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Airlines may have to begin modifying their transponders as early as next year to assure continuous transmission of a hijacking code even after cockpit switches and circuit breakers are turned off. The upgrade was requested by the Transportation Dept. to prevent a repeat of the confusion of Sept. 11...
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