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Independence of Shuttle Crash Probe Questioned

Steve Scott

Monday, March 10th, 2003

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"This is a dangerous precedent," says Jim Hall, former Safety Board chairman By appointing the team to investigate the fatal Feb. 1 crash of the space shuttle Columbia, the action of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is analogous to an airline appointing the panel to investigate the crash of one of its airplanes. As such, the investigation has come under sharp criticism for not being truly independent. According to sources, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has the…

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