AIRLIFT TO SARAJEVO DISCONTINUED

SARAJEVO, March 2 (Hina) - All UNPROFOR and UNHCR flights to Sarajevo were cancelled because of gunfire that hit a UN jet while taxiing on the runway on Thursday morning, the UN in Sarajevo said. UN spokesman Gary Coward said the airlift was suspended after several consecutive attacks on UN planes. An Ilyushin 76, which was flying for the British ODA relief agency, was hit on Wednesday. According to UNHCR spokesman Chris Janowski, ODA decided to discontinue its participation in the airlift after its aircraft came under fire three times in the past five days. Coward said the airlift would be suspended until the circumstances surrounding the attack had been fully investigated. But he said it would be very difficult to find out who was responsible for the attack. (hina) jn as 021334 MET mar 95