1. Very few combat aircraft have been destroyed. 2. At least three military aircraft were destroyed. 3. The amount of explosive hidden in the radio cassette player which destroyed the aircraft was not detectable by any X-ray equipment. 4. Also, a fire would not necessarily destroy the aircraft, Robertson said. 5. And sure enough, this aircraft was destroyed. 6. Law enforcement officials have said privately that they believe a bomb destroyed the aircraft, severing the cockpit and first-class cabin from the rest of the jet. 7. Moussaoui was charged with conspiring to commit acts of terrorism, destroy aircraft, use airplanes as weapons of mass destruction and murder U.S. employees. 8. RCN television of Bogota reported that the aircraft had been destroyed. 9. Rumsfeld said that the Taliban military had a limited number of surface-to-air missiles, as well as hand-held rockets that could destroy aircraft overhead. |