21.  The Cuban attack on the civilian planes makes any such U.S. overture unlikely in the immediate future.

22.  The encounter occurred in daylight, but in the clouds, so the fighters were not visible to the civilian plane, according to controllers and McDonald.

23.  The South Korean government as a matter of policy also wants to build civilian plane assembly plants in South Korea.

24.  The Senate approved Tuesday a series of tougher sanctions against Cuba in retaliation for the downing of two civilian planes by Cuban fighters.

25.  This turkey flew through Congress after the Cuban air force shot down two civilian planes and killed four Cuban-American exiles off the coast of Cuba.

26.  President Clinton has promised to sign the Cuba Liberty Act, which Congress revived after Cuba shot down two American civilian planes off the Cuban coast last month.

27.  A civilian plane landed at the airport moments before the convoy arrived.

28.  A jittery Israel also shot down a small Lebanese civilian plane that entered Israeli air space, killing the pilot.

29.  A Navy spokesman, Capt. Mike John, said Friday that Navy air traffic controllers warned the fighter pilots that a civilian plane was in the area.

30.  Also, UNITA rebels in the past have targeted civilian planes they suspect of ferrying supplies to government troops.