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N ATION ^ao^^Tuesda^NowmbeM6 ; J < 999 i ^eapChair questions board’s EgyptAir investigation meat. ined to discuss ( )rted, or the quest :s tests. I WASHINGTON (AP) — Jim Hall, chair of the ^ Cl national Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), ^|fuest:ioned yesterday ''hether his agency would , , Dntinue leading the investi- -Bllouirnovu W, of th | crash of , RVPtAir Flight 990, raising . and we are m th 6 at the |ane wa | enonB,llc * l ' s UH.dbyacrimfMlKt. Hall also met with FBI Di- ?ctor Louis J. Freeh to dis- as| having the law enforcement agency take over i" Branch Davidi teInvestigation after the plane’s cockpit voice ^ninpr iintmsti border taped one of the crew members making down,mera oft questionable statement, l ing the Feb 281 A federal law enforcement official told the As- jndoff, when Bui elated Press (AP) that the question of whether gents sought loser 5 °P en a criminal investigation was raised be- kiians. ATFspokf atfe “one view is that a crew member is heard aware of anyreqi nthe cockpit tape to say something religious in capons used at V ature.” the House Cover The official, who spoke on the condition of s investigating) nonymity, added: “There is no desire for the siege, said aides! BI to rush into this.” The decision after yes- Branch Davidiair relay’s meeting between Hall and Freeh was >st. ) Vvait and see what else can be drawn from favidian weapons le tape recording. 'rely damaged, yBS News reported, meanwhile, that the sys- mid. “They melted:* n | recorded what sounded like the cockpit door scovered thesheic Pening and a voice saying something to the ef- ey held in custody! -ct of “what’s going on?” is about evidence.Tm omorrow that are. ;e to examine some government’s poss Hall told a news conference he was confident the jetliner’s advanced flight data recorder would provide information needed to resolve questions about the Oct. 31 crash, which killed all 217 aboard. Hall said work on the plane’s other “black box,” the cockpit voice recorder, was being slowed because of the need to translate the recorded conversations to English from the pi lots’ native Arabic. He acknowledged there have been “many ru mors, theories and stories” circulating about whether the crash was caused by mechanical fail ure or a criminal act such as a hijacking, crew fight or pilot suicide. That prompted him to say: “We are concen trating our efforts on determining from the evi dence, including the cockpit voice recorder, whether or not this investigation is to remain un der the leadership of the [NTSB]. ” The board’s charter said that it will be the pri mary investigative authority for transportation ac cidents until there is evidence of a crime. NTSB spokesperson Ted Lopatkiewicz said the only time in recent memory the board transferred oversight to the FBI under similar circumstances was in 1987, when a Pacific Southwest Airlines plane crashed north of Los Angeles. The FBI and the board later concluded that a disgruntled worker shot the crew members, caus ing the plane to crash and kill all 43 aboard. Besides Hall’s statements at the news confer ence, there were other signs the probe may turn into a criminal investigation: • Hall pledged over the weekend that the cock pit voice tape would be reviewed yesterday by a group that included Boeing, which made the 767 that crashed, and Pratt & Whitney, which made the plane’s engines. That meeting was canceled, a government of ficial close to the investigation told the AP, and a smaller group primarily including NTSB officials and FBI agents reviewed the tape instead. • Hall’s meeting with Freeh and other officials to discuss whether there was enough evidence to open a criminal investigation, said an official who requested anonymity. “Not everyone agrees over what to make of some things on the [cockpit] tape,” the official said. The EgyptAir Boeing 767 crashed into the At lantic early Halloween morning about 40 minutes after takeoff from New York. It was heading to Cairo from Los Angeles after an intermediate stop at Kennedy Inter national Airport. Speculation about a possible hijacking, crew fight or pilot suicide lingers because the flight data recorder shows that the plane was cruising nor mally at 33,000 feet until its autopilot was turned off, its nose was pointed sharply down, its throt tles were cut back and its engines then shut off. Nurse receives maximum sentence for killing 6 patients under his care BRAZIL, Ind. (AP) — A judge sentenced former nurse Orville Lynn Majors to the maximum of 360 years in prison yesterday for killing six elderly patients under his care with lethal injections. Judge Ernest Yelton cited the nature of the crime, committed in a hospital where the six vic tims had gone for treatment of various illnesses. “He was entrusted with these people’s care,” Yelton said. “In re sponse, he committed diabolical acts that extinguished the frail lives of six people.” The judge gave Majors six 60- year sentences, to be served con secutively, effectively giving him a life sentence. Majors would have to serve at least 180 years before be ing eligible for early release. “At long last, may the souls of Mary Ann Alderson, Dorothea Dixon, Luella Hopkins, Margaret Hornick, Freddie Dale Wilson, Derek Maxwell and Cecil Smith rest in peace,” Yelton said. Majors, 38,was convicted Oct. 17 of killing six patients — all those mentioned by the judge except Smith — while they were patients at Vermiliion County Hospital in the mid-1990s. Jurors could not reach a deci sion in the case of Smith, which ended in a mistrial. Majors sat a few feet from the witness stand where three of the victims’ relatives made emotion al pleas for the longest possible sentence. “Mr. Majors, if you don’t want the fruit of sin, then stay out of the devil’s orchard,” Maxwell’s wife, Kathryn, said. Defense attorney Carolyn Rader offered no evidence that might have lessened the sentence, saying she did not believe it would make a difference. She left immediately after the hearing without speaking to reporters. 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