1.   But federal authorities said Friday the Blue Springs man was responsible for a bizarre incident Thursday night aboard an Alaska Airlines jet flying over the West Coast.

2.   In one instance, a Coast Guard jet flying over Freeport circled the skies as the crew tried to find the source of a distress signal that buzzed repeatedly.

3.   Letterman taped a show from his home in Connecticut and i aboard a jet flying to Miami.

4.   Pilot unions view expanded regional jet flying as a potential form of outsourcing, since pilots at the smaller carriers are paid substantially less.

5.   The union is also looking for tighter restrictions on regional jet flying by Delta units.

6.   The union is also looking for tighter restrictions than the company wants to set on regional jet flying by Delta subsidiaries.

7.   A British Airways jumbo jet flying across the Atlantic turned back with engine difficulties on Tuesday after more than three hours in the air.

8.   Air Force fighters intercepted a private jet flying into restricted Olympic airspace Sunday, the third such incident since the games began.

9.   An explosion blew a hole in the floor and killed one passenger on a Philippine Airlines jet flying to Tokyo Sunday, officials and witnesses said.

10.   A Virgin Atlantic Jumbo jet flying to New York, turned back Sunday after losing one of its escape chutes in midflight, the company said.