31.   KLM, the flag-carrying Dutch airline, Friday appealed to its pilots not to carry out threatened strike action next week.

32.   On Thursday, the Senate approved an amendment that authorizes the Federal Aviation Administration to permit pilots to carry guns.

33.   The airline security law passed last fall allows the government to decide whether pilots should carry guns.

34.   The pilots carry sidearms on missions and have received survival training at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida.

35.   Those pilots carried out a subsequent attack.

36.   Transportation Undersecretary John Magaw, who heads the new Transportation Security Administration, said Tuesday he would not allow pilots to carry guns.

37.   Two key Republican lawmakers say they will introduce legislation next week to allow trained pilots to carry guns despite opposition of the U.S. administration.

38.   In Jerusalem an Israeli army spokesman confirmed the raid and said pilots carried out a pinpoint raid before returning safely to their bases.

39.   In Jerusalem an Israeli army spokesman confirmed the attack, and said pilots carried out a pinpoint raid before returning safely to their bases.

40.   A police spokesman said Monday that the whole crew was thoroughly searched on Sunday before boarding a flight to Jakarta, but only the pilot was carrying drugs.