. Rivera-
 Worley was taking her daughter to visit Tulane University, where she
 had been accepted as a student, and Scott, a Tulane alumnus, was
 along to show them around the campus.
     Ms. Rivera-Worley, 44, was taken to West Jefferson Medical
 Center. Her condition was not immediately determined but hospital
 officials did say she was conscious.
     Ms. Rivera-Worley works as the chief civil attorney for the
 county north of Dallas, advising commissioners and handling other
 civil matters.
     The Federal Aviation Administration reported that the plane to
 New Orleans, had been cleared for approach when an air traffic con-
 troller noticed it was off course. The pilot said he had instrument
 problems and wanted to climb above the clouds, according to the FAA.
 Radar showed the plane descending and then it disappeared.
     The airplane was rented from the North American Flight Academy
 in Denton, school spokeswoman Margie Spaid said.
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   Some victims' families sue map maker over Ron Brown plane crash
     DENVER - April 3, 1998 12:43 p.m. EST -- The families of some
 victims of the plane crash in which Commerce Secretary Ron Brown
 died are suing a map maker, claiming that the chart put the plane
 on a collision course.
     Brown and 34 others died April 3, 1996, when the plane slammed
 into a mountain near Dubrovnik, Croatia.
     The lawsuit against Jeppesen Sanderson Inc., filed in U.S. Dis-
 trict Court in Denver on Thursday, says that the U.S. Air Force
 pilots flying the military version of a Boeing 737-200 aircraft were
 misguided by the Jeppesen chart as they made their landing approach
 to the airport.
     The lawsuit claims the chart was defective in several ways in-
 cluding that it failed to inform the pilots that only aircraft
 equipped with two non-directional beacon (NDB) navigator radio
 receivers could safely make the approach.
     The eight families who filed the lawsuit are seeking damages
 ranging from $10,000 to $30,000.
     In June 1996, the widow of a businessman killed in the same
 crash filed a $100 million lawsuit against Jeppesen Sanderson, also
 blaming the navigational chart used on the flight.
     But the company said at the time it cannot be held responsible
 for the charts because they were based on information from the
 Croatian government.
     Jeppesen spokeswoman Janet Connor said Friday she had not seen
 the latest lawsuit.
     "It (the chart) was provided by the Croatian government, as we
 said previously. Since we have not seen the lawsuit, we can't
 comment," she said.
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                TWA may post big First Quarter loss
  Carrier floundering despite efforts to improve operating results
     CHICAGO -- April 3, 1998: 2:57 p.m. EST -- Trans World Airlines
 Inc. could post a substantial loss for the first quarter of 1998,
 despite actions the company has taken to improve future operating
 results and performance, the company said in a filing Tuesday with
 the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     "Notwithstanding actions taken to date and planned by management
 to improve the company's future operating results and performance,
 the company anticipates reporting operating and net losses in the
 first quarter of 1998, which losses may be substantial," the carrier
 said.
     A spokesman declined to comment on what the scope of the loss
 might be, but said the statement was no different from guidance the
 company has given analysts.
     The St. Louis-based airline reported a first quarter loss of
 $71.6 million, or $1.54 a share, for the first quarter in 1997. The
 mean analyst estimate for first quarter 1998 is a loss of $0.72 a
 share, according First Call.
     The company declined comment on First Call estimates and does
 not have a specific reporting date yet.
     Among actions the company has taken to improve results is paring
 back its schedule and replacing jumbo jets with smaller planes.
     Also in the filing, the company said it expects to spend about
 $18.7 million to remediate year 2000 problems in its computer system.
     The company said it expects to complete the necessary changes and
 testing by mid-1999.
     Also, TWA said it is exploring the possibility to enter into mar-
 keting and code-share alliances with additional overseas carries. TWA
 currently has one such alliance, with two others pending.
     TWA (TWA) shares were off 13/16 at 10-1/2 in early afternoon
 trade Friday.
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