Britain May Ban Airlines Over Y2K Bug

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Britain May Ban Airlines Over Y2K Bug

Updated 3:46 PM ET November 18, 1999

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said Thursday it may ban foreign airlines from flying into its air space at the end of the year unless they have solved the millennium bug problem.

Transport minister Keith Hill said airline industry computers were close to being able to cope with the bug and contingency plans were in place.

British airlines would not be prevented from flying abroad over the millennium.

"The government will not -- for Y2K reasons -- try to prevent any UK airlines from flying to other regions," Hill said.

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