Confirmed: Adventurer Steven Fossett Died In Plane Crash

November 4, 2008

Legendary aviator Stephen Fossett died in a plane crash on Labor Day weekend, 2007. After more than a year of searching for Fossett’s plane, a hiker walked up on the scene of the wreckage just a couple of weeks ago. Today, it is being confirmed that bone fragments and DNA taken from the wreckage do match that of Steve Fossett. This should leave little argument that he may have faked his own death, or may be hiding in another realm.

A California Department of Justice Forensics lab has determined that items containing DNA — discovered last week — match James Stephen Fossett’s DNA,” the Madera County, California, sheriff-coroner’s office said in a statement.Office spokeswoman Erica Stuart said the match of the DNA in the bones discovered last Wednesday brings her office’s investigation to an end.

This should put to end one of the largest manhunts and search and rescue operations in United States history. Fossett, who was known as a daring adventurer and billionaire business tycoon had set over 100 world records in aviation, sailing, hot air ballooning, and other adventures.

The day his plane had went down, it was speculated that Steven had been scoping out the desert salt flats for a possible attempt at the world land speed record. Just recently, more news has surfaced that Steven Fossett may have had some even bigger plans in the works, including a trip to the bottom of the Pacific in the world’s deepest ocean dive.

With the results of the bone and DNA testing now complete, perhaps Steven Fossett’s family can rest a little more quietly knowing that Steven has definitely been found. Over the past year, Fossett’s disappearance has sparked some myth-like proportions playing to the many likenesses of his disappearance with that of another aviation legend, Amelia Earhardt. At least one mystery has now been solved.

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