51.   Airport spokesman Wolfgang Schwalm said in a statement that the damage did not have any direct effect on flight traffic, but hit the electronic reservations systems of airlines.

52.   American business professor Li Shaomin arrives in United States following expulsion from China, San Francisco International airport spokesman says.

53.   An airport in central Japan was forced to close for two hours Wednesday after a Japanese jet fighter punctured two tites on landing, an airport spokesman said.

54.   An airport spokesman said five passengers, including an elderly woman with heart trouble, were released about an hour after the flight landed.

55.   An airport spokesman said the two men surrendered their weapons and left the Air Malta airplane nearly three hours after it landed in Cologne.

56.   An airport spokesman noted that people can hit their heads if a plane drops just a few feet and they are not wearing seat belts.

57.   An airport spokesman said he had attempted to board a British Airways flight to Seattle with the knife and pliers hidden in his shoes and socks.

58.   An airport spokesman said some passengers were freed on arrival.

59.   An airport spokesman said the two men surrendered their weapons and left the plane nearly three hours after it landed in Cologne.

60.   An airport in central Japan was forced to close for two hours Wednesday after a Japanese jet fighter punctured two tires on landing, an airport spokesman said.