1.   The planes were so close that the targets on radar scopes in Nashua merged into one, a controller told officials.

2.   Culbertson told flight controllers.

3.   Fremont controllers use the lines to tell controllers in Honolulu, Tokyo and Manila about current air traffic, he said.

4.   Murphy told the controllers their old jobs have changed considerably, with the same equipment but different procedures.

5.   Space station commander Frank Culbertson and his two Russian crewmates told flight controllers they could see a cable floating from the spot where the supply ship was attached.