AVIATOR STEVE FOSSETT'S WRECKAGE FOUND
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. - Searchers found the wreckage of Steve
Fossett's plane in California's rugged Sierra Nevada just over a year
after the millionaire adventurer vanished on a solo flight, and the
craft appears to have hit the mountainside head-on, authorities said
Thursday.
Wreckage found today in California has been identified as the aircraft piloted by adventurer Steve Fossett.
A pilot's licence and a second identification document featuring Fossett's details, which were found by a hiker, were also confirmed as authentic today, Madera County Sheriff John Anderson said.
Sir Richard Branson said he expects the body of his "great and extraordinary" friend to be found soon.
The NTSB said the crashed plane was found yesterday and a team of investigators were sent to California to investigate.
"The Bellanca 8KCAB (N240R) has been missing since September 3, 2007, when the pilot departed Yerington, Nevada, for a local flight," the statement said.
"The wreckage was located at about 10,000 feet of elevation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the vicinity of Mammoth Lakes, California."
The discovery came after a hiker found three identification cards bearing Fossett's name in a bush just west of Mammoth Lakes.
Preston Morrow said he found a Federal Aviation Administration identity card, a pilot's license, a third ID and £558 in cash on Monday but saw no sign of a plane or of any human remains.
He handed the items to police yesterday after failing to contact Fossett's family directly.
Mammoth Lakes is around 90 miles south of hotel magnate Barron Hilton's Flying M Ranch where Fossett, 63, was last seen alive as he set off in the single-engine aircraft on 3 September last year.
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Wreckage found today in California has been identified as the aircraft piloted by adventurer Steve Fossett.
A pilot's licence and a second identification document featuring Fossett's details, which were found by a hiker, were also confirmed as authentic today, Madera County Sheriff John Anderson said.
Sir Richard Branson said he expects the body of his "great and extraordinary" friend to be found soon.
The NTSB said the crashed plane was found yesterday and a team of investigators were sent to California to investigate.
"The Bellanca 8KCAB (N240R) has been missing since September 3, 2007, when the pilot departed Yerington, Nevada, for a local flight," the statement said.
"The wreckage was located at about 10,000 feet of elevation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the vicinity of Mammoth Lakes, California."
The discovery came after a hiker found three identification cards bearing Fossett's name in a bush just west of Mammoth Lakes.
Preston Morrow said he found a Federal Aviation Administration identity card, a pilot's license, a third ID and £558 in cash on Monday but saw no sign of a plane or of any human remains.
He handed the items to police yesterday after failing to contact Fossett's family directly.
Mammoth Lakes is around 90 miles south of hotel magnate Barron Hilton's Flying M Ranch where Fossett, 63, was last seen alive as he set off in the single-engine aircraft on 3 September last year.
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