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…
US investigator leads plane crash probe
Date: 12/5/2008 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. investigator is studying the charred wreckage of a small plane that plowed into a Puerto Rican rainforest to pinpoint the cause of the deadly crash. The U.S. National Transportation Safety…
GUYANA: Plane carrying 3 missing in Guyana jungle during survey flight
Date: 11/2/2008 GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A U.S.-registered plane was missing in the Amazon jungles of Guyana after taking off to conduct aerial surveys for a Canadian mining company, aviation officials said Sunday. Three people were on board. The aircraft…
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…