The search for millionaire aviator Steve Fossett resumed on Wednesday with rescue planes scouring a rugged region of Nevada two days after a light plane piloted by the adventurer went missing.
A spokesman for the Nevada State Police said planes had set out at first light in an attempt to find Fossett, who took off from a private airstrip early Monday and has not been heard from since.
"The search is back on, and we've got several planes in the air already," the spokesman told AFP. "We expect to be flying throughout the day.
Fossett's family raised the alarm when the 63-year-old daredevil failed to return following his departure at around 9:00 am (1600 GMT) Monday in a single-engine Bellanca plane, Federal Aviation Administration officials said.
More than a dozen rescue planes scoured until late Tuesday the remote terrain that Fossett was believed to be flying over before he vanished, officials said.
However Fossett's failure to lodge a flight plan before take-off was complicating efforts to locate him, the FAA said.
Fossett 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.
AFP.com
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