21.   Defense Secretary William Perry said Sunday that the Pentagon has found no evidence that the American pilot managed to eject before his plane crashed.

22.   Despite attempts to overpower him, the pilot managed to land safely back in Gabon and escape through the cockpit window.

23.   Defense Secretary William Perry said Sunday that the Pentagon has found no evidence that the pilot managed to eject before his plane crashed.

24.   Even if the pilots do manage to spray herbicide on the poppies, the peasants say they quickly replant.

25.   He said the pilot managed to stabilize the plane, and Russian media reports quoted an airline official as saying a steward was injured in the scuffle.

26.   He said the pilot managed to stabilize the plane.

27.   However, the pilot managed to deploy the wheels, and the plane landed safely.

28.   Its two pilots managed to jump out to safety but were slightly injured while landing.

29.   It was not clear whether the pilot had managed to eject.

30.   One passenger died and six others were injured, but the pilot managed to land the plane safely at an airport in Okinawa, Japan.