31.   According to the safety board, the Eastwind plane had three earlier problems with its rudder.

32.   Airline schedules are incredibly complicated, and one plane often has several different cities and crews in one day.

33.   Built by Northrop in Hawthorne, Calif., the plane has a tapered wing with a V-shaped tail mounted on a chubby fuselage.

34.   But before the Pentagon determines which prototype has the right stuff, it plans to ensure that the new plane will have the right price.

35.   But Brodin of ATR said that the company had no information that the plane had any wing problems.

36.   But by then, he said, the plane had hardly any working controls.

37.   But he added that now, planes have stronger cockpit doors, among other changes.

38.   But nine planes also had violations that the FAA said affected safety and airworthiness.

39.   But the Airbus plane had to use add-on fuel tanks in its cargo hold.

40.   But the Safety Board said Wednesday that a constant rate of descent would be safer, if the plane has the equipment on board to manage that.