Nearly two years after the disappearance of adventurer Steve Fossett, investigators on Thursday determined that strong winds probably downed his plane.
Adventurer Steve Fossett's ill-fated flight was simply going to be a "Sunday drive," but one camper who thinks he saw the plane said the craft was fighting headwinds.
Bones found last week near where Steve Fossett's plane crashed in eastern California's Sierra Nevadas are those of the adventurer, authorities said Monday.
"Pending DNA results, I believe our coroner's investigation is over," a sheriff's official says
Police say they have found what is "most likely" the remains of missing adventurer Steve Fossett.
Adventurer Steve Fossett was working on a secret project when he died. KGO reports.
A bone fragment found in the area where Steve Fossett's plane crashed will be tested to determine whether it came from an animal or a human, a Madera County, California, sheriff's spokeswoman said Friday.
More than a year after Steve Fossett disappeared, search teams have found his plane. ITN's Richard Lawrence reports.
A small amount of human remains has been found in the wreckage of the plane that adventurer Steve Fossett was flying when he disappeared last year, a National Transportation Safety Board official said Thursday.
Federal investigators say they have found body parts amid the wreckage of a missing adventurer's airplane in the mountains of eastern California
Searchers found the wreckage of Steve Fossett's airplane in
California's rugged Sierra Nevada just over a year after the
millionaire adventurer vanished on a solo flight, and the craft appears
to have hit the mountainside head-on
Authorities now say the plane belongs to the adventurer missing for 13 months
Hikers in California have found items that may belong to missing millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, officials said Wednesday.
The wife of missing adventurer Steve Fossett has asked a court to declare him dead.
Richard Branson pays tribute to a lost adventurer, who soared to new heights and took us along for the ride
The Civil Air Patrol has called off the search for multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, nearly a month after he took off from a Nevada ranch, the agency announced Tuesday.
Hopes are raised by old crash sites discovered during the search for Steve Fossett. CNN's Kara Finnstrom reports.
The hunt for missing aviator Steve Fossett in the rugged terrain of western Nevada could solve some much older mysteries.
Trooper Chuck Allen of the Nevada Dept. of Public Safety say tips about Steve Fossett's whereabouts come in daily.
Volunteers aid the Steve Fossett search, which has grown to more than 40 aircraft. CNN's Kara Finnstrom reports.
CNN's Miles O'Brien takes to the air to search for missing adventurer Steve Fossett.
Flight teams are following up on leads but have found "nothing promising" in their fourth full day of hunting for billionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, a sheriff's official said Friday.
Rescuers have "four credible leads" in the search for missing adventurer Steve Fossett, a spokeswoman for the Nevada Civil Air Patrol said Thursday.
Fossett's plane explained
A squadron of 10 airplanes and helicopters began a fourth day Thursday of a frustrating search for missing millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, whose small plane disappeared over Nevada's rugged high desert.
The search for Steve Fossett
Fellow aviation enthusiast Sir Richard Branson said Wednesday he was worried that rescuers had found no sign of his friend, adventurer Steve Fossett, who disappeared two days ago after taking off from another friend's desert ranch.
Adventure might as well be Steve Fossett's middle name. The man has spent most of his life breaking and setting records in sailing, aviation and ballooning.
A plane flown by adventurer Steve Fossett has been missing since Monday night, federal aviation officials say.
Adventurer Steve Fossett doesn't mind going it alone -- in fact going solo has helped him break and set records in sailing, aviation and ballooning.
(CNN) -- How to break records, without breaking into a sweat.
After surviving a major fuel loss, some turbulence that nearly ripped his plane apart, and blowing out two tires on the landing, American adventurer Steve Fossett Saturday broke the world's flight distance record after traveling more than 26,000 miles (about 42,000 km) in 76 hours.
Flying from horizon to horizon, Steve Fossett completed the first solo, nonstop flight around-the-world without refueling on Thursday, landing gracefully in Kansas at 2:49 pm ET.
Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett will attempt to cross the Pacific Ocean and reach Hawaii despite a fuel shortage detected by mission control early Wednesday.
Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett began his attempt to complete the first solo, non-stop circumnavigation of the globe by powered aircraft on Monday evening. Fossett took off from Salina, Kansas, aboard the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer and he does not plan to stop until he gets back there.
U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett says he has last-minute nerves as he prepares an attempt on the "last great aviation record" by piloting an airplane alone around the world without refueling or stopping.
Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett hopes to set the "last great aviation record" by piloting an airplane alone around the world without refueling or stopping.
American adventurer Steve Fossett and his crew of 12 have become the first sailors to circumnavigate the globe in under 60 days.
Floating pierside on the Hudson River, PlayStation shimmers on the edge of plausibility. A $5 million, 105-foot-long, dual-hulled vision of gleaming yellow carbon fiber and Kevlar, the boat embodie...
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