111.  The United States has declined to apologize, though President Bush and other top officials have expressed regret over the loss of the Chinese pilot.

112.  The White House also said the president received a letter from the wife of the missing Chinese pilot, Wang Wei.

113.  Then the crunch and spray of shredded metal turned a risky exercise into a deadly one for a Chinese pilot.

114.  U.S. officials say China did not respond to an offer to help in the search for the missing Chinese pilot.

115.  U.S. expressions of regret about loss of the Chinese pilot had been reported earlier in the Chinese media.

116.  U.S. intelligence officials said the Chinese pilot had challenged the American plane on previous occasions before they collided.

117.  U.S. officials blame reckless flying by the Chinese pilot.

118.  U.S. officials blamed the Chinese pilot, saying he flew too close.

119.  U.S. officials say the Chinese pilot caused the collision by flying recklessly.

120.  Washington blames the Chinese pilot, who they say flew dangerously close to the slower, propeller-driven American plane.