11.   Airline officials said the pilot, Capt. C. K. Foong, also reported hitting an object, but no one offered an explanation of what it might have been.

12.   Aeronautics officials said the pilot asked the control tower for a second chance to land but lost contact after pulling up the plane.

13.   Airline officials said the pilot, Capt. C.K. Foong, also reported hitting an object, but no one offered an explanation of what it might have been.

14.   Bar-Lev also said pilots and crews need to be granted legal authority to stop and, if necessary, kill hijackers.

15.   Garvey said the pilots and flight attendants had made such a recommendation.

16.   Gonzalez said that pilot Rolando de Jesus was flying to St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

17.   However, he said pilots and troops remain wary.

18.   Israel radio said the pilot and possibly other crew members were being questioned by Israeli officials.

19.   It said the pilot and two crew members were Russian and all three had survived the crash.

20.   Italian Lt. Roberto Codeluppi said the pilot and the navigator were uninjured and headed back to their temporary base in Piacenza, northern Italy.