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20:28 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The single-engine airplane that was carrying
five members of a San Jose family and vanished in a remote stretch of
Idaho in early December was found Friday, and there are apparently no
survivors, officials said.
No survivors in wreckage of San Jose pilot's plane in Idaho
Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle
Updated 8:35 pm, Friday, January 10, 2014
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Dale Smith was co-founder of the San Jose hardware and software company Serialtek.
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(01-10) 20:34 PST SAN FRANCISCO
-- The single-engine airplane that was carrying five members of a San
Jose family and vanished in a remote stretch of Idaho in early December
was found Friday, and there are apparently no survivors, officials said.
The wreckage was found by a team that included the brother of Dale Smith, the 51-year-old software executive who was piloting the plane, according to a Facebook post Friday evening by Smith's wife, Janis Smith.
"Dellon (Smith, the brother) and his crew spent the entire day, from 3 a.m. onward trying to find the right location," Smith wrote in the post. "The snow was very deep and the going was very slow. Less than two hours before they needed to wrap up the search for the foreseeable future, Dellon and Arthur found the plane.
"The plane is in pieces and buried in snow," she wrote. "They have not yet found all the parts."
The Valley County Sheriff's Office, which was helping in the search, reported that the rugged terrain and bad weather may delay efforts to recover the bodies and the remnants of the plane.
The Beechcraft Bonanza disappeared in the mountains 150 miles northeast of Boise.
"There appear to be no survivors at this time," the office said in a statement.
Teams have been searching for the crash site, off and on, since the craft disappeared Dec. 1 after taking off from Baker City, Ore., for Butte, Mont.
Dale Smith was co-founder of the San Jose hardware and software company Serialtek. Also on board the plane was Smith's son Daniel and his wife, Sheree, and Smith's daughter Amber and her fiance, Jonathan Norton.
Smith's brother, who is also a pilot, launched his three-day search on Jan. 8, relatives reported.
"I am so grateful that Dellon was the one who found his brother," Janis Smith wrote on her Facebook page. "However, we do know my family members on the plane died quickly and painlessly. They did not suffer."
The wreckage was found by a team that included the brother of Dale Smith, the 51-year-old software executive who was piloting the plane, according to a Facebook post Friday evening by Smith's wife, Janis Smith.
"Dellon (Smith, the brother) and his crew spent the entire day, from 3 a.m. onward trying to find the right location," Smith wrote in the post. "The snow was very deep and the going was very slow. Less than two hours before they needed to wrap up the search for the foreseeable future, Dellon and Arthur found the plane.
"The plane is in pieces and buried in snow," she wrote. "They have not yet found all the parts."
The Valley County Sheriff's Office, which was helping in the search, reported that the rugged terrain and bad weather may delay efforts to recover the bodies and the remnants of the plane.
The Beechcraft Bonanza disappeared in the mountains 150 miles northeast of Boise.
"There appear to be no survivors at this time," the office said in a statement.
Teams have been searching for the crash site, off and on, since the craft disappeared Dec. 1 after taking off from Baker City, Ore., for Butte, Mont.
Dale Smith was co-founder of the San Jose hardware and software company Serialtek. Also on board the plane was Smith's son Daniel and his wife, Sheree, and Smith's daughter Amber and her fiance, Jonathan Norton.
Smith's brother, who is also a pilot, launched his three-day search on Jan. 8, relatives reported.
"I am so grateful that Dellon was the one who found his brother," Janis Smith wrote on her Facebook page. "However, we do know my family members on the plane died quickly and painlessly. They did not suffer."
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