21.   Among the passengers on the supersonic jet were Sir Paul McCartney, his fiancee Heather Mills and actor Hugh Grant.

22.   Annan had left Paris on a supersonic jet earlier Tuesday.

23.   British Airways and Air France are the only airlines that fly the supersonic jet.

24.   British Airways said this week that if tests were successful the supersonic jets might resume commercial flights by springtime.

25.   British Airways has announced it will operate Concorde flights this summer between London and Barbados, a route the supersonic jet normally flies only during the winter season.

26.   British Airways said this week that if tests were successful the supersonic jets might return to the skies by this spring.

27.   But riding the supersonic jet -- a haunt of celebrities, royalty, politicians and business tycoons -- also has been called an exercise in nonstop pampering.

28.   In its report, the French Accident and Inquiry Office said investigators had uncovered new details to explain what caused the supersonic jet to go down.

29.   Sri Lanka has recently bought the new supersonic jets from Israel to modernize its air force in its battle against Tamil rebels in the north and the east.

30.   The Air France supersonic jet crashed Tuesday in Gonesse, outside Paris.