1.  The Brazilian made plane was more than three miles high when a propeller blade broke off its left wing causing it to crash.

2.  A Brazilian plane has never before been the target of a bomb attempt, Air Force officials said.

3.  A French police helicopter and a Brazilian military plane evacuated dozens of Brazilian gold miners threatened by rival local miners in a remote border district.

4.  A Brazilian military plane scrambled to intercept the airliner and began a pursuit.

5.  A French police helicopter and a Brazilian military plane Thursday evacuated dozens of Brazilian gold miners threatened by rival local miners in a remote border district.

6.  Military and civilian search teams looked Monday for a Brazilian plane believed to have crashed in the northwestern region of this South American country.

7.  He said the front of the Alitalia plane and the left wing of the Brazilian plane were damaged.