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Left undercarriage’s tires explosion is an hypotheses of the Columbia tragedy’s

Washington, Usa - Theory is of the Independent Commission but there are too many doubts

"We believe that it is possible that the wheels of the left part are exploded", said Roger Tetrault, a member of the Independent Investigating American Committee, that is inquiring about Columbia’s tragedy. Space shuttle disintegration, happened last February 1 at the atmosphere re-enters, would have been provoked by left wheels’ outbreak, for gases spillages by the same side wing. The hypothesis has...

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Rome, Italy, 03/06/2003 15:30
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