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The June 1998 official report still described the remaining cargo as about 1,700 tons of explosive material, while the May 1999 report replaced that passage with 1,400 tonnes and printed DERA's exactly summing hold-level explosive-content table; neither report publishes the manifest, salvage tally, filling/NEQ conversion, arithmetic or uncertainty that explains the transition.
Claim record CLM-0145 in the public UNEXPLODED archive.
Claim: CLM-0145
The June 1998 official report still described the remaining cargo as about 1,700 tons of explosive material, while the May 1999 report replaced that passage with 1,400 tonnes and printed DERA's exactly summing hold-level explosive-content table; neither report publishes the manifest, salvage tally, filling/NEQ conversion, arithmetic or uncertainty that explains the transition.
Status: verified | Confidence: high | Date: 1998-06
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