1.   The planter rested on thick beige carpeting that helped deaden the bone-shaking noise of aircraft launching and recovery operations.

2.   Recovery operations continued and hundreds of items were finally brought to the surface so that the plane could be painstakingly pieced back together again.

3.   Mr McIntosh was largely responsible for marshalling and co-ordinating the various local authority departments involved in the huge recovery operation after the disaster.

4.   American air safety experts were sent to assist Canadian investigators, who had primary responsibility for the recovery operations and the investigation.

5.   As of Tuesday the recovery operation had not resumed but a Pakistani official tried to downplay the incident.

6.   Atlanta Air Salvage became a recovery operation out of necessity.

7.   Divers resumed search and recovery operations Monday, after officials stabilized the bridge.

8.   Even as city streets reopen, affording dramatic floodlit views of the recovery operation, Giuliani warned visitors against going there for amusement.

9.   Investigators still are waiting for weather conditions at the rugged mountainside to improve before attempting further recovery operations, Air Force spokesman Maj. Wes Davis said Wednesday.

10.   It was while waiting for one of the buses the first day after the storm that a realization dawned about how recovery operations happen.