Date: 3/6/2009 By RACHEL JONESAssociated Press Writer CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan rescuers are still searching for a small plane flown by a U.S. missionary that vanished two weeks ago in the jungles of southern Venezuela, an official with the country’s…
PUERTO RICO: Rough weather forces officials to suspend search for crash survivors
Date: 2/11/2009 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Strong winds and currents are forcing authorities to hold off a search for five people missing in a small plane crash off Puerto Rico’s coast. The island’s emergency management director said Tuesday…
Missing plane’s pilot had only student license
Date: 12/17/2008 By DANICA COTOAssociated Press Writer SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The pilot of a plane that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle with 11 passengers aboard had only a U.S. student pilot license and should have never been…
GUYANA: Officials suspend search for missing US survey plane with 3 aboard
Date: 11/18/2008 GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana has suspended its search for a U.S.-registered plane with three people aboard that disappeared over dense Amazonian jungle two weeks ago. Transportation Minister Robeson Benn says government teams have unsuccessfully scoured mountainous forests…
Calif. hiker finds ID that appears to be Fossett’s
Date: 10/2/2008 2:29 AM By TRACIE CONE and JULIANA BARBASSAAssociated Press Writers MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (AP) _ Preston Morrow was having a little adventure, wandering off-trail alone to look for a remote mine. He was scrambling down a rugged embankment…