Steve Fossett missing

[Moonliner]

If I was a betting man, I'd go with instant death right about the time his plane plowed into the mountain. The lack of remains at the crash site I'd attribute to time and our furry friends of the forest.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Billion. Just to split hairs.

It's not splitting hairs: for as often as I do it, I deserve to have my errors pointed out!

Originally Posted by Moonliner

If I was a betting man, I'd go with instant death right about the time his plane plowed into the mountain. The lack of remains at the crash site I'd attribute to time and our furry friends of the forest.

I question that hypothesis since there were no bones found at the site. If he had been in the plane, he would have been too integrated with the wreckage to have his body carried away intact - the edible parts would have been consumed on the spot and there would be bones still there. That they didn't find bones leads me to believe that he did survive the impact or at least ejected from the plane before impact.

Has there been any word if he would have had a parachute on? I know some pilots do wear them.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

No parachute. Highly unlikely that he bailed out.