31.   The cause of the blaze appeared to be a technical fault or a burning candle, police said.

32.   The cause of the crash is yet to be ascertained, but airlines officials denied there were technical faults with the plane.

33.   The military has attributed crashes to pilot error, technical faults and collisions with birds.

34.   The London Stock Exchange sputtered back to life Wednesday after a technical fault forced the suspension of trading for most of the day.

35.   The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said an unspecified technical fault caused three tons of oil to spill into the Arabian Sea.

36.   The source said that the normal supply from the Ghorashal Power Plant had also stopped due to technical fault.

37.   The soldier photographed was believed to be carrying explosives which blew up, either because they were hit by enemy fire or because of a technical fault.

38.   The weather was good, and investigators found no technical fault in the train, tracks or signals, said Kari Alppivuori from the Accident Investigation Board.

39.   They said they abandoned the plane after discovering a technical fault.

40.   Three hundred and fifty passengers were stranded Monday after a charter aircraft operated by a British airline developed technical faults for the second time in two weeks.