Teams search rugged terrain one day after Bellanca aircraft vanished over western Nevada.
September 04, 2007
September 04, 2007
Rescue crews are searching for the plane of aviation adventurer Steve Fossett, who disappeared after takeoff from a private airstrip in Nevada.
Fossett, 63, the first person to fly solo around the world in a hot-air balloon, was last seen in a single engine plane heading south of Smith Valley, Nev., Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Western-Pacific region of the Federal Aviation Administration, told FOXNews.com.
Fossett departed at 8:45 a.m. Monday from the Flying M Ranch in Yerington, Nev., but did not file a flight plan so it is unknown where he was going.
A friend at the ranch reported Fossett missing Monday night when he didn't return, Gregor said.
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