31.   When asked, however, he quickly says he would not set off a trade war that would jeopardize sale of U.S.-made passenger aircraft to China.

32.   A Royal Air Force Tornado jet failed to see a passenger aircraft until it was nearly too late, an official report said Monday.

33.   An Israeli security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Israeli fighter planes were escorting Israeli passenger aircraft in and out of Israeli airspace.

34.   An Israeli security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Israeli fighter planes were escorting Israeli passenger aircraft.

35.   An Israeli passenger aircraft on a domestic flight made an emergency landing on a foam-covered runway Monday after a problem was discovered in one of its wheels.

36.   Another passenger aircraft is on lease.

37.   But because the Concorde makes far fewer flights than most aircraft, that one crash gave it one of the worst safety records for passenger aircraft.

38.   Canadian airplane maker Bombardier Aerospace is negotiating to become the first foreign company to manufacture regional passenger aircraft in China, a British newspaper reported Thursday.

39.   Chuan said Suharto also invited Singaporean investors to cooperate with Indonesian airline companies in buying passenger aircraft.

40.   Guerrillas destroyed eight military and five passenger aircraft at the airport in the capital, Colombo.