31.   Safety board officials said the pilot did not report an emergency to the control tower.

32.   Several American pilots reported seeing spheres of light or shiny metal floating in the sky that neither side claimed to have launched.

33.   So effective are they at straining the water that airplane pilots have reported improved clarity immediately behind menhaden schools.

34.   The officials said later that the pilot reported to air controllers that the hijackers had told him that they had killed four people and had injured several others.

35.   The pilot reported smoke in the cockpit and was circling to dump fuel before attempting to land in Halifax.

36.   The pilots never did report reaching Tulua, and the station appears to be a fateful link in the events that led to the crash.

37.   The plane returned for an emergency landing because the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit, Maldonado said.

38.   The pilots reported that military vehicles had been struck, but that civilian vehicles also seemed to be present.

39.   The pilot reported losing engine power on approach to the airfield.

40.   The pilots reported serious vibrations as they attempted the emergency landing.