1.   The air traffic control tower may delay a landing because of airplane traffic, low cloud cover or poor visibility.

2.   The government denied Tuesday that British troops had deliberately delayed the landing of Italian peacekeepers in Afghanistan.

3.   The shuttle has enough fuel and supplies to stay in orbit until Friday if the landing is delayed.

4.   They are trying to land near a road and that has delayed the landing.

5.   Weather has delayed the landing of the space shuttle Columbia until Saturday when it will likely land at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA announced Friday.

6.   The crew of the US shuttle Discovery was to return to Earth Monday, but NASA pondered whether to delay the landing due to stormy weather in Florida.

7.   The landings were further delayed by problems in mustering military strength in the Mediterranean so soon after D-Day.