11.   Passengers on most airlines who go into cardiac arrest are now given cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the flight is redirected to the nearest airport.

12.   That means the jetliner can fly long, overseas flights that take it hours from the nearest airport.

13.   The first officer, Richard Hazen, asked for permission to land at the nearest airport, said Greg Feith, an NTSB investigator.

14.   The nearest airport is at Shreveport, La.

15.   The nearest airport is Charleston.

16.   The nearest substantial airport, in Idaho Falls, is three hours away from this camp, which is set on a highway so that it can be resupplied.

17.   The nearest airport with regular jet service is in Yanji, China, a bone-jarring, five-hour drive away.

18.   The orders went back first to ditch, then maybe to bail out, and finally for the location of the nearest airport.

19.   The nearest major airport to Invercargill is Queenstown, a short bus ride away.

20.   The pilot could have flown the plane to Atlanta, Kennedy said, but regulations mandate landing at the nearest jet airport.