41.   After the flight took off, guards left the periphery of the airport and told reporters that the uranium had been taken out of the country.

42.   All Olympic Airways flights will take place as scheduled despite a planned four-day strike by civil aviation employees, the Greek national carrier announced Wednesday.

43.   All Olympic Airways flights will take place as scheduled despite a planned four-day strike by civil aviation employees, the state-run national carrier announced Wednesday.

44.   An EgyptAir official said the first flight would take place on Sunday if the negotiations had been completed, the agency said.

45.   An inaugural ceremony was held at the airport before a China Southern Airlines flight took off for Beijing.

46.   Another domestic flight was taking off and one was landing, safely, at the same time.

47.   At Dulles, domestic flights took off Thursday evening amid a visibly increased police presence.

48.   At least one evacuation flight took place Thursday, List said.

49.   Because of the polar darkness and extreme cold, flights cannot take off or land at the South Pole station from March through October.

50.   But officials of the Royal Jordanian said that Queen Alia airport was not closed and most flights took off on schedule.