71.   The radar controller was in communication with the pilot, guiding him back to avoid bad weather when the aircraft disappeared off the radar screen.

72.   They said the airfield lacked the equipment to receive planes in bad weather and flight controllers there were unexperienced.

73.   Two controllers were out sick, a replacement controller was stuck in traffic and the only controller on duty had to take a break, officials said.

74.   U.S. officials speaking Wednesday on condition of anonymity said the controller was an Air Force enlisted man who was among three Americans seriously injured in the accident.

75.   Air traffic controllers were unable to handle additional flights during peak landing and take-off hours at the crowded Bombay and Delhi airports.

76.   Colombian authorities have released a preliminary report blaming the crew for the crash, saying the air traffic controller was not at fault and language problems were not involved.