Steve Fossett is Missing as of 9/4/07

[BIGdaddy]

BBC is reporting that there was human and animal hair on the sweatshirt. They had an expert that said that there was a high probability that animals may have separated the body from the wreckage. I saw pictures of the wreckage and IMO there is no way any pilot would of survived. The engine was over 100 ft from the wreckage.

-Ben

i see the posts above where it says remains were found, so i might be a moot point, but what i was hypothesizing was that he exited the plane via parachute before the crash, not that he simply absorbed the trauma of impact and walked away.

just to clarify.


though there was the story of the WWII pilot who fell/jumped from his stricken/inverted plane. His wingmen saw him fall and said prayers for him. lo and behold that joker landed in a snow drift and walked to a army base.

 

[paulj]

One of the news reports mentions thunderstorms in the mountains that day. So he could have been caught in the turbulance or down draft from such a storm. Or it could have been the classic case of flying into a cloud with rocks in it. No time to bailout in such case.

 

[BIGdaddy]

One of the news reports mentions thunderstorms in the mountains that day. So he could have been caught in the turbulance or down draft from such a storm. Or it could have been the classic case of flying into a cloud with rocks in it. No time to bailout in such case.

agreed. i have to admit i'm losing hope. :smilies27

 

[Clark White]

They found the wreckage of his plane, but no sign of the man himself...

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iWRuwj4QFtWLCCV11eYiXu7k7cmA

 

[Spikepretorius]

Yeah animals will spread the remains around.
I don't know what animals you have lurking in the States but here there was an incident where a head was discovered 20km away from the body across a mountain range. Baboons apparently.

 

[Clark White]

Yeah animals will spread the remains around.
I don't know what animals you have lurking in the States but here there was an incident where a head was discovered 20km away from the body across a mountain range. Baboons apparently.

HA! Well we don't have baboons, but we have plenty of other animals that do the same things. From the sounds of it, I'll be surprised if they ever find remains.

 

[Grim Reaper]

I'm kind of sad it was was found at all. It would have been legend for years to come if his wreckage wasn't found for 10 years or more. The only thing that would have topped it is if he came hiking out on his own.

 

[jgolden]

I'm kind of sad it was was found at all. It would have been legend for years to come if his wreckage wasn't found for 10 years or more. The only thing that would have topped it is if he came hiking out on his own.

X2

 

[ntsqd]

I'm kind of sad it was was found at all. It would have been legend for years to come if his wreckage wasn't found for 10 years or more. The only thing that would have topped it is if he came hiking out on his own.

D.B. Cooper.

 

[CoastalDefender]

D.B. Cooper.

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :violent-smiley-031:

 

[XJxplorer]

anyone know the results from the DNA testing??

 

[Wanderlusty]

Large human bones, Fosset's tennis shoes, and his drivers license found near wreckage:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081031/ap_on_re_us/fossett_search

 

[HanzoSteel]

D.B. Cooper.

What ever came up with that parachute they found?

 

[Wanderlusty]

DNA confirms bones are Fosset's:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081103/ap_on_re_us/fossett_search#full

No D.B. Cooper here....

 

[Overland Hadley]

A great loss, that guy was amazing.