London, November 4 : US investigators have confirmed that the bone fragments found near a California plane crash site are that of US millionaire Steve Fossett.
Sheriff John Anderson said that the forensic investigators had found a DNA match between the two-and-a-half-inch long fragment with that of the missing adventurer.
The investigators had found the bones half a mile from the wreckage of Fossett’s single-engine plane after a hiker had spotted the pilot’s licence and ID cards.
London, October 4: Friends of air-adventurer Steve Fossett have paid tribute to the aviator for his ‘adventure spirit’ after police officials revealed that they had discovered human remains in his wrecked plane.
The 63-year-old millionaire had mysteriously disappeared after taking off from his private airstrip in Nevada last September and was legally declared dead in February this year.
San Francisco - About 70 searchers combed the area around the crash site of adventurer Steve Fossett's plane Friday as scientists were due to test a small piece of bone found near the plane.
The small bone, said by police to be about 5 centimetres by 3 centimetres was the only sign of possible human remains at the remote site. But it was far from clear that it was even human.
London, November 4 : US investigators have confirmed that the bone fragments found near a California plane crash site are that of US millionaire Steve Fossett.
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London, October 4: Friends of air-adventurer Steve Fossett have paid tribute to the aviator for his ‘adventure spirit’ after police officials revealed that they had discovered human remains in his wrecked plane. 
About 70 searchers combed the area around the crash site of adventurer Steve Fossett's plane Friday as scientists were due to test a small piece of bone found near the plane.
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