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.

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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.

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.

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