Comments on: Human Remains Found Amid Fossett Wreck

Wreckage Of Millionaire Adventurer's Plane Located In Calif. Mountains; He Went Missing Over A Year Ago

[lewiston14]

Slim come on now a drug runner. That is a stretch.

[meinnv]

meinnv, that amount of money would be nothing for him to carry around. I''''m sure investigators would not even think about it. Are you looking for a conspiracy theory?


Posted by airboatboy1

Not at all. Was responding to someone before me who thought it was odd. If we was that wealthy it would be nothing for him to carry it around as I had said "The cash might have been in his wallet, and since he was planning to come back, he didn''''t see the need to leave it behind. Or, he might have been in an area where stores don''''t take credit cards."

It is certainly something for investigators to consider, but nothing for a conspiracy theory. I don''t get into those. I belive in facts and evidence, perhaps a theory around the facts and evidence. But, I am saying that we all handle our "money" differently. Some carry cash, some don''t. To each their own, but it should be carefully considered by investigators. It might be a clue, it might not be.

[meinnv]

Given the location of the area, I doubt the money was for fuel for a return trip. According to this:

"Fossett took off with enough fuel for four to five hours of flight, according to Civil Air Patrol spokesperson Maj. Cynthia S. Ryan."

I live in Southern Nevada, and there is not much north of us, basically Northern Nevada is considered "remote" and mostly "dangerous". So, if it was a simple pleasure flight, he might have had enough fuel to take off, fly around, and fly back.

If you go to wikipedia.org and look this incident up, you will also find out that our govenor had tried to ask for some of the money that went into the search. Barron Hilton put up $200,000; yet when Mr. Fossett''s widow was asked, she declined.

"The Nevada search cost $1.6 million, for Silver State, "the largest search and rescue effort ever conducted for a person within the U.S." Jim Gibbons asked Peggy Fossett to shoulder $487,000 but she declined."

So, I wonder how financially sound the Fossett''s were. I am not saying everyone should have to pay a state back for their efforts, but if the Fossetts were wealthy and since she had her husband declared dead on 5 months later, what would be the harm in her paying something back to a state they didn''t even reside in?? Just a thought, and maybe something for investigators to consider as to a motive for his disappearance.

[lewiston14]

airboatboy1 Is correct. $1000 is chump change these days. Even for many people.

[airboatboy1]

meinnv, that amount of money would be nothing for him to carry around. I''m sure investigators would not even think about it. Are you looking for a conspiracy theory?

[meinnv]

It does seem a little odd to have that much cash on him for a simple "pleasure flight". I tend to carry very little cash, even when I have errands to run and try to pay all of my bills online with a pre-paid debit card (the ones I can). Then again that is just me.

One of my friends never carries any cash, and only relies on credit & debit cards. So, go figure.

The cash might have been in his wallet, and since he was planning to come back, he didn''t see the need to leave it behind. Or, he might have been in an area where stores don''t take credit cards. I know some towns have stores that don''t take credit. He was visiting the small town, so that will be something for investigators to follow up on.

[lewiston14]

Im not sure how good DNA testing is today but the id''s and plane should have both. Give the officals time to sort it out. Fire is out of the question as the id''s and money were in bad shape but not burned.

[meinnv]

According to CNN.com:

"He was carrying a bottle of water and had no parachute.

He had planned to fly over the Nevada desert for two to three hours and was expected to return for lunch at the ranch, owned by hotel magnate Barron Hilton."

Unless there was a parachute in the small plane, the theory that he parachuted out would be ruled out. It is possible he might have survived the crash, but with bears and other animals, his remains might never be recovered. Large animals tend to over power humans quite quickly, and if he was injured, he had no chance.

Judging by the picture on CNN.com, it is unlikely he would have survived. Usually when a plane hits a mountain, the survival rate is low if not non-existant.

I had a cousin who had crashed into the mountain (several years before I was born), and I dont think his remains were recovered, if there were any. A witness saw him get into the plane, take off and hit the mountain, then again that was in bad weather, and don''t ask me why he flew, he was an obstinate person and had been warned.

But, I believe in all certainly, Mr. Fossett might not have survived. However his disappearance is going to be a mystery until his remains are found. I do hope for his family''s sake there is some closure or some way of finding out once and for all what happened to this man.

[slim1h2o]

Has anyone stop and asked, Why did a millionaire have that much money on him?

When you are that rich, you don''t need to carry that much. And if he wanted to buy something expensive, he could have purchased whatever on his credit card. Most rich people I have seen never carried any more than a few bucks on them. (cash)

So, he was in a plane flying with no discernable destination, with 1005.00, not exactly a lot of money, but more than the average person would carry, what was he up to?

Buying drugs? He sounds like a drug runner to me. In a plane with lots of money, and no flight charts.

Very suspicious, Indeed.

[inglind]

If the plane burned on impact, so would his clothes, wallet and contents. Since they are not mentioning human remains at the crash site, one can''t help wonder if he didn''t bailout, planned or not.