11.   Federal aviation officials, he said, had abdicated their rights to protect the public.

12.   Federal aviation records show that Nombo was awarded an airline transport pilot license, or ATP, last June, allowing him to fly multiengine commercial planes.

13.   Federal aviation regulations prohibit parachuting between sunset and sunrise unless the jumper is equipped with a light that is visible for three miles.

14.   Federal aviation safety investigators believe the sudden light flashes are from potentially deadly laser lights.

15.   Federal aviation authorities evacuated a Southwest Airlines concourse of Baltimore-Washington International Airport on Saturday morning after a woman bypassed a security checkpoint, officials said.

16.   Federal aviation investigators have a good record of recovering black boxes like these.

17.   Federal aviation officials now have a policy of rushing to the scene when an airline complains about customer conduct, so that they can gather evidence for prosecution.

18.   Federal aviation officials said they knew of no other commercial carrier that had installed such equipment.

19.   Federal aviation experts are trying to determine why.

20.   Federal aviation investigators from Washington flew to Colombia to investigate the crash.