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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. |
| Searchers located the debris in the Washington Cascades at 1940 local time on Monday (0240GMT on Tuesday) and have discovered seven bodies so far. | Searchers located the debris in the Washington Cascades at 1940 local time on Monday (0240GMT on Tuesday) and have discovered seven bodies so far. |
| The Cessna 208 left Star, Idaho, on Sunday after a skydiving event and was flying to Shelton, Washington. | The Cessna 208 left Star, Idaho, on Sunday after a skydiving event and was flying to Shelton, Washington. |
| 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 were able to identify the wreckage near White Pass from serial numbers. | |
| 'Experienced parachutists' | |
| 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. |
| Yakima County Search and Rescue spokesman Darrell Monroe told the BBC the search would continue on Tuesday morning. | Yakima County Search and Rescue spokesman Darrell Monroe told the BBC the search would continue on Tuesday morning. |
| "There will be more detailed searches and investigations by aeronautics and the local sheriff tomorrow," he said. | "There will be more detailed searches and investigations by aeronautics and the local sheriff tomorrow," he said. |
| 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. | 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. | They were all experienced parachutists, she added. |
| The plane, which was registered to Kapowsin Air Sports of Shelton, took off at 1900 on Sunday (0200GMT on Monday) and disappeared from the radar about an hour later. |