At 4:13 p.m., Major Robert V. Reilly, pilot of aircraft No. Severe Weather (Video: Newsflare via AP) Video captured by a local mining company showed the plane hurtling nose first toward the ground at an almost vertical angle. The Seattle-to-Everett portion of Interstate 5 was finished and opened to drivers Feb. 3, 1965. They were both severely frostbitten and close to death. Associated Press. A heavy volume of rocks and boulders falling from the glaciers headwall forced the search party to withdraw, but they brought out wallets, rings, watches, and personal papers of many of the men who died. Earlier, I spoke with director Paul Cowan about the . The crash killed more than 90 people. 88. spokesman said 85 passengers and a crew. Richard Seven, Jack Broom. Additional unions voted in favor of a greater strike that led to 65,000 walking off the job in February and grinding the city to a halt for five days. The plane was estimated to be approximately 30 miles south of Toledo, the midpoint between Seattle and Portland. The Olympic Mountain Rescue climbing guide mentions wreckage on I believe the NW aspect (I will need to double check that). The tragic Mount Erebus Disaster . Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2733053. The P-I ran several war extras of the paper throughout Dec. 8 and 9, 1941, as reporters scrambled to make sense of the Pearl Harbor bombing. The crash claimed the lives of the pilot, Brian J. Makar, 42, and his wife, Carrie R. Makar, 43, of Burien, Washington, Missoula County Sheriff and Coroner TJ McDermott said. It's important to note SeattlePI today does not condone, not would ever use, the anti-Japanese slur used in these headlines. This relates to past investigation I've been involved with re: a downed F-102 from 1962. On Wednesday, August 27, 1947, Captain A. O. Jul 4, 1990. Air Force B-52 Crashes Just Before Landing in Washington | Loose Cannon (With Real Video) TheFlightChannel 1.43M subscribers Join Subscribe Save 1.9M views 1 year ago Find out why a Boeing B-52. After two weeks, the search was suspended, as heavy snow had fallen and likely buried the wreck. Initial efforts to free pieces of the wreckage with ice axes proved unsuccessful. Winters wrote that Wirt had retired from building Hollywood movie sets when he and his wife, Cindy, decided to move closer to their children and were in the process of moving to Chehalis. has the crash on Mt. On August 18, 1948, the first annual gathering of the families of the Marines interred on South Tahoma Glacier was held at Round Pass. The wreckage is on Mt. The Navy determines that the plane was blown off course by high winds and flew into the side of Mount Rainier (14,410 feet). Four planes turned around and landed safely in Portland. Still, Lentinis search-and-rescue team set out in the early morning to find the two men. Something to consider. Capt. Dense woods, snow cover, and the Cessna's green and white paint scheme made seeing the plane from the air difficult. The following day, Butler flew over the area in a Navy reconnaissance plane to assist photographing the area where he saw the debris. Ravine after hiking off the trail to get a better view of the waterfall. The rangers investigated and found the crushed nose section of the Curtis R5C, which had been buried under several feet of snow since winter. The husband and wife are identified as 42-year-old Brian J. Makar and 43-year-old Carrie R. Makar, both of Burien, Washington. The Weekly Intelligencer debuted Aug. 5, 1867 as a later iteration of The sun had melted the snow down to the glacial ice, revealing the nose section with the bodies of 11 men tangled inside. Lizzie had a heart condition, but was determined to spend the night at Tip-Top House to see the sunrise. Before making any decisions, Navy officials advised they would seek expert advice from the Armys famous Mountain Division about recovery efforts. In 1826, the Willey Slide Tragedy turned the White Mountains into a tourist attraction. Frantic efforts by the CAA, as well as the Army and Navy, to contact the plane were fruitless. In the Sept. 3, 1939 edition, the front page shows Britain declaring . Details: The plane had departed from Friday Harbor and was en route to Renton Municipal Airport, some 12 miles southeast of downtown Seattle, when reports of the crash came in at 3:11pm local time, the Coast Guard said. The Linn County Sheriffs Office was assisted by the Deschutes County Dispatch Center, Life Flight, the US Coast Guard, Federal Aviation Administration, and National Transportation Safety Board with this investigation. United States of America. Washington. The pilot safely ejected but the plane missed the north end of the lake by three miles and crashed into a Mountlake Terrace neighborhood. 