1.   Both said they based their beliefs on news reports describing the crash, and on their experience.

2.   Defense lawyers, who had described the crash as an accident, not a crime, claimed some victories in the verdict.

3.   Earlier, Ashby described the crash itself.

4.   Flight attendant Akadek Pudemha described the crash to Thai television from his hospital bed.

5.   From a hospital bed with blankets up to his neck, Akadek Pudemha, a flight attendant, described the crash to Thai television.

6.   From a hospital bed with blankets up to his neck, Akadek Pudemha, a flight attendant who survived, described the crash to Thai television.

7.   Luggage was piled next to the wreckage, and residents who described the crash as an explosion reported survivors wandering away in shock.

8.   The crashes were described in a summary by Alan Diehl, the former senior safety official in the U.S. Air Force, and were reported in The Washington Post.

9.   The military described the crash, in which the vehicle flipped over several times near the city of Hebron, as an accident.