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Search for Steve Fossett Scaled Back

September 18, 2007 at 10:15 AM | by pbb | 0 Comments

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]

[Photo: Steve Fossett Challenges]

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