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7 Dead Found in Skydiver Wreck

Cessna crashed with 10 on board

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 9, 2007 5:55 AM CDT

(Newser) – Searchers have found seven bodies in the wreckage of a missing skydiver plane and were still seeking three other passengers, the Seattle Times reports. The single-engine Cessna had been transporting nine skydivers from an Idaho event back home to Washington when it went missing Sunday.... Read full story »

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