51.   The alternate route took the plane over a treacherous mountain range where no commercial passenger aircraft has flown for at least five years, air transport officials said.

52.   The nine Boeing aircraft that Singapore has on option to buy in its latest deal can either be used as cargo or passenger aircraft, the airline said.

53.   Thirteen military and passenger aircraft were destroyed or damaged.

54.   Using suicide bombs, mortars, guns and explosives, guerrillas destroyed eight military and five passenger aircraft at the airport in the capital, Colombo.

55.   Using suicide bombs, mortars, guns and explosives, nine assailants destroyed eight military and five passenger aircraft at the airport in the capital, Colombo.

56.   In addition, a study will be undertaken to determine the feasibility of equipping passenger aircraft with anti-missile systems.

57.   India will become the second country after the United States where passenger aircraft without ACAS are not permitted to fly.

58.   Indian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Nirupama Rao said the instruments were ferried to Kabul on board a chartered Ariana Airlines passenger aircraft on Monday.

59.   Indonesia, through the state-owned aviation firm IPTN, is building a range of passenger aircraft, helicopters and a national jet project.

60.   Airline sources said it may charter smaller passenger aircraft to fly between the capital Colombo and Jaffna.