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Fossett's Plane Found

Posted by timothy on from the last-word dept.

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."

6 of 356 comments (clear)

  1. Re:He's still kicking! by someone1234 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well, if there are no bones...
    At least now we know the ID wasn't fake.

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  2. Re:That's really a shame. by Goldberg's+Pants · · Score: -1, Troll

    Still not sure why this is news though. I mean the headline could very easily be "Man presumed dead still dead."

  3. Re:Fuel / Engine Related? by Richard_at_work · · Score: 0, Troll

    He ran out of altitude.

    Covers just about all eventualities...

  4. Re:That's really a shame. by Goldberg's+Pants · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ah, so we're supposed to care because he had money and we've lost someone better than the rest of us.

    I get it now.

  5. So? by PingXao · · Score: 1, Troll

    This is not Stuff That Matters to Nerds.

    Bad Slashdot. Bad.

  6. Re:That's really a shame. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    He was also active with the Boy Scouts at the national level, even heading up the National Eagle Scout Association.

    So he's homophobic then?

    I mean, I get the rest, I just don't see why that's worth mentioning. Great, he's involved in a proto-Fascist, anti-intellectual, homophobic organization. That's not exactly a reason to care. There are plenty of rednecks in the world.

    The rest of your explanation is perfectly valid, but it seems out of place to mention his involvement in the Boy Scouts when you could have left it out and just concentrated on the nerdy, non-inflammatory accomplishments.