Word: inquest
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...inquest was launched last week into the August 1997 deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed. Don't read anything into that. An inquest is required, and it began as late as it did mainly because royal coroner Michael Burgess had to wait until the French investigation (which concluded that the car crash was an accident) was finished. Still, it has revived interest in conspiracy theories--some of them fueled by Diana herself, in a letter made public in which she expressed fear that she might be killed. But most appear highly dubious...
...flight. A study conducted in September pointed to debris breaking off the external fuel tank in the first 80 seconds of flight. Whether NASA officials could have done more with this information or whether the flaws were woven too deeply into the shuttles will become part of the ongoing inquest...