11.   The aircraft was damaged but landed safely, he said.

12.   The aircraft was damaged but flew to the nearby Leh airfield in the northern Himalayas.

13.   The cause of the crash, in which the aircraft was extensively damaged, has not been established.

14.   The helicopter crew was uninjured, but the aircraft was slightly damaged, Interfax said.

15.   The Russian military command said separatist guerrillas fired an anti-tank missile at a Russian helicopter as it landed in southern Chechnya, wounding one serviceman and damaging the aircraft.

16.   There were no injuries and the aircraft was not damaged.

17.   The television said the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

18.   Last year, the LTTE infiltrated Palaly and destroyed a helicopter gunship and damaged another aircraft parked outside the terminal building.

19.   Last year, the LTTE infiltrated the Palaly complex and destroyed a helicopter gunship and damaged another aircraft.

20.   Malian Foreign Minister Dioncounda Traore said in a statement that all the officers had arrived back in France following the overnight violence in which the aircraft was also damaged.