41.   The officials said they had no independent confirmation of an early North Korean claim that the helicopter was shot down.

42.   There was no evidence the helicopter was shot down or was the target of other hostile action, Navy spokesmen said in Washington.

43.   There were contradictory reports about whether the helicopter was shot at over Bosnian Serb- or government-held territory.

44.   Two Black Hawk helicopters also were shot down in the longest sustained firefight involving American soldiers since Vietnam.

45.   Two Black Hawk helicopters also were shot down.

46.   Two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters were shot down, and Americans were horrified by pictures of Somalis dragging a dead soldier through the streets.

47.   Wang was senior director on an Airborne Warning and Control System plane the morning the helicopters were shot down.

48.   When the helicopter was shot, it caught fire and crashed into a steep mountain and was burnt to the ground.

49.   Zulema Yoma recently claimed the helicopter was shot down.

50.   He also confirmed that the helicopter had been shot down, as North Korea had said.