1.   The official Antara news agency said the pilot had radioed ahead for landing instructions minutes before the crash and had said the haze was causing poor visibility.

2.   Yet the haze does cause worry about future environmental problems.

3.   A mild haze caused by smoke blown from forest fires in Indonesia hung over Kuala Lumpur, but was expected to clear soon, the weather office said Sunday.

4.   Another factor that could nudge the fires to top priority was if the haze caused an even greater international problem, he said.

5.   Fires destroyed huge areas of forest in Indonesia, and smoke haze caused health problems and hurt tourism in neighboring Singapore and Malaysia last year.

6.   Frisco Nilo, chief forecaster at the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, said the haze could cause some people to have asthmatic reactions.

7.   The haze also caused severe turbulence for airlines.

8.   The resulting haze caused billions of dollars in damage.

9.   Then the haze caused by forest and peat fires in Indonesia.