Adventurer Steve Fossett's plane found
- Thu, 2 Oct 2008
- Be the first to comment
Wreckage found in the mountains of California has been identified as the plane being flown by world-record holding yachtsman and aviator, Steve Fossett, who went missing a year ago.
News reports yesterday of a hiker coming across identity documents and cash belonging to the 63-year-old pilot have been backed up today by the wreckage which contained more of Fossett's belongings.
Fossett disappeared on 3 September last year having taken off from a Nevada airstrip on a mission to find a site suitable for his attempt to break the land speed world record.
Despite an extensive search, the area in which the documents and the wreckage was found - the Sierra Nevadas near Mammoth Lake California - was not considered a likely destination for the plane.
Mr Fossett was declared legally dead in February 2008. The search for his body continues.
