Despite early news stories reporting it as a charter, the flight, Air Sibir 1812, was a regularly scheduled flight.According to several press reports, including a Dec. 5 article by Barry Chamish and one on Jan. 13 by Jim Rarey (both available at <a href="http://www.rense.com/),">http://www.rense.com/),</a> the plane is believed by many in Israel to have had as many as five passengers who were microbiologists.