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GOLDENDALE, WASHINGTON FEBRUARY 22,2017--11 FLIGHT from Page I In recent years, investiga- tors are facing a new phe- nomenon: terrible tragedies of intentional destruction with high loss of life con- found the efforts to resolve these events. The new factor that we face is understood to be murder in the skies. That term may seem too harsh and rude to be associated with flight safety analysis, but the phenomenon has reared its ugly head time after time in recent years. While the number of these tragedies is very low con- sidering the huge number of safe flights that crisscross the globe, the isolated events wherein airliners are inten- tionally destroyed and peo- ple murdered still confound our efforts to keep them from happening. The histo- ry of intentional airliner de- struction dates even before World War II, and as airlin- ers carry more passengers, this diabolical trend for political or ideological ob- jectives is nearly incompre- hensible for investigators and safety officials; but the forensic reconstruction that follows consistently reveals the irrefutable evidence of the criminal act. The intentional destruc- tion of airliners is not new. In 1983, Soviet jets shot down Korean Airlines flight 007 near the Siberian coast as it flew from Anchorage to Seoul. That same year, Libyan operatives planted a bomb which brought down PanAm 103 near Lockerbee, Scotland. Those intentional acts killed 539 persons. In 1989, terrorists brought down a French (ATA flight 772) over Niger, Africa, with the loss of 170 passengers and crew. Also in 1989, Avi- anca flight 203, a Boeing 727, was blown up by the Medel- lin drug cartel over Colom- bia with the loss of 107 lives. In 1999, Egypt Air flight 990 with 217 passengers and crew aboard was intention- ally crashed into the ocean off of Nantucket Island, by relief copilot Gameel A1 Ba- touti. The 21st century be- gan with the greatest trag- edy in aviation. The use of four airliners to kill more than 3,000 on Sept. 11, 2001 was unfathomable in the history of aviation disasters by Saudi Arabian citizen Mohamed Atta and eighteen others. As recently as 2015 a Metrojet flight 9268 (AirBus 320 flying Russian tourists) from Egypt, was destroyed by an ISIS bomb over the Si- nai, killing all 224 aboard. Likewise, in 2015, German Wings copilot Andreas Lub- itz intentionally crashed an Airbus 320 into the French Alps, after locking the cap- tain out of the cockpit, re- sulting in the death of 150 passengers and crew. In 2014, news captivated the entire world to follow- ing the disappearance and search in the south Indi- an Ocean for the missing Malaysia Air flight 370, (3 March 2014) a Boeing 777-200ER. All available evidence today points to an intentional destruction by pilot(s) Zaharie Ahmed Shah and/or Fariq Abdul Hamid, diving it into the sea in the far reaches of the south Indian Ocean. Off ra- dar screens and in silence for over five hours the pas- senger airplane flew deep into ocean airspace without a clue to its location. Despite a highly technical search ef- fort for over a year, mapping thousands of miles of ocean bottom, the wreckage loca- tion remains a mystery. Not a single sign of any of the 239 people aboard the airplane has been found. Regularly, to our disbe- lief, these horrible acts are state-sponsored, The deliberate shoot down of Boeing 777, Ma- laysia Air 17, July 17, 2014 The folDwing account from European investiga- tive reports details yet an- other senseless destruction of an innocent airliner. A complex investigation by several independent bodies have very recently complet- ed their preliminary work. The Dutch Safety Board (OVV), the Joint Investiga- tion Team (JIT) comprised of Australia, Belgium, Ma- laysia, Netherlands, and Ukraine, employing 200 in- vestigators, examined thou- sands of wreckage parts, 500,000 videos and photo- graphs, thousands of satel- lite images, (US and Euro- pean Space Agency-ESA), interviewed more than 200 witnesses, reviewed 150,000 telephone calls, and 5 bil- lion internet pages. They presented their findings to their governments on Sep- tember 28, 2016. Addition- ally, independent research • organizations such as UK- based Bellingcat and US- based STRATFOR, have reached similar and conclu- sive findings. The investiga- tion is on-going, as the JIT investigators explore hun: dreds of additional witness- es, records of phone conver- sations, and videos that are emerging. Part 2 of this story will ap- pear next week. JAIL from Page I "If there's a person who's late to visit [an inmate], we're go- ing to let them visit. You're conveying that you're just doing your job. There's noth- ing personal." Bianchi, who's had a long and varied career in law en- forcement, is now on conver- sational terms with inmates he used to chase on the out- side. But he also acknowledg- es the inherent strain of the work, and the importance of reducing negativity for em- ployees' sake. "Mother Theresa wouldn't have the patience for this job. You have to treat [inmates] with respect and decency, knowing the things they've done. [On the other hand], you're looking at human be- ings in cages. It can be emo- tionally draining. [The offic- ers] do an incredible duty." Mental health Bianchi estimates 15 per- cent of the jail population have mental health issues. "A lot of the time, the prob- lem is• they don't like their meds and stop taking them. subjects simply don't know three times daily, released from jail back on where they are. Getting out their feet. Bianchi says it Bianchi sees the jail's role The control room, which would be nice to have transi- as a support system. "The Songer calls "the nerve tional resources, say a work- goal is to not lump ordinary center of the jail," looks out release program across the criminals and people with over two floors of cell-blocks, street, but for the time being mental illness together," but Cameras allow the control- it's just an idea. The jail does to identify and properly ad- room officer to monitor cells, partner with Adult Proba- for qualifying inmates. And there are jobs within the jail itself: the kitchen and laun- dry are run by inmates. In the future, Bianchi would like to see the jail partner with the Fort Van- couver Library System, and the Columbia Gorge Community College, which offers free online classes. "This is jail [as opposed to prison], so they aren't in here that long. But we'd like to have them do more with dress the latter. Goldendale's hallways and other areas of tion to set up outside work which• offers GED programs, their time than just sit." small size is an asset in this the jail, and to unlock doors regard: officers see the same remotely. This"indirectsys-~f:: i ] faces and get to know which tem" means inmates don't Dogs of the Gorge AnLmal residents have mental ill- need constantescorts. hess. On the day of the tour, Ira, Another issue is that pea- Deputy Randy Wells is run- All you can eat ple with mental illness may ning control room. Wells, a self-medicate with street ~D~;HF~)T~A Dinner drugs. In those cases, thejail patrol officer, is manning El t acts as a holding area, allow- the post while recuperating mg the drugs to wear off so subjects can be evaluated and potentially transferred to Comprehensive Mental Health or the state hospital. Providing for inmate's medical and mental health needs is a priority for the jail. "Our goal is to never have anyone deteriorate while they're here," Bianchi says. Counselors from CMH visit the jail twice a week to see and assess inmates. The Most of them are running jail also has a physician's afoul of the law in pretty assistant on call. All offic- small ways." Trespassing.,,.ersare trained to distribute is a common offense. Often. medication, which occurs from a knee injury. As Wells and Bianchi watch the inmates, they talk about recidivism. During his time at the jail, Bianchi's seen a lot of the same faces show up again and again. At some point, he says, it's up to the individual to decide. "I don't want to be a criminal anymore." He points out a few inmates he notices ma- turing. "You can see it. He's like. 'Alright, this isn't fun anymore.'" 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