Which is why I believe that whatever happened must have been catastrophic. Something like a serious fire on board, part of the airplane falling off, or flying into a mountain while your head is in the cockpit siddling with something or reading a map.
Searchers find 6 other crash sites:
Brian
Another example of why it makes sense to keep on searching: Student climbs out of ravine a week after crash.
Saw an article on Slashdot that they’ve got fresh hi-res satellite imagery that’s been released for a sort of distributed online search for possible crash sites, where anyone can download the footage and then send in possible hits to a team that will review them and direct the good ones to the attention of searchers. I’d link it but I’m lazy. Seems like a neat idea, though.
http://www.mturk.com/mturk/preview?groupId=9TSZK4G35XEZJZG21T60&kw=Flash
Do what you can. Try to save a life.
Incidentally: When I was in CAP an aircrew went down in the San Bernardino mountains while searching for downed aircraft. All aboard were killed. The searchers in Nevada are flying aircraft ‘similar’ to Fossett’s. (Fossett’s borrowed Decathlon is tube-and-fabric and the search aircraft are all aluminum, but you know what I mean.) And they’re flying over the same terrain (obviously) and probably in the same weather. Let’s hope everyone remains safe.
CAP gives up search:
Brian
Damn. 