11.   A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad said permission was granted on humanitarian grounds after the pilot reported that he was almost out of fuel.

12.   A report of the airline said that the severe turbulence lasted five to eight seconds and that the pilot had reported rapid vertical movements.

13.   Against the background of diplomatic efforts, NATO pilots reported their greatest success to date against fielded Serb-dominated Yugoslav forces in Kosovo.

14.   Airline personnel were checking to see if any pilots had reported problems with the anti-icing gear on that plane.

15.   But while pilots reported occasional strange lights over storms, the events went unconfirmed until high-speed video gear became available.

16.   By early morning, pilots were reporting a sighting to the Federal Aviation Administration.

17.   From the air, pilots reported seeing little more than scattered civilian vehicles.

18.   He said investigators want to know if the pilots had reported a stabilizer problem as a report published in The Seattle Times said.

19.   He was not sure if they had been destroyed, but pilots were no longer reporting launches of surface-to-air missiles.

20.   Herwig assured me that the FAA requires that pilots report drunken driving arrests.