71.   Hostile fire was not involved, U.S. Rear Adm. John Stufflebeem told a Pentagon news conference.

72.   Hostile fire was not involved.

73.   Hours after the troop vanguard entered the city from the west, a tank column halted its advance from the east, fearing hostile fire.

74.   Hostile fire has not been ruled out as a cause of the crash, but officials do not think it was an enemy attack, Hilferty said.

75.   It said there were no initial indications of hostile fire and the cause of the crash was not immediately known.

76.   It was the first U.S. fatality from hostile fire in Haiti since American troops were deployed in Haiti last fall.

77.   Marines said that there was no initial indication of hostile fire.

78.   Military officials said there was no initial indication of hostile fire, and Rumsfeld said the cause of the crash appeared to be mechanical failure.

79.   Military officials have said they have no evidence hostile fire caused the crash but have not determined what did.

80.   NATO spokesman Jamie Shea said the plane was not involved in airstrikes on Yugoslavia when it came down and there was no suspicion it was hit by hostile fire.