14 Sep 2018: GRUBER Beelzabub: Rochester, WA. The Sheriff and Coroner TJ McDermott released the names of those who died as a result of a plane crash near Missoula on Thursday, July 1. They were flying using only their instruments from an altitude of 9,000 feet when they reached stormy conditions. 72 73. Twenty-five Army, Navy, and Coast Guard aircraft were launched to search the slopes of Mount Rainier and as far south as Toledo in Lewis County for any sign of the missing Curtis R5C transport. Despite winter-like conditions, the 29-year-old Englishman did reach the summit, but was less lucky on the return trip. A transmission of the pilot's final exchange with air traffic control indicated he knew the Airbus A320 was having engine trouble. In 2018, 36 years later, the Mount Washington Observatorys summit Weather Museum rededicated the Extreme Weather Exhibit in Dows memory. You cannot paste images directly. Preview trail That's the new allegation as it relates to Snyder, with Goodell supposedly having signed off on a $50 million loan for Snyder in 2018 that was disputed by Washington's minority owners. I do remember the stuff up higher as well. In September 1855, 23-year-old Lizzie Bourne set out from Glen House Hotel to climb Mount Washington with her uncle and cousin. Definitely from crash of some sort. The wreckage couldnt be seen from the air, but Butler was able to pinpoint the location without difficulty. CFL history has been coming to life in TSN's Engraved On A Nation documentary series (full videos of the films and behind-the-scenes information available here), and the latest entry, "The Crash," did an excellent job of exploring the 1956 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 crash that killed 62 people, including five Canadian football stars. Throughout the day, the climbers, battling rain and snow, were bombarded by falling rocks and encountered two large crevasses that had opened overnight. "Mother-in-law jokes and other forms of American humor do not translate well into Chinese, and polite Seattle hosts may wish to avoid them during the Ten Hsiao-ping visit," the P-I reported. A month later, rangers returned to the site and found the crushed nose of the plane at 10,500 feet in elevation. Like other 19th-century women, she wore full skirts, petticoats and pantaloons yards of heavy fabric. The terrain was so treacherous that none of the park rangers or mountain climbing guides recalled anyone ever traversing the glaciers face. By The wreckage remains after all these years. a cursory net search turned this up, not too specific but interesting nonetheless: - 10 Nov 1962 USAF F102A 56-1387 1 PAX Paine AFB, WA to Local. Excavation in December 1944 of crash site of C-47 Skytrain at Denali National Park courtesy of Kirk Dietz Denali National Park Darren Garnick, The following list is compiled in memory of those who lost their lives on New Hampshires Great Mountain. The P-I was consumed with strike coverage throughout its duration. If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it here. The ceremony took place on a knoll at the 4,000-foot summit of Round Pass, overlooking Mount Rainier and South Tahoma Glacier. It became the Daily Intelligencer in 1876 and then took over a new daily startup, The Post, in 1881, becoming the Seattle Post-Intelligener.Read more about its early history here. The rangers reported hearing the roar of avalanches on the glacier, which could have easily buried any wreckage forever. In the Sept. 3, 1939 edition, the front page shows Britain declaring war against Germany after its invasion of Poland, setting off World War II. They split into three groups, each taking a different route, making the search of the glacier safer and more efficient. The Nov. 5, 2008 edition reported Barack Obama's election as the United States' first black president. The deadly calamity was witnessed on televisions across the world as another plane slammed into the Pentagon, and a fourth crashed outside Pittsburgh.". The investigation is ongoing as the Linn County Sheriffs Office