31.   French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin boarded the aircraft to speak with the survivors, after which they were to be taken to hospitals in and around Paris.

32.   Four commandos first boarded the aircraft and women and children soon emerged followed by the rest.

33.   Airport security and prosecutors were ready to board the aircraft for investigation, while ambulances and fire engines stood by.

34.   Earlier, US television networks showed video images of handcuffed and hooded prisoners guarded by US troops boarding an aircraft in the dark.

35.   The pope had appeared slightly tired but smiling as he boarded his aircraft in Rome.

36.   US television networks showed video images of prisoners guarded by US troops boarding an aircraft in the dark.

37.   Officials said passengers who had boarded the aircraft in Florence were only slightly delayed.

38.   Radio New Zealand said the man drove onto the tarmac at the small airport before boarding the aircraft.

39.   The funeral party boarded an aircraft at the airport and took off eastwards from the capital towards the sea, Xinhua said.