1.   Board officials said they planned to interview the pilot and co-pilot later Friday night.

2.   A team of investigators from the U.S. Air Force are to arrive at the base Thursday to interview the pilots, they said.

3.   Investigators also interviewed several pilots who flew that night.

4.   Investigators were also interviewing the pilots of military chase planes, and asked if any member of the public had made a videotape of the crash.

5.   NATO officials said information was not released sooner because they had to interview pilots, gather intelligence information and analyze television broadcasts to determine what had happened.

6.   The military has not allowed the pilots to be interviewed, and The Times has agreed not to print their names because of security concerns.

7.   The police said they would interview the pilot before making a decision to call off the search.

8.   The pilots were interviewed by CNN, but not included in the final story.

9.   They would not allow reporters to interview pilots in the hours leading up to the strike, saying that they did not want to distract them from their work.

10.   A request to interview other pilots also was turned down.