PRINTER'S NO. 1399
No. 91 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY BELAN, PORTERFIELD, REGOLI, AFFLERBACH, STOUT,
FISHER, PECORA AND MELLOW, JUNE 28, 1989
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 28, 1989
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the President and United States Congress to
2 request the Canadian Government to reopen the investigation
3 of the December 12, 1985, airplane crash in Gander,
4 Newfoundland.
5 WHEREAS, On December 12, 1985, an airplane crashed in Gander,
6 Newfoundland, Canada, killing 256 people, including 248 members
7 of the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army; and
8 WHEREAS, An investigation took place in which the majority
9 believed that ice on the wings caused the crash, while a
10 minority believed that a bomb was the cause of the crash; and
11 WHEREAS, The investigatory board refuses to review any new
12 evidence; therefore be it
13 RESOLVED, That the Senate of Pennsylvania memorialize the
14 President and United States Congress to request the Canadian
15 Government to reopen the investigation to include new evidence
16 relating to the December 12, 1985, airplane crash at Gander,
17 Newfoundland, Canada; and be it further
18 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
1 the presiding officers of each house of Congress and to each
2 member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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