1.   A Libyan plane stood by to carry the hostages to Tripoli, which was adorned in international flags as it awaited them.

2.   Although Western nations never threatened action against the flights, Gadhafi had told his people Libyan planes defying the U.N. ban could be shot down.

3.   Before the flight, some passengers spoke fearfully of what might happen to a Libyan plane challenging the U.N. Security Council embargo.

4.   But Saudi Arabia has also ignored the sanctions by routinely allowing Libyan planes carrying Muslim pilgrims to land.

5.   Egypt and Saudi Arabia rejected a request for Libyan planes to enter their air space in defiance of the sanctions, which bar air travel to and from Libya.

6.   He said a lack of spare parts because of the sanctions made it impossible for Libyan planes to carry the pilgrims.

7.   He said a lack of spare parts caused by the sanctions made it impossible for Libyan planes to carry the pilgrims.

8.   In a reversal, Col. Moammar Gadhafi says Libyan planes will not fly Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia this month in defiance of a U.N. ban on air travel.

9.   In what appeared to be an admission of a violation of sanctions, Gadhafi said a Libyan plane had flown to Sudan on Friday.

10.   It also called on other Arab states to open their airspace to Libyan planes and to resume flights to and from Libya.