coordinates with the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board. In his presentation address, Colonel D. A. Stafford, USMC, told the audience that Butler had declined the $5,000 reward offered by the parents for locating the missing plane, explaining that he had only been discharging his duties as a park ranger. Fresh off being named "Man of the Year" by TIME, he underwent a 9-day goodwill tour of the United States which concluded in Seattle, according to HistoryLink.org. [location] Pilot, Maurice Francis Graham, took off from Las Vegas carrying US mail. The CAAs ground transmission network queried other airfields around Western Washington, but there was no trace of the missing transport. After analyzing the evidence, Navy officials concluded the missing plane, traveling at approximately 180 m.p.h., crashed into the side of Mount Rainier. At 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 24, 1947, a memorial service for the 32 Marines was held near Longmire. Unknown type Civilian Military Exact coordinates Nearest city. Major Reilly was flying an IFR course, corrected for a southeast wind. Washington after encountering fog conditions. A year later, he was the subject of a full-length article in the Saturday Evening Post, entitled "Mountain Rescue Man.". Ask Glacier Name for Marines, The New York Times, September 15, 1947, p. 21; Robert N. Ward, Marine Transport Feared Down in Mountain Region, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 11, 1946, p. 1; Hunt Abandoned at Mount Purcell, Ibid., December 12, 1946, p. 1; Jack Jarvis, Bad Weather Halts Search of Ice Fields, Ibid., December 13, 1946, p. 1; Gene Schroeder, Storm Blocks Plane Search by Rangers, Ibid., December 14, 1946, p. 1; E. P. Chalcraft, Plane rescue Team Sweats Out Delay, Ibid., December 15, 1946, p. 1; Long Missing Plane Believed Found on Rainier, Ibid., July 23, 1947, p. 1; E. P. Chalcraft, Arduous Trek Starts to Site of Craft Wreckage, Ibid., July 24, 1947, p. 1; E. P. Chalcraft, Searching Party Risks death to Reach Tragic Scene, Ibid., July 25, 1947, p. 1; E. P. Chalcraft, Search On Foot Halted for Plane Victims in Rainier Ice, Ibid., July 27, 1947, p. 9; E. P. Chalcraft, Rainier May Hold Forever Bodies of Air Crash Victims, Ibid., July 26, 1947, p. 1; Report Eleven Bodies Found On Rainier, Ibid., August 20, 1947, p. 1; Lucille Cohen, Risk Lives to Get 11 Dead Off Rainier, Ibid., August 21, 1947, p. 1; All 32 Marine Bodies Located, Ibid., August 24, 1947, p. 9; Robert N. Ward, Taps Echoes Over Rainier for Marines, Ibid., August 25, 1947, p. 1; Lloyd Stackhouse, Marine Plane Dead to Rest On Mt. Plane crash map Locate crash sites, wreckage and more. After careful consideration, all the experts agreed to abandon the mission because it would endanger the lives of the recovery parties. Copyright 2022 CascadeClimbers.com The sheriff said Linn County Search and Rescue teams hiked into the area and set up camp near the crash location. The wreckage at the yellow x and blue field is that of a Navy PV-1 Ventura that crashed on May 14th, 1943 with the loss of the entire crew of five. Rule, Commandant of Naval Air Station Sand Point, announced the official decision to cease all recovery efforts on South Tahoma Glacier. Clinching the decision was a letter written after the memorial service by parents of six of the Marines aboard the ill-fated plane, stating that sufficient effort had been made to recover their sons remains: Parents who had left Mount Rainier before the letter was written also expressed the desire that no more lives be risked in recovery efforts. The general census was it would take at least 20 experienced mountain climbers, at great personal risk, about two weeks to bring 32 bodies from the crash site to the base camp. 63, 64 and 65. As gravity drags the glacial ice down the mountainside, at an approximate rate of 10 inches per day, fissures open and close, causing avalanches and rock slides and collapsing snow bridges over crevasses. And even though the better part of a century has passed since that fateful . When Major Reilly failed to contact Toledo, establishing his new altitude, air traffic controllers became concerned. Post-Intelligener. Search parties examine the debris and confirm that it came from the missing plane. Clear editor. 