41. The suicide hijackings have had an especially punishing effect on the airline industry, which have announced tens of thousands of layoffs over the past few days. 42. There also was new word about a Saudi man detained in Washington since the day of the suicide hijackings. 43. Trans-Atlantic traffic slumped after the suicide hijackings. 44. Two-thirds of company executives polled by the group believed the suicide hijackings in New York and Washington had damaged business prospects. 45. Until the report became public, the Bush administration has asserted that no one in government had envisioned a suicide hijacking before it happened. |