LONDON — The British inquest into Princess Diana's death in a 1997 car crash in Paris resumed Monday with a plea from her sons that conclusions be reached quickly.

"It is their desire that the inquest should not only be open, fair and transparent but that it should move swiftly to a conclusion," according to a letter from Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, private secretary to the princes, which was read at the opening session.

Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, a retired senior judge and member of the House of Lords, presided at the preliminary hearings at the Royal Courts of Justice, which concentrated on procedural issues. She ruled that all sessions would be open to the public, and that the deaths of Diana and her friend Dodi Fayed would be examined together.

Queen Elizabeth II sided with Fayed's father, Mohamed al Fayed, in urging that a jury — if called — should be made up of members of the general public. Because Diana was buried as a royal, normally an inquest jury would be made up of royal household members.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Fourteen survivors of a ferry sinking survived for nine days on a life raft, drifting almost 370 miles before they were rescued by a passing cargo ship, an official said Monday.The survivors arrived at the port city of Makassar on Sulawesi island where they were awaited by dozens of emergency vehicles, said Ketut Purwa, head of the search and rescue agency on Bali island.A 15th person died soon after being rescued by the cargo ship late Sunday, said Purwa, who spoke to the captain of the ship by radio.Indonesia's tropical waters are generally between 72 degrees Fahrenheit and 84 degrees Fahrenheit, and officials said people have been known to survive days at sea.About 245 people have been found alive since the ferry sank, but around 400 are either dead or listed as missing. Only 13 bodies have been recovered.