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Old 4th Apr 2001, 11:21
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The word filtering out (from a Jane's Defence internal source) is that they ditched the crypto books, prayerwheels, handhelds but were unable to dump or destroy any significant amount of the more sensitive hardware (a de-racking problemo)due to short time available. Mission-stored data was deleted but programs were not. With two engines out on one side I guess they weren't too keen on slowing and opening the cabin door either.