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| US skydivers' plane wreck found | US skydivers' plane wreck found |
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| The wreckage of a plane carrying nine skydivers and a pilot that vanished an hour after take-off on Sunday has been found in the state of Washington. | The wreckage of a plane carrying nine skydivers and a pilot that vanished an hour after take-off on Sunday has been found in the state of Washington. |
| The Cessna 208 left Star, Idaho, on Sunday after a skydiving event and was flying to Shelton, Washington, but did not arrive as scheduled. | The Cessna 208 left Star, Idaho, on Sunday after a skydiving event and was flying to Shelton, Washington, but did not arrive as scheduled. |
| Searchers reportedly found the debris of the aircraft at 1940 local time on Monday (0240GMT on Tuesday). | Searchers reportedly found the debris of the aircraft at 1940 local time on Monday (0240GMT on Tuesday). |
| A search official told the AP news agency no survivors had been found. | A search official told the AP news agency no survivors had been found. |
| Searchers are reported to have found the crash site in the remote Washington Cascades and were able to identify the wreckage from serial numbers. | Searchers are reported to have found the crash site in the remote Washington Cascades and were able to identify the wreckage from serial numbers. |
| A hunter had reported seeing a plane flying low on Sunday evening and then hearing a crash in a densely forested area about 45 miles (72km) west of Yakima. | A hunter had reported seeing a plane flying low on Sunday evening and then hearing a crash in a densely forested area about 45 miles (72km) west of Yakima. |
| Elaine Harvey, of Skydive Snohomish, in Washington state, told The Seattle Times newspaper the plane's passengers had either worked for her business or skydived often at Snohomish. | |
| They were all experienced parachutists, she added. |