61.  Chinese pilots had been buzzing U.S. planes for months, he said.

62.  Disgruntled Chinese pilot hijacks own jet to Taiwan.

63.  During the series of airborne confrontations, a Chinese jet crashed after colliding with a U.S. spy plane, killing the Chinese pilot and disabling the U.S. plane.

64.  Each side blamed the other for the accident, which cost the life of the Chinese pilot.

65.  Echoing earlier comments by Secretary of State Colin Powell, Bush expressed regret Thursday for the Chinese pilot.

66.  He said the lost Chinese pilot, Wang Wei, parachuted into the sea.

67.  I know the American people join me in expressing sorrow for the loss of life of a Chinese pilot.

68.  Instead, it was simply a reiteration of U.S. concern and regret for the loss of the Chinese pilot and a plea that the Chinese keep the dialogue going.

69.  It said rescuers were searching for the missing Chinese pilot.

70.  Powell, in a letter to Beijing, reiterated U.S. concern and regret for the death of the Chinese pilot.