21.   Sharif was convicted of hijacking for diverting the flight and was sentenced to two concurrent life terms.

22.   The airline also noted that disruptive passengers will be liable for costs if the airline has to divert the flight.

23.   The flight was diverted to Boston where a federal magistrate ordered Reid held without bail.

24.   The flight was diverted to Wichita, Kan., and the two men were arrested.

25.   The pilot had diverted the flight because of fuel concerns.

26.   They can divert flights because of drunken passengers, refuse to fly because of mechanical problems, and delay a takeoff because of hunger pangs.

27.   Two percent said that their flights were diverted because of an unruly fellow passenger.

28.   Other flights were diverted to a second runway.

29.   Other flights were diverted.

30.   A Russian airliner on an internal flight was hijacked and ordered to fly to Israel early Sunday, but the pilot diverted the flight to Azerbaijan, officials said.