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Search for Steve Fossett Scaled Back

The Super Decathalon Fossett was piloting

The Civil Air Patrol searching the Nevada desert for Steve Fossett has called off its search. After setting out on Labor Day in a light airplane, Fossett disappeared, and despite a massive search has yet to be found.

Local authorities have been looking for the lost adventurer for weeks, in an area double the size of New Jersey. A police spokesman told the AFP news service:

The Civil Air Patrol feel that they have completed their search of 98% of the ground that needed to be covered.

The CAP will keep two aircraft on stand-by in case any new leads surface, and the National Guard will continue to fly search missions, as will private aircraft operating out of Barron Hilton's Flying M Ranch. Amazon and Google are still working together to provide satellite images to people who want to help with the search.

Go straight to the Flying M Ranch Map.

Related Stories:
· Search for Fossett Is Downgraded [BBC]
· Steve Fossett Search Map [Jaunted]

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