21.   Shkidchenko also touched upon the painful issue of the accidental downing of a Russian airliner in October by a Ukrainian air defense missile, and promised to strengthen discipline.

22.   The crash was the latest in a series of deadly accidents that have plagued Russian airliners in recent years.

23.   The crash on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen was the latest in a series of deadly accidents that have plagued Russian airliners in recent years.

24.   The IRNA report gave no other details and did not say which type of Russian airliners were involved in the deal.

25.   The Russian airliner plunged into a wooded meadow and burned up after unsuccessful attempts to land in the city of Irkutsk yesterday.

26.   The Russian airliner plunged into a wooded meadow in Siberia and burned up after unsuccessful attempts to land in the city of Irkutsk yesterday.

27.   The sleek, white Russian airliner landed at this desert airfield just after sunrise.

28.   Unable to buy Boeings or Airbuses, Iran has been forced to lease Russian airliners.

29.   Two Japanese fishing boat captains who were detained by Russian security forces last year returned Thursday on a Russian airliner after their release earlier in the day.

30.   Vladimir Rushailo, the chief of the commission investigating the crash of a Russian airliner said Friday that the aircraft had been hit by an anti-aircraft missile.