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Oct 2, 2008 8:36 pm US/Pacific

Remains Found Among Fossett Plane Wreckage

 Slideshow: Steve Fossett's Plane Found

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (AP) ― Searchers have found the wreckage of adventurer Steve Fossett's plane in the rugged Sierra Nevada along with a bone fragment suitable for DNA testing.

National Transportation Safety Board officials say the oblong piece of bone was discovered by a sheriff's department investigator amid a stretch of debris. They say the remains are human.

But Madera County Sheriff John Anderson says the bone fragment has not yet been confirmed as human. He says it will be sent to a California Department of Justice lab for testing.

Officials confirmed this morning that the plane wreck on the side of a mountain near Mammoth Lakes was Fossett's single-engine plane.

The search for the wreckage began after a hiker stumbled upon three identification cards and cash apparently belonging to Fossett in the area.

Fossett disappeared in September of 2007, after taking off from a Nevada ranch owned by hotel magnate Barron Hilton.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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