AIRLINE: How could the pilot distinguish between a missile and say: 'fireworks' at night? My sense is that this attack in LAX was has to do with local conditions, (with this man) rather than an organized attack to do with terrorism. I say this because if it was a terrorist attack, it would have been better planned. But given the events of last year, I would not be surprised if one took place on a more organized scale. (Which I certainly hope that it does not!) Just my opinion. Mike Burris Cambridge, Massachusetts >OK I found something - > > An El Al pilot on a flight from Tel Aviv to Moscow reported last night >that he had seen the flash of what he thought was a rocket fired in his >direction. It happened over the Russian city of Petrovsk on the Caspian Sea. >Transportation Minister Ephraim Sneh debriefed the pilot, a former Israel >Air Force pilot, and said later that he trusts him to be able to recognize a >rocket when he sees one. Public Security Minister Uzi Landau, visiting in >Kiev, met today with Ukrainian officials on the matter. Israeli officials >say that the plane was at no time in danger.