NUNAVUT - There will be a full coroner's inquest into the death of Julian Tologanak-Labrie, the 20-year-old who jumped to his death from a plane en route to Cambridge Bay, according to his family's lawyer.

Nunavut's chief coroner Tim Neilly confirmed the inquest is scheduled to take place in December in Cambridge Bay, however would provide no further details.

"The family is pleased that the coroner has decided that the inquest is necessary," said Steven Cooper, the lawyer for the family of Tologanak-Labrie. "This is what the family wanted as one step towards understanding what really happened and why.

"At this point we have nothing but theory and innuendo. What we want are facts. Nothing to date makes much sense and we expect that the inquest will help the family understand what happened and, importantly, why it happened."

Cooper said inquests are important because they not only seek to tell the story of the person who died but also to identify what could have been done better or differently.

"We anticipate that this will be the case for Julian," he said. "The family does not want him to have died in vain and the inquiry will ensure that this is not the case."

Neilly told Nunavut News/North in May that an inquest can be held even if Tologanak-Labrie's body is not found.

"In some cases not having a body does present difficulties," Neilly said at the time. "In this case though, since the event was witnessed, then we can go ahead and conduct a death investigation."

Tologanak-Labrie jumped from an Adlair Air King Air 200 during a flight between Yellowknife and Cambridge Bay on April 15. He had been in the NWT capital for a hockey tournament.

He had been taken to Stanton Territorial Hospital by Yellowknife RCMP from a hotel on the night of April 14.

The next day he boarded the Adlair Air plane to Cambridge Bay.

Cooper said Tologanak-Labrie's body has not yet been found and added there have been ongoing search efforts which will continue as resources are found.

Tologanak-Labrie's mother Navalik Helen Tologanak declined to comment on the coroner's decision.