1.   The flight goes via Bahrain, where we stop for refuelling and take on more passengers.

2.   Since the Pan Am bombing there have been different security standards imposed on American-owned airlines depending on whether their flights are going to or from America.

3.   Still the flight went on.

4.   No damage was discovered and the flight went on to York.

5.   And for two orbits the flight went as planned.

6.   At first all flights will go to Orlando, with connecting flights to Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers and West Palm Beach.

7.   A United Airlines captain, who asked not to be quoted by name, said his flight had gone smoothly and passengers were calm.

8.   A TWA flight went down earlier in the week in New York, presumably an act of terrorism.

9.   Ahmad al-Habashi, the pilot who may have left the cockpit shortly before the flight went awry, was also hailed as a skilled captain.

10.   All flights would go into BWI, where passengers could change planes for other destinations.