51.  The French plane also carried entertainers.

52.  The ethnic Albanian delegation finally was able to take off from Pristina on two French planes and arrived in mid-afternoon.

53.  The French plane took off about the same time from Noumea, he said.

54.  The French plane circled Fossett until its fuel began to run low, then headed back to its home base in Noumea, Poke said.

55.  The French plane was hit by Serb air defenders near Pale, the Bosnian Serb stronghold east of Sarajevo, the official said.

56.  The incident occurred as NATO officials reported that a missile had been fired at a Dutch plane on Wednesday and a French plane on Thursday.

57.  The Kosovo Albanian delegation arrived by mid-afternoon Saturday on two French planes after Serb officials initially refused to permit two KLA members of their delegation to leave Kosovo.

58.  The pilot of a French plane that overshot the runway at the airport in Florence two days ago was in critical condition Friday, the airline said.

59.  The United Nations will resume its airlift to Sarajevo Saturday morning because a French plane was able to land Friday, a spokeswoman said.

60.  They returned home on a French military plane Friday.