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		maxbond 33 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NTSB Preliminary Report – UPS Boeing MD-11F Crash ... These all seem like OCR errors...? Why would there be OCR in this workflow? Did they print this out and then generate a PDF from a scan instead of the original source? To maintain an air gap maybe?

ynniv 33 days ago [–]

it would seem so. so the question is why they would maintain an air gap for a safety report

toast0 33 days ago | [–]

It's a good policy. Document formats like to include lots of random junk, better to be safe.

pixl97 33 days ago | | [–]

Also it prevents redactions from being disclosed.

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