    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2001, Book II)]
    [October 4, 2001]
    [Page 1196]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on the Sibir Airlines Crash
    October 4, 2001

        I was deeply saddened to learn today of the crash of a Sibir
    Airlines passenger aircraft, flying from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk. My
    heartfelt sympathies and those of the American people are with the
    people of Israel and Russia and the families of the many victims of this
    tragedy.