1.   The aircraft was hit, but the pilot managed to bailout just in time.

2.   A police spokesman said no shots had hit the aircraft.

3.   But Smith said the commander of U.N. forces in the former Yugoslavia, Lt. Gen. Bertrand de Lapresle of France, had insisted that aircraft not be hit.

4.   Saturday morning, a similar aircraft was hit as it approached the airfield on a flight from a military base in the city of Anuradhapura.

5.   There were also reports Wednesday that American bombers had hit an aircraft that Taliban commanders had buried in the ground and covered with brush to protect it.

6.   Pilots said that although Iraqi gunners fire often, their chances of hitting an aircraft are slim.

7.   A U.S. defense official said there were strong signs the aircraft was hit by a surface-to-air missile.

8.   He blamed the accident on a battalion leader who ordered that the guns be turned west toward China to avoid hitting civilian aircraft.

9.   His aircraft was not hit, but a Red Cross plane was struck by gunfire Saturday.

10.   Iraq repeatedly has said that there were indications that its gunners had hit allied aircraft, but has yet to produce evidence that a warplane was struck.