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Politics : Clinton -- doomed & wagging, Japan collapses, Y2K bug, etc -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SOROS who wrote (816)	12/1/1998 8:36:00 PM
From: SOROS	Respond to of 1151

World's planes could be grounded Jan 1 by Y2K bug. AFP - Paris - November 26, 1998 PARIS, Nov 26 (AFP) - It is "more and more likely" that all aircraft in the world be grounded on January 1 2000 out of fear of possible air chaos caused by the year 2000 computer bug, French Finance and Economy Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Thursday. If such a decision is made, "it will be a worldwide decision after coordination with all the civil aviation authorities," French secretary of state for industry, Christian Pierret, added. While updating air control computer systems to overcome the bug -- which may result in older machines mistaking the year 2000 for 1900 -- is being followed "very closely," malfunctions could still happen, Pierret warned.