1.   A lieutenant in the South African Police testified that he watched the cargo hatch during the entire stop, except for a brief trip to the bathroom.

2.   Flames flickered through open cargo hatches, but within minutes the only thing left burning aboard the ship was a small, smoldering fire in one cargo hold.

3.   The plane was so close, he said, he could see the open cargo hatch.

4.   The assailants grabbed two stewardesses as hostages, got out of the plane, opened the cargo hatch and stole the money bags.

5.   The Norwegian news agency NTB said the ship lost a cargo hatch, allowing the heavy seas to pour into the hull and cause a dangerous list.

6.   Two men brandished guns and held up a banner demanding that the crew open a cargo hatch, and fired shots at the cockpit, Roy said Wednesday.