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Wreckage Spotted Near Fossett Papers

Ground team searching for site spotted from aircraft

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 2, 2008 6:41 AM CDT

(Newser) – An aerial spotter has located what appears to be plane wreckage close to the place where a hiker found ID cards belonging to missing billionaire Steve Fossett, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. A team has been dispatched to do a ground search of the mountainous... Read full story »

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