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Columbia’s door has been found

Houston, USA - The fragment was in Nacogdoches (Texas)

According to Nacogdoches sheriff, in Texas, the Shuttle's door and its hydraulic mechanism of opening would be intact. The NASA experts have found, in the little town of Texas, the access door for Columbia’s crew. The part has been found in Nacogdoches suburb, the town where the fragments fall has been more intense, after the shuttle crash in the tragic last February 1 incident. (0035)

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 40312
Rome, Italy, 02/10/2003 15:17
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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