31.   U.S. technicians who inspected the plane last week said it could be airworthy, and Rumsfeld said Sunday the plane could be repaired sufficiently to fly it out.

32.   While inspecting his plane, the young pilot found that his right propeller cone was cracked.

33.   Williams said the plane was inspected and returned to service on Wednesday.

34.   He said the incident was not discovered until the plane was inspected on its arrival back in Nairobi.

35.   A United Airlines spokesman said engineers were inspecting the plane.

36.   Aviation officials will inspect the plane and a technical flight will be made for the benefit of Aerolineas Argentinas and the number-two Argentine airline Austral.

37.   Maintenance manager Jorge Shtuboyama told AFP that the company inspects its planes regularly, with Boeing technicians using the guidelines established by the US Federal Aviation Administration.

38.   One official whose area of expertise was small aircraft told the panel he was refused additional training when he was assigned to inspect larger planes.

39.   The incident was not discovered until the plane was inspected on its arrival back in Nairobi.

40.   The Lot airlines plane was inspected in Larnaca and no bomb was found.