Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 8, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday May 8, 1978 13 inquest into crash opens Cranbrook . Up an inquest into the death of 43 people in the feb. 11 crash of a Pacific Western airlines Jet opens Here today on a complaint from British Columbia s supervising Coro Ner that the Public has been kept waiting too Long to learn what caused the mishap. Glen Mcdonald said in i Vancouver saturday the Public does t know what caused Canada s sixth worst air disaster at this Southeast Ern . City s Airport be cause the inquest has been held up until transport can Ada s crash investigation ends. I think that within two or three weeks we Are entitled to have ail the information that transport Canada has and to hear from All the wit Mcdonald said. Then we can adjourn and it can do the technical Stu Mcdonald said local Coro Ner or. Alan Askey could have held the inquest earlier to hear the information then available but decided to wait for the full transport Canada report. The inquest opened and adjourned feb. 17 after the eight member jury viewed the crash site and received pathologists reports on the cause of death of -12 people whose bodies were found in the wreckage. A 43rd died of Burns in a Vancouver Hospital feb. 22. Six survived the crash. Pea officials said after the Accident that the Boeing 737 landed on the Airport runway then attempted to take off again after the Pilot apparently saw a Sno plow on the runway. Eyewitnesses said the Jet left the runway and gained height but banked sharply to the left and crashed into Snow about 100 metres to the Side. A survivor said he saw part of the thrust reverser on the right engine Fly off after the touchdown which could account for the Jet veering to the left on Takeoff. Thrust reverses Are used for Brak ing after touchdown. The Jet approached the Airport from Calgary on in flight rules during Daylight with visibility limited by Snow. The plane was required to land under visual flight rules As Cranbrook has no control Tower. An air radio operator nor Mally gives pilots instructions on the clearance of the runway. Snowblower opera Tor Terry George said in an interview he was Given no warning from the air radio operator that an aircraft was Landing which is the Normal procedure. A team of 14 transport Canada investigators has been studying the crash and spokesman Bill Alm Olky said the final report was not expected until the end of May. Alm Olky said the delay was caused by difficulty in transcribing a flight recorder tape that was badly damaged in the crash. Technicians at the National re search Council in Ottawa have been working to Sal Vage part of it. Relatives of 33 victims transport Canada and pea have served notice of intent to sue the City of Cranbrook which manages the Airport. 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