The wreckage of a light aircraft, thought to belong to missing millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, has been found.![Fossett vanished in September 2007 while on a solo flight that took off from Nevada [EPA]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/USA3/1/Fossett.jpg "Fossett vanished in September 2007 while on a solo flight that took off from Nevada [EPA]")
Fossett vanished in September 2007 while on a solo flight that took off from Nevada [EPA]
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said a team had found a single-engine Bellanca Super Decathlon plane in eastern California, near the town of Mammoth Lakes.
The search began after a hiker found items on Monday thought to have belonged to Fossett who disappeared on a solo flight in September 2007.
Fossett, 63, had set off from Nevada for a local flight but failed to return.
The NTSB said on Thursday the wreckage, found 3,200m up the Sierra Nevada, "appears to be the aircraft piloted by Steve Fossett" and that they were sending an investigator to the site.
Documents bearing Fossett's name, including a pilot's licence, money and clothing, were found by Preston Morrow, on Monday.
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