But this new plane was too complicated to be left to the memory of any pilot, however expert.

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It beat the other finalist team, led by New York-based architects Rafael Vinoly and Frederic Schwartz, which proposed two decorative steel towers in memory of the twin towers destroyed in the 11 September 2001 hijacked plane attacks.

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National pride is one reason: even law-abiding Colombians are still apt to bridle at the humiliating memory of Mr Lehder, shackled hand and foot, being bundled on to a plane by United States marshals.

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