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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. Sad news. by jcr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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

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    1. Re:Sad news. by Konster · · Score: 5, Insightful

      No, he didn't die while flying a plane. He died while crashing a plane.

    2. Re:Sad news. by jcr · · Score: 5, Informative

      I can well imagine he was incapacitated or dead before impact

      Could have had a CO leak into the cockpit, a stroke, a heart attack... Since it was so long after the crash the remains were found, we'll probably never know.

      -jcr

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    3. Re:Sad news. by MrNaz · · Score: 5, Funny

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

      Look, if you're going to make wild claims like that, I want to see some statistics to back them up.

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  2. Re:RIP. by MrNaz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yea these jokes are in very bad taste. Whenever bones are found it is never a humerus matter.

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  3. 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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