Steve Fossett missing - Page 3

Ghoulish Delight · 10-02-2008, 01:49 PM

I dunno. I kinda hope he's found along with a diary of his final days. That seems fittingly storybook (in a Brother's Grimm sort of way) for such a great adventurer.

Moonliner · 10-02-2008, 01:51 PM

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 · 10-02-2008, 02:18 PM

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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!

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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 · 10-02-2008, 02:24 PM

No parachute. Highly unlikely that he bailed out.

Disneyphile · 10-02-2008, 03:15 PM

At least he died doing something he loved. If only we all could be so lucky. I'd much rather that happen than become laid up in a hospital for my final days.

swanie · 10-02-2008, 04:11 PM

CNN is reporting that a "small amount" of human remains were found in the wreckage.

Looks like he didn't get out.

Kevy Baby · 10-02-2008, 04:53 PM

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CNN is reporting that a "small amount" of human remains were found in the wreckage.

Looks like he didn't get out.

Or at least not all of him got out.

Ew ew ew ew

RStar · 10-04-2008, 10:19 AM

Looks like DNA of the remains confirm it was him. It will be many months or more before they figure out what happened. The plane hit hard at a fairly shallow angle, not like the plane dropped out of the air. Sounds like he could have been disorented, out cold, or in bad visibility conditions and hit the mountain. The impact was so hard it practicaly vaporised the plane.

Such a sad loss. RIP, Steve. May God bless you and your family.

Betty · 10-03-2008, 04:56 PM

Pretty big wreckage area:

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Parts of the aircraft were scattered over a swath of mountain 150 feet wide by almost 400 feet long.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=5935776

10-02-2008, 01:49 PM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I dunno. I kinda hope he's found along with a diary of his final days. That seems fittingly storybook (in a Brother's Grimm sort of way) for such a great adventurer. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	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. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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10-02-2008, 02:24 PM	#4
DreadPirateRoberts Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,483	No parachute. Highly unlikely that he bailed out.
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Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	At least he died doing something he loved. If only we all could be so lucky. I'd much rather that happen than become laid up in a hospital for my final days.
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swanie Wiiiiiiiiiiiiid Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 321	CNN is reporting that a "small amount" of human remains were found in the wreckage. Looks like he didn't get out. __________________ "The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." - John J. Bingham
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10-04-2008, 10:19 AM	#8
RStar Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Me & Manyard hangin out! Posts: 5,433	Looks like DNA of the remains confirm it was him. It will be many months or more before they figure out what happened. The plane hit hard at a fairly shallow angle, not like the plane dropped out of the air. Sounds like he could have been disorented, out cold, or in bad visibility conditions and hit the mountain. The impact was so hard it practicaly vaporised the plane. Such a sad loss. RIP, Steve. May God bless you and your family. __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! www.StarTownGifts.com
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