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Bones Found Near Crash Site Confirmed Fossett's
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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This iz ya'lls victory.
I know ya'll didn't do th
New World Record!
The mad died doing what he loved, flying a plane. I guess the lesson is that no matter how much experience a pilot has, flying is still a risky business.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Plus whatever recycled crap is left over by the time kdawson drags his sorry ass to the keyboard.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
I'd say he possibly broke the speed landing record.
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It is official; DNA analysis now confirms: Steve Fossett is dead.
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Fossett family when analysis confirmed that Steve Fossett's life expectancy has dropped yet again, now down to negative figures. Coming close on the heels of a recent survey which plainly states that everyone has forgotten who he was, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Steve Fossett's skeleton is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by falling dead.
You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict Steve Fossett's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Steve Fossett faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Steve Fossett because Steve Fossett is dead. Things are looking very bad for Steve Fossett. As many of us are already aware, Steve Fossett continues to lose decomposing flesh. Blood flows like a river of red ink.
Steve Fossett's ribcage is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its tissue. The sudden and unpleasant departures of the contents of his bowels at the point of death only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: Steve Fossett is dead.
Due to the troubles of his plane, Steve Fossett shuffled off this mortal coil and was taken over by flies who laid eggs in his corpse.
All major surveys show that Steve Fossett has steadily declined in life expectancy. Steve Fossett has kicked the bucket and his long term survival prospects are very dim. If Steve Fossett is to survive at all it will be via some twisted form of necromancy. Steve Fossett continues to decay. Nothing short of a cockeyed miracle could save Steve Fossett from its fate at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Steve Fossett is dead.
Fact: Steve Fossett is dead
Slashdot's editors are merely experiencing gravitational time dilation due to their proximity to CmdrTaco's massive ego.
Time is passing more slowly in their reference frame, so it takes longer to approve the stories.
occultae nullus est respectus musicae - originally a Greek proverb
If it had given a signal then he might have been saved.
There's no way he was looking for a land speed record location near there. It's one of the most mountainous areas in the country. he may have started in the flats of Nevada, but he went over one mountain range and was skimming the peaks of another when he went down.
I backpacked in and camped about 5 miles north of that spot last year at Thousand Island Lake. He crashed at 10,000 feet up, which is nearing the limits for a small plane with unpressurized cockpit. If you make a wrong move and don't manage your energy right, you're dead, and there's nowhere to land safely. Likely it was too late by the time he realized he was in it too far and wasn't going to get back out.
The scenery up there is spectacular though, about a mile from his crash site is the Minarets and Minaret Lake, one of many alpine lakes that dot the Sierra range. There are backpacking trails nearby, but not on that particular very steep mountain side.
He was dead on impact. Wouldn't have helped, except that it might have prevented him from being eaten.
1. Did the online search area cover the actual crash site?
2. Did the online search have a recognizable picture of the crashed plane?
... Bones saying "It's dead, Jim"
Sad (but predictable on /.) to see a lot of jokes already, so I'll be first to say commiserations to the family and RIP a pioneer.
He died doing what he loved and always challenged his boundaries, I can admire that.
At least the mystery is finally cleared up, the crash investigation can begin.
Yea, perhaps if the medics had arrived earlier they could have put Humpty Dumpty back together again too.
I hate printers.
Bones.
It's sad but at least the body has been found to stop the mystery and rumour about him possibly doing a runner!
It appears that the editors are making a conscious effort to not post a story about the US election, probably because of past protests that such news items are not "News for Nerds". But then we have this story about Fossett, which really isn't news for nerds. He may have some association with activities that involve some tech, but this is about the recovery of his body, and is also a few days late in being reported. It's been all over the rest of the media for a while now.
But the presidency has a profound effect on the technical environment, from outsourcing and visa policy, to advocating alternative energy, etc. What's with the hold out editors? How about a story titled "How will Obama's election effect the landscape for geeks/nerds?"
LS
There is a fine line between being a cultivated citizen and being someone else's crop. - A. J. Patrick Liszkie
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.
Smivs on the intertubes!
I've noticed that some folks here are getting one thing outta this incident - that flying is risky. Statistically, flying is no riskier (if not less) than your driving your car to your local airport. What's more, according to the NTSB, most aviation accidents are from pilot (human) error as a result from complacency or negligence. So, a lot of people out there wouldn't call flying a risky business, rather flying is simply *less forgiving* to those who possess the mentioned traits.
Also, to address the possibility of a heart attack or a stroke before Fossett's crash, any pilot holding a Private Pilot Certificate or above has to have at least a valid and current Class 3 Medical certificate from the FAA in order to exercise private pilot privileges. Hence generally, pilots are healthier than the average crowd. While I agree that a stroke or heart attack might have been possible, they are not likely.
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The investigators will at least be able to rule in or out problems with the aircraft - unless theres been some very hungry aluminium chomping wildlife around that area recently!
Clearly you have not seen photos of the wreckage. If he was alive when the plane struck the mountain, he wasn't after it did.
... 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/
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
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!
it's = it is
its = belonging to it
Fossett isn't a word. It's fossil.
I record my sleeptalking
.. Recovery Team. In a statement, leader of the Fossett Recovery Crew said "Doctor McCoy was alive and well after the shuttle accident, and said that maybe scattering your atoms across space isn't such a bad idea after all".
Great show, but isn't it a little early for them to cover this? It will be nice to find out who did it though.
lol: You see no door there!
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.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
No one has mentioned this, probably out of respect for the family. Since only a few remains were found and quite far from wreckage. In the name of science it would be cool to know from experts about what happens to carcasses in them there CA mountains, and if the altitude of the impact bars some type of animal activity.
The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies. -Chomsky
Or crashes while taxiing? I'd imagine those are less common though....
Runway incursion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runway_incursion
Any occurrence at an aerodrome involving the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle, or person on the protected area of a surface designated for the landing and take-off of aircraft.
My subscription to the NTSB Reported lapsed when I stopped flying http://www.ntsb-reporter.com/ but it is highly recommended reading for any pilot if you wish to learn from other's mistakes. I
... or could Fossett have helped himself out by spending a relaxing evening with a good glass of scotch and Google Earth? I mean, sure, if I was him I would have an endless list of excuses to go out for a flight in my Citabria, but still... looking for salt flats? Please. Any place big enough to set a land speed record on will stick out like a sore thumb with consumer-grade remote sensing.
Never do that again.
Anyone know if this area was looked at through the Amazon's Mechanical Turk project searching for Steve Fossett?
He was actually looking for a site to run the Land Speed Record car that he bought from Craig Breedlove. Now the Brits are starting on another car to beat their own record (and 1000mph)
...as the plane STOPS flying!
Was he delicious?
The days of the digital watch are numbered.
More crashes occur on the ground than in the air. In fact, according to http://www.planecrashinfo.com/cause.htm 62% of crashes occur on the ground, they're just usually the least fatal.
There's not a lot of risk in straight and level flight...
A. The tail section of the aircraft.
What?!? Too soon?
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.