1:24. Footage shows the final moments from inside a doomed passenger plane that crashed into a mountain in New Zealand, killing all 257 on board. I found many interesting artifacts along the way. But all the search planes returned without sighting any trace of wreckage. RELATED:113 years ago: Ferry crashes into steam ship on Puget Sound, sinking and killing at least 39. Aug. 9, 1974: The P-I splashes President Richard Nixon's resignation across the front page, reporting that he would step down at 9 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. Irene Hennessey, age 47, and her husband, Thomas Hennessey, age 54, died March 21, 1971 in a light plane crash above Huntington Ravine. On the shoulder of Bald Hill, just northeast of Mount Beacon, at an elevation of about 1,100 feet, there are the remains of a Navy transport plane that crashed on Nov. 11, 1945. Skiing, sports and Mt. I know this is an old string, but was looking up some information regarding my grandfather's plane crash and ran across this thread. Every year, members of the local detachment of the Marine Corps League honor their memory with a ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in Enumclaw. His activities included touring a Boeing 747 plant at Paine Field in Everett and dining at Canlis in Seattle. "Check out archive photos illustrating the fire's devastation. The four rodeo performers killed in Monday's plane crash on Mount Rainier were chasing the riches of ``Cowboy Christmas,'' a 10-day stretch in which a competitor may hit a dozen shows and make 20 percent of his annual earnings. Marine Corps Commanding General Leroy Hunt presented each family that had lost a Marine with a folded American flag as a memorial. That afternoon, the first fragments of an aircraft were found at the 9,500-foot level, strewn over a quarter-mile-wide area and partially embedded in the ice. Meanwhile, the Navy Department and National Park Service had been planning a memorial service for the lost Marines on Sunday, August 24, 1947 at Longmire. Check out archive photos illustrating the fire's devastation. News about the Civil War described Union deaths as "our loss" and Confederate death's as "the enemy's loss.". Roster of Marines on board the Curtis Commando R5C, No. On Wednesday, July 23, 1947, the Navy established a radio relay station and base camp at Indian Henrys Hunting Ground, altitude 5,800 feet, on the slopes of Pyramid Peak. See the maps in the post of CPOly (not the red area). Aug. 9, 1974: The P-I splashes President Richard Nixon's resignation across the front page, reporting that he would step down at 9 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. In the cabin, the three passengers and flight attendant survived without injuries. Parents and relatives were due to arrive in Seattle as early as Tuesday. See map. Soon after the crash, the crew sent out a weak message, initiating a search. The FAA also identifies the non-profit Valley Fliers as the owner of the plane. The one-year anniversary paper of The Great Fire ran June 6, 1890. Powered by Invision Community. However, it could not be proven that the harness belonged to the missing pilot, a captain with 11 years service. The following summer, Navy officials concluded the plane crashed into the side of Mount Rainier at a speed of 180 mph. 80 81. Daily Weather Forecast The wreckage was finally spotted on December 2, on Boott Spur, at the 5,500 foot level of Mt. They planned to embark at 4 a.m. the following morning, but bad weather delayed the mission. Washington. The plane's radar was last picked up in forest land near Yacolt, a small town northeast of Vancouver and south of Mount St. Helens. Although there have been more than 325 fatalities in Mount Rainier National Park since it was established by Congress in 1899, the plane crash on December 10, 1946, remains the greatest tragedy in the mountains history. There was no indication of any problems during communications with the pilot. The P-I warned readers of the Seattle General Strike the day before it started on Feb. 5, 1919.It grew out of an organized shipyard strike that occurred in January and included 35,000 union shipyard workers. However south of Portland, the wind changed direction, blowing from the west at 70 m.p.h. "By next spring, this snow will be compressed into several feet of glacier ice and there should be no visible evidence of this tragedy left" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). He crash landed in Washington County, but his plane was