21.   Some of the savings are offset by travel and hotel expenses for American crew members.

22.   The accident cost the life of the Chinese pilot and led to the detention of the American crew.

23.   The American crew then suggested that he try to hail the plane on an air traffic control frequency, which he did.

24.   That suggests that the release of the American crew is still, at best, days away.

25.   The American crew once again said that the plane did not seem to fit the profile of a drug-running plane.

26.   The American military crew should be used in an exchange that will benefit China, and China should never return the plane.

27.   The blackout Saturday unsettled the American crew until the electronics came back on at the end of the first leg.

28.   The Chinese craft tumbled into the ocean, its pilot is presumed dead, and the American crew made an emergency landing on the Chinese island of Hainan.

29.   The ship has been renamed the Patriot, and will fly the American flag and have an American crew.

30.   The two American crew members eject safely and are rescued with only minor injuries.