Steve Fossett's effects possibly found

Two large bones and Steve Fossett's drivers license have been found today.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/30/fossett.search/index.html

they found this stuff about a 1/2 mile from the crash site. The bone fragments that were found near the crash site turned out to not be human.

Animal chew marks were found on the driver's license and the shoes, Anderson said. He said the marks indicate that "animals possibly [moved] the body."
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That's one messed up wing, and he hit hard enough to detach the engine. The good news about this is he likely didn't suffer, injured, waiting for someone to rescue him.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gfmXbQn-RFLHSjd8_s23ytiM6OVAD945ACE80

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There's another wing view at this site:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/wor...ear-adventurer-Steve-Fossetts-crash-site.html

Engine:

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no real surprise, but they did identify his remains.

Authorities say they've positively identified some of Steve Fossett's remains: two large bones found a half-mile from where the adventurer's plane crashed in California's Sierra Nevada.

Madera County Sheriff John Anderson said Monday that DNA tests conducted by the state Department of Justice positively identified the bones as the remains of the millionaire aviator who disappeared last year.
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http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/11/steven-fossett-remains-identified.html
 
I am always amazed at how they figure this stuff out but have to admit that I wonder if this had been one of us rather than Fossett would the report have read something like " Pilots failure to properly account for winds at altitude and adequatly train for mountain flying conditions
 
AdamZ said:
I am always amazed at how they figure this stuff out but have to admit that I wonder if this had been one of us rather than Fossett would the report have read something like " Pilots failure to properly account for winds at altitude and adequatly train for mountain flying conditions
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No kidding! If it had been one of us mere mortals, it would have been pilot error, for sure.

Pretty soon we'll seen an announcement of the Steve Fossett Felloship for Aviation Safety, or some such thing, to be awarded to a deserving NTSB investigator, in exchange for this nice probable cause finding.


Trapper John
 
Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe said:
NTSB released probable cause - downdraft exceeding the capability of the aircraft to climb.

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20081007X17184&key=1
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AdamZ said:
I am always amazed at how they figure this stuff out but have to admit that I wonder if this had been one of us rather than Fossett would the report have read something like " Pilots failure to properly account for winds at altitude and adequatly train for mountain flying conditions
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Trapper John said:
No kidding! If it had been one of us mere mortals, it would have been pilot error, for sure.

Pretty soon we'll seen an announcement of the Steve Fossett Felloship for Aviation Safety, or some such thing, to be awarded to a deserving NTSB investigator, in exchange for this nice probable cause finding.


Trapper John
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Once again, "The NTSB has determined the pilot was a wealthy and famous person incapable of being blamed." as in one JFK, Jr being killed by that old external hazard "spacial disorentation."

Seriously, you gotta believe that the investigators had so many management / political vetting reviews of their drafts the NTSB cubical farms look like:
:mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2:

"SCHMEDLEY! TOU ARE NOT GETTING IT! I don't want even a hint that Mr. xxxx did anything wrong!'
 
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Wait, guys, the NTSB is an excellent group of people that does no wrong...

Or does that only apply to airline incidents?
 
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