"To top it off, the air force maintenance computer records crashed because of failure to comply with Y2K."

"To make matters worse, the Department of National Defence could not provide complete, accurate information on the availability of aircraft after April, 1999 because, as the auditor-general put it, "its data system did not survive the Year 2000 changeover."

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs...8350116467

-- Anonymous, December 11, 2001

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Fighter jets were kept aloft on borrowed batteries

Fraser's report, her first since becoming Canada's top auditor, detailed various military horror stories: Fighter jets able to join Kosovo bombing missions thanks only to Spain's loan of some batteries, serious problems on most Sea King helicopter flights, and computerized air force maintenance records that didn't survive Y2K.

Liberals take flack over audit

-- Anonymous, December 12, 2001

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Computer Warning 3 Days After Alaska Airlines Crash

-- Anonymous, December 13, 2001