21.   Planes were being diverted, and Delta Air Lines spokeswoman Peggy Estes said the airline was working to account for all its planes.

22.   Outgoing flights were grounded during the evacuation, and incoming planes were diverted to other areas of the airport, which was jammed with Christmas Day travelers.

23.   Pilots were told to divert planes to other airports when weather conditions deteriorate and were explicitly forbidden from attempting landings during storms, he said.

24.   Planes were being diverted to other airports, and Delta Air Lines spokeswoman Peggy Estes said the airline was working to account for all its planes.

25.   Planes were diverted to Luxembourg, the German city of Duesseldorf, or the Belgian airports at Ostend and Antwerp.

26.   A spokesman said the pilot had threatened to divert the plane and have the group removed after they abused crew and other passengers, lit cigarettes and behaved offensively.

27.   A recorded statement by American Airlines spokesman Gus Whitcomb said the plane was diverted because of a suspicious note, but gave few other details.

28.   Airline officials said the plane had been diverted from its regular stop at Kennedy to Newark, N.J., because of fog early Saturday, she said.

29.   Aircraft from Canada, Britain and the U.S. military in Iceland had tracked the runaway balloon, and air traffic controllers had been diverting planes from its path.

30.   Aircraft from Canada, Britain and the U.S. military in Iceland tracked the runaway balloon, and air traffic controllers diverted planes from its path.