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DNA會說話 山區遺骨確認為駕機失蹤佛塞特
法新社╱盧瑞珠 2008-11-04 11:50
（法新社洛杉磯三日電）主管當局今天證實，億萬富翁佛塞特所駕飛機墜毀的殘骸附近，約半英里遠之處所找到的兩塊大型骨頭，確實是他的遺骸。佛塞特所駕的飛機墜毀在加州內華達山區。
馬德拉郡警長安德森表示，由州司法部所進行的DNA測試，已確定這是去年九月駕機失蹤億萬富翁佛塞特的遺骨。
安德森不願說明找到的是哪一部分骨頭，他表示，不願讓家屬更痛苦。
佛塞特的遺孀發表一份聲明，感謝當局協助調查。
這些遺骨於十月二十九日與佛塞特的網球鞋、伊利諾州駕照一起被發現，上面留有動物的咬痕。
佛塞特二零零七年九月駕機失蹤。美國國家運輸安全委員會（NTSB）正在調查飛機失事原因。
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DNA tests confirm death of millionaire flyer Steve Fossett
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Genetic tests on bones found near a wrecked plane last month in the mountains of northern California have confirmed the death of millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, officials said Monday.
The sheriff's office for Madera County, California said in a statement that DNA tests on two bones were a "conclusive" match to Fossett, ending a yearlong mystery about the fate of the aviator, who disappeared in September 2007.
"What his family has wanted for over a year now -- what his family has needed -- is closure," said Sheriff John Anderson in the statement.
The remains were recovered by searchers on October 29 along with credit cards, an Illinois driver's license, cash, clothing and a pair of tennis shoes, according to the statement.
Fossett, who set more than 100 records during a thrill-seeking career, disappeared in September 2007 after taking off on a solo flight from a private airstrip in Nevada.
Despite a massive month-long search of rugged wilderness, no trace of his plane was found until October 2 when a hiker stumbled on identity cards belonging to Fossett in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Fossett was declared legally dead by a Chicago probate judge on February 15.
The DNA confirmation Monday is likely to finally put to rest any remaining conspiracy theories about his disappearance after some suggestions earlier this year that he had faked his own death.
The DNA tests were conducted by a laboratory run by the California Department of Justice Forensics.
A multi-millionaire who made his fortune dealing stocks in Chicago, Fossett set his array of world records in sailboats, gliders and hot-air balloons.
He famously made the first solo nonstop, non-refueled circumnavigation of the world in 67 hours in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer. In 2002, he was the first person to fly solo around the world in a balloon.
Fossett's iconic status and the unusual circumstances around his demise have brought comparisons to the enduring question of what happened to aviator Amelia Earhart, who vanished over the Pacific Ocean in 1937.
After repeatedly cheating death -- he once plummeted 29,000-feet (9,000-meter) into the Coral Sea when a storm shredded his balloon -- his luck ran out on what should have been a routine journey.
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