ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Tuesday, December 24, 1996             TAG: 9612240076
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

RECORDER RECOVERED

LENGTH: Short :   18 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO: ALAN KIM STAFF
             A National Transportation Safety Board investigator (center) 
          gives his assessment to State Police after returning to the base of 
          the mountain with one of the crashed cargo plane's two recorders. 
          For more about the DC-8 crash, see today's front page. color.
KEYWORDS: FATALITY