1.   Euphoria over the successful end to the Air France hijack crisis gives way to stunned realization that catastrophe was only narrowly averted.

2.   Euphoria over the successful end to the Air France hijack crisis gave way Tuesday to the chilling realization that catastrophe had only narrowly been averted.

3.   Euphoria over the successful end to the Air France hijack crisis gives way Tuesday to the chilling realization that catastrophe had only narrowly been averted.

4.   Sources close to the French foreign ministry indicated that the outcome of the hijack crisis could have serious repercussions on relations between Paris and Algiers.