11.  Dekkers said his school offers training on smaller planes and that it would be impossible to fly a jet after completing a course there.

12.  Delta recently began a separate cargo unit and is also planning a low-cost service using smaller planes and lower-paid pilots.

13.  Driscoll said a new runway would enhance safety by giving smaller planes their own landing strip and taking them out of the jet wash of the larger planes.

14.  From there, smaller planes will carry the supplies to airfields in Zaire closer to where the refugees are clustered.

15.  In addition, improvements in technology have increased the range of smaller planes.

16.  In smaller planes, the mail usually is placed in heavy canvas bags that are loaded with other items in the luggage compartment.

17.  KLM needs the smaller planes to increase traffic on its European routes, analysts said.

18.  Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. Craig Quigley said later Tuesday that he also had heard reports of a smaller second plane, but could not confirm it.

19.  Safety lapses are greater among the smaller planes.

20.  Regional airlines, which fly shorter distances in smaller planes, have historically experienced relatively more accidents than larger airlines.