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Bones Found Near Crash Site Confirmed Fossett's

Posted by kdawson on from the closure-and-rest dept.

Trip6 writes "Bones found near the wreckage of the plane flown by Steve Fossett when he disappeared last fall have been confirmed to be Fossett's by DNA analysis. The NTSB is still investigating the crash. Fossett may have been searching for a place to break the land speed record, his next quest."

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  1. Re:Sad news. by digitalchinky · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I suspect we will never know why his aircraft belted in to the side of the mountain in clear air - cloud cover was apparently much higher at the time, so visibility was good.

    I can well imagine he was incapacitated or dead before impact - the other possibility is suicide I guess.

  2. Re:NTSB confirms: Steve Fossett is dead by MrNaz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yea but I won't believe it until Netcraft confirms it.

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  3. Re:Sad news. by RuBLed · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What if he had a heart attack and died while flying the plane?

  4. most deadly air disaster by Smivs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The vast majority of plane crashes occur while the planes are flying.

    Whilst the above is true, it's worth noting that the most deadly aviation disaster occured on the ground, at Tenerife's Los Rodeos airport where two 747s collided, killing 683 people.

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  5. If by Googling you mean Google Maps... by denzacar · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ... then yes. That is almost exactly what the GP is referring to.
    With some Amazon's mTurk added over the Google layer.

    http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/09/geeks-spot-foss.html

    http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/373893/internet_users_aid_in_search_for_steve.html

    http://innonate.com/2007/09/09/is-this-steve-fossett-the-community-searches/

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  6. Re:Risky business? Depends. Medical probs? Unlikel by Alpha+Whisky · · Score: 5, Interesting

    All an aviation medical proves is that you were probably alive at the time of the medical. I knew a fellow pilot who died of a heart attack the day after getting his aviation medical renewed!

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  7. Re:Risky business? Depends. Medical probs? Unlikel by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I know someone whose dad was killed when his instructor flaked out. Turned out the guy had tried several doctors until one said he was OK.

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