Sending a team from Washington is unusual for crashes involving private planes.

He said he did not want to involve British troops and planes in action, but admitted for the first time that it was a possibility.

But there was not a single case there of a fratricidal killing involving planes.

Safety issues involving overweight planes have received new attention since the crash.

Most of the flights at these airports still involve corporate and private planes.

One military official, who asked not to be identified, said the incidents involved American planes flying near Baghdad and southwest of that city.

The three episodes involved planes that were on the ground, and no accidents resulted.

The most dramatic reduction was in the number of people killed in accidents involving small private planes, from 1,556 in 1978 to 782.

The search for them involved ships and planes and continued for many days, but no trace of the missing boats was found.

The trip, however, was arduous, involving planes, train and hydrofoil.