Fossett's Plane Found

otter42 writes "Sadly, it looks as if all those crazies claiming Steve Fossett was still alive were wrong after all. The NY Times has the confirmation that wreckage of Fossett's Bellanca Citabria was found. Now it's up to the NTSB to tell us why this happened, although, statistically, dollars to donuts it was engine/fuel-related."

Comments

I think the cliff he hit was the problem

[frith01]

At that high an altitude, if you get clouds/ fog, you can run into a mountain at 10,000 feet, even if you're a good pilot ( who forgot to check his map).

NTSB said that the wreckage looked like high velocity impact, with little chance of survival.

Head on collision

[BigGar']

They're saying that the damage looks like he flew straight into the side of the mountain and that it was extremely unlikely that it was a survivable impact.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/02/steve.fossett.search/index.html

Re:Check your own logic before calling others craz

[texasandroid]

The reports are not saying that he hiked that distance, but that his ID was found that distance away from the crash site. In an area with plenty of wildlife, there are many other ways his ID could have been transported that distance, besides him surviving the initial crash.

Re:My experience that day

[Dynedain]

I have been convinced ever since that moment that that storm killed him.

Barstow is 256 miles from Mammoth Lakes. Granted, that's by car, but it's a fairly straight-shot route.

That's like saying a thunderstorm in New York City killed someone in Washington DC

Remains were found in the wreckage.

[KPexEA]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/02/steve.fossett.search/index.html MAMMOTH LAKES, California (CNN) -- A small amount of human remains has been found in the wreckage of the plane that adventurer Steve Fossett was flying when he disappeared last year, a National Transportation Safety Board official said Thursday.