1.   Because of bad weather around Dubrovnik, the pilots used an instrument approach, a standard procedure in poor weather, Estes said.

2.   Senior Air Force officials here said the inclement weather had forced the pilot to make an instrument approach.

3.   They bought their own plane, and Laurie reserved weekends for going places with family or flying with Steve while he practiced instrument approaches.

4.   According to the Sacramento suit, the pilots were following the Jeppesen instrument approach that stated it was in a safe altitude at the moment in crashed.

5.   Because of the bad weather, the plane was on an instrument approach when air traffic controllers lost contact with it, the Air Force said.

6.   However, an airport official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the plane had been on instrument approach for the main runway.

7.   The Air Force said because of the bad weather, the plane was on an instrument approach when contact with air traffic controllers was lost.

8.   The plane was on an instrument approach to the airport when it went down, Mike Benson, NTSB spokesman, said.

9.   The plane was on an instrument approach to the airport when it went down, said Mike Benson, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board.