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Wreckage Is Fossett's; No Body Found

But adventurer's body still nowhere to be seen

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 2, 2008 10:21 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Search teams have confirmed that the wreckage helicopters spotted earlier in California’s Inyo National Forest is indeed the plane that Steve Fossett was piloting when he disappeared last year. One searcher said the crash, which looked to have been a head-on crash into a mountain, was "so severe I doubt someone would've walked away from it,” but they’ve yet to find any sign of the billionaire adventurer’s body.

Madera County Sheriff John Anderson, holds up a photo copy of three pieces of identification belonging to Steve Fossett, found, Sept. 29, 2008 by a hiker in a rugged part of eastern California.
Madera County Sheriff John Anderson, holds up a photo copy of three pieces of identification belonging to Steve Fossett, found, Sept. 29, 2008 by a hiker in a rugged part of eastern California.   (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
A California Highway Patrol helicopter heads out, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, to search mountainous areas where articles belonging to adventurer Steve Fossett where found near Mammoth Lakes, Calif.
A California Highway Patrol helicopter heads out, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, to search mountainous areas where articles belonging to adventurer Steve Fossett where found near Mammoth Lakes, Calif.   (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
In this Feb. 28, 2005 photo, pilot Steve Fossett walks across a windy runway to the GlobalFlyer at the Salina Municipal Airport in Salina, Kan.
In this Feb. 28, 2005 photo, pilot Steve Fossett walks across a windy runway to the GlobalFlyer at the Salina Municipal Airport in Salina, Kan.   (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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