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THE WEEK, Page 19WORLDA Cargo Plane's Descent into Hell
The crash of a 747 in Amsterdam leaves at least 51 dead
Like most tragedies, the crash of an El Al 747-200F cargo jet
last week came without warning. Six minutes after taking off
from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport bound for Tel Aviv, the pilot
reported a fire in a right-wing engine. Seconds later another
engine failed and the freighter hurtled into a 10-story
apartment building just 10 miles from the airport. As rescue
workers uncovered the remains of 51 victims on the ground --
many others were incinerated and will never be found --
investigators searched for an explanation. El Al says an engine
fire on the same plane last July was unrelated to the disaster.
But recurring problems with microscopic cracks on the "fuse
pins" that connect engines to the wings of Boeing jumbo jets are
a possible culprit. As yet, there is no evidence linking fuse
pins and the crash. But a similar crash in China last December
led to a Federal Aviation Administration directive requiring
fuse-pin inspection on early-model 747s.