Word: compartmentalism
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The dangers of space flight may soon be impressed on the nation once more. Military pathologists have identified the remains of all seven astronauts recovered from the Challenger's crew compartment. Burial and memorial services are being planned, with Arlington National Cemetery as one of the likely sites.
The Northwest has also become a smuggler's cove. In January the Coast Guard tracked the 195-ft. Honduran freighter Eagle One as it tried to sneak up the California coast toward Seattle. Just outside Puget Sound, drug agents boarded the ship and took it into dock, where they seized...
Indian and Canadian authorities probing last June's crash of Air India Flight 182 into the North Atlantic off the coast of Ireland have proceeded with glacial deliberation. India has never officially confirmed what many have suspected all along: that the third-worst aviation accident in history, which took the...
A search ship using sonar about 25 miles northeast of Cape Canaveral made a possible identification of the compartment late Friday, and divers Saturday positively identified compartment debris and crew remains, the NASA statement said.
Recovering the compartment wreckage and remains could take several days, depending on the weather and sea conditions, NASA said.