On Thursday, federal regulators, citing a variety of mechanical and operational violations, ordered the company that operated the Lucky Star fleet to take all 21 of its buses off the road immediately.
Explaining the delay, Mr. Gross said that the companies that operated the system's day-to-day operations for the Turnpike Authority, Adesta Communications and Chase Manhattan, had put out requests for bids last year, and were close to hiring a company.
The headline also misidentified the airline that operated the hijacked plane.
The charter company that operated the helicopter, RotorMotion, identified the pilot as Peter Barnes, 50.
The powerhouses were once used to hold the engines that operated the locks.
"Mostly we fly boxes, not chickens," said Ken Couche, division manager for Ameriflight, the company that operated the plane.
He was also wary of the company that operated the plant, given its history of trying to cover up troubles.
"The wreckage was found near the crater," said Toa Quirola, chief spokeswoman for Tame, the airline that operated the Boeing 727. "There are no survivors".
And officials of Colgan Air, the company that operated the Continental flight, offered startling testimony that pointed fingers at their own pilots.
They are provided by a shy young farmer's wife, Ellie Dillahan, who will later recall "noticing the hands that operated the camera.
A lawyer for the defendant, the Cotter Corporation of Lakewood, Colo., a processing company that operated the mine, said the company would appeal.
