1.   If a shoe contained a metal shank or eyelets, it was put through the X-ray machine, as has been the case for several months.

2.   Tests later showed that his high-top basketball shoes contained enough explosive material to cause serious damage to the aircraft.

3.   Authorities said each shoe contained a plastic explosive often used by terrorists.

4.   Authorities said his shoes contained plastic explosives.

5.   The pilots, however, smelled explosive material and realized the shoes likely contained a bomb.

6.   The shoe contained no trace of explosives, authorities said.

7.   Investigators said the shoe contained enough explosive to create significant damage to the aircraft, Kinton said.