21.   Michelle was taking her first flight on an airplane when she boarded the Paris-bound aircraft.

22.   Minutes after the all-clear was given, the emir rolled up in his limousine, and boarded the aircraft.

23.   Strugar, who has kidney problems and is in general ill health, boarded an aircraft of the private Pelikan Blue Airlines.

24.   The blast, still under investigation, happened shortly before Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was to board the aircraft.

25.   The refugees received food and medicine at a transit camp before boarding the aircraft.

26.   The same card is slotted into kiosks at airports to check in and to clear immigration and security procedures and board the aircraft.

27.   The technique is designed to prevent someone from checking a bag with a bomb and never boarding the aircraft.

28.   The television report, broadcast Sunday morning, showed Strugar sitting next to his son after boarding the aircraft of the private Pelikan Blue Airlines.

29.   There was no indication Monday that Chinese experts had boarded the aircraft.

30.   They had boarded the aircraft with pistols and grenades.