not found until June 24th and his body was not . A dispatch from the Navy Department, Washington, D.C., concurred with the decision and approved mass burial at the site. The rangers returned to park headquarters at Longmire and notified officials at Naval Air Station Sand Point of their discovery. On June 20, 1944, a C-54-A cargo plane (TWA flight 277) crashed into Fort Mountain. Look only as far as the forthcoming tear-down of the Alaskan Way Viaduct to see its continued reverberations. It was then an avalanche swept through, killing Dow. "Under normal circumstances, the pilot would have called Toledo again when he was over the station, approximately eight minutes later. A search plane spotted survivors on the summit of Mount Success. October 31, 2011 in Olympic Peninsula. After 32 minutes, Japan Airlines flight 123 crashed into a descending ridge of Mount Osutaka, killing 520 of the 524 people on board. Only after Air Force officials analyzed their radar data a little bit closer did search . The library also has copies of the NTSB published reports for 1967 to the 1990's. The National Transportation Safety Board, Public Inquiries Branch, 490 LeEnfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20594, telephone 202-314-6551 or 800-877-6799, has custody of NTSB and CAB aircraft accident reports since 1965. Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. Although it was well off Major Reillys designated flight plan, the search for the aircraft was concentrated around Randle, Longmire, and Paradise in the southern foothills and slopes of Mount Rainier. The search for the missing plane resumed the next summer, after some of the snow had melted. After two weeks, the search for the missing aircraft is suspended. A wing from a Cessna 208B broke away before the plane crashed Friday into a field northeast of Seattle, killing the four people on board, the National Transportation Safety Board said on. On Friday at around 9 a.m., a Coast Guard helicopter flying search patterns during the daylight located the crash site east of Marion Lake between Mount Jefferson and Three Fingered Jack. The 1952 Mount Gannett C-124 crash was an accident in which a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II military transport aircraft of the United States Air Force crashed into Mount Gannett, a peak in the Chugach Mountains in the American state of Alaska, on November 22, 1952. Case closed, it seems. Paste as plain text instead, http://www.dvrbs.com/monuments/berlin/BerlinWW2-FrankHBlanck.htm. As reported in this front-page graphic, more than 200 people were injured and the quake caused damage to major roadways, the Starbucks headquarters and the state Capitol. June 6, 1917: The P-I reports on the local response to the escalating World War I. On Monday, July 21, 1947, Assistant Chief Ranger Bill Butler, 38, was hiking up Success Cleaver on his day off, monitoring snow levels and climbing conditions, when he spotted some aircraft wreckage, including a bucket seat, high on South Tahoma Glacier. The P-I announced the discovery of gold July 17, 1897 when reporter Beriah Brown, Jr. chartered a tugboat to intercept a steamer that was bringing gold The Nov. 11, 1918 P-I reported the Armistice. But visibility there was almost zero and they were driven back by a blizzard. Thomas Burke, age 46, of Springfield NH, and Scott Sandburg, age 32 of Arlington, MA, died November 29, 2002, in an early season avalanche when attempting an ice climb on the Tuckerman Ravine Headwall. "To mention in detail the features and interest of every portion of the state would be a task impossible in the limits of this number, and therefor reliable and impartial data of a general nature only are sought to be given.". In 1946, it was the worst accident, in numbers killed aboard an aircraft, in United States aviation history and remains Mount Rainiers greatest tragedy. It's believed the. The 32 U.S. Marines remain entombed forever on Mount Rainier. Examination of the wreckage revealed an old SAR data plate placed at discovered crash sites by the State that verified the wreckage was of another F-102A that had been previously recovered. June 6, 1917: The P-I reports on the local response to the escalating World War I. Editors note: This roundup of facts is part of the June 2019 feature story on Mount Washington that was featured in New Hampshire Magazine. This trail is great for hiking, and it