The World - News from Aug. 29, 1986

The State Department said it will take steps to recover two Airbus jetliners, powered by American-made engines, that were sold to Libya in violation of U.S. export regulations. The airplanes, worth $100 million, apparently were unknowingly sold to Libya by British Caledonian Airlines, which has since filed suit in a Paris court seeking to untangle the sale. The carrier said that it had received assurances that the ultimate user would be Europe Aero Service, a regional airline based in France, but that the aircraft were flown to Libya from Amman, Jordan, by Algerian pilots.