1.   Acknowledging some of those shortcomings, the Pentagon said Friday that it would improve the safety and navigation equipment on its passenger airplanes.

2.   Chalks Ocean Airways, which operates the largest fleet of amphibious passenger airplanes in the world, will soon start service from Fort Lauderdale to Old Bahama Bay.

3.   The extra door opens in a manner similar to that of passenger airplanes, with the door pulling outward at first, then pivoting rearward.

4.   The incident was a shocking reminder that passenger airplanes are still a prime target of attackers, especially ones willing to kill themselves.

5.   You will find no full passenger airplanes exploding in this column, either because of terrorists or from simple, if mysterious, mechanical failure.

6.   A Chinese passenger airplane crashed in bad weather as it approached Kimhae airport near the southern port city of Busan on Monday, a news report said.

7.   A government-owned Indian company is planning to manufacture passenger airplanes, Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda was quoted Wednesday as saying.

8.   A man reportedly stood up in a passenger airplane in mid-flight and released a powdery substance into the air ventilation system.

9.   A newspaper report said Tuesday that Ukraine has also agreed to shelter seven Yugoslav passenger airplanes, including five Boeings.

10.   A Turkish Airlines passenger airplane was hijacked Tuesday during a domestic flight, the Anatolia news agency reported.