Crews suspend search for plane missing in Cascades
WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) - Rescuers have suspended their search for a plane that failed to arrive on a flight from Tonasket to Sequim.
The Washington State Department of Transportation announced the suspension on Sunday after searching areas in the north Cascades, Winthrop and Stevens Pass.
Pilot Ed Jeffko of Tonasket was the only person aboard the home-built, single-engine kit plane that went missing July 23.
Officials say they had no emergency beacon, radar track or flight plan to aid in the search.
The Wenatchee World has reported that Jeffko is a former Tonasket city councilman who has been active in the civil service board and economic development committee
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The Washington State Department of Transportation announced the suspension on Sunday after searching areas in the north Cascades, Winthrop and Stevens Pass.
Pilot Ed Jeffko of Tonasket was the only person aboard the home-built, single-engine kit plane that went missing July 23.
Officials say they had no emergency beacon, radar track or flight plan to aid in the search.
The Wenatchee World has reported that Jeffko is a former Tonasket city councilman who has been active in the civil service board and economic development committee
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
I recently read an article on CNN, I hope this link will 'stick', about two hiker's bodies found in the Andes, with hundreds of people searching satellite images and coordinating with searchers on the ground. Why couldn't technology like this be used to find this plane? I'd be happy to volunteer to look at sat. images and I'm sure others would be also.
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The article link is http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/28/world/americas/peru-climber-deaths/index.html
 @Commenter87643 Good idea 87642, but with our evergreen trees, downed planes are often totally invisible from above....Sad, but true.