51.  He was also expected to travel to Belgrade to work for the release of two French pilots whose fighter jet was shot down over Serb-held territory.

52.  Holbrooke also brought up the issue of the two French pilots who have been missing for weeks since their plane was shot down over Bosnian-Serb controlled territory.

53.  However, a French pilot said that even so, if a pilot makes a deliberate suicide attempt it is impossible to stop him.

54.  In Washington the State Department said that despite repeated efforts during the peace talks, US and French negotiators had not learned the fate of the French pilots.

55.  A French pilot died Thursday after the plane he had built himself crashed during an exhibition flight at an air show here, an official said.

56.  An elite French pilot died Thursday when he ejected from his training aircraft but his parachute failed to fully open, the French air force said.

57.  Chernomyrdin said he welcomed the release Tuesday of two French pilots detained by the Bosnian Serbs.

58.  Chirac also brought up the fate of two French pilots whose plane was shot down during an airstrike over the Bosnian Serb stronghold Pale outside sarajevo last week.

59.  Concerning the French pilots, Clinton said that the United States was in close contact with the French government to win their release.

60.  Foreign Minister Herve de Charette said Tuesday he believes two French pilots shot down over Bosnia during a NATO bombing mission are still alive, and will be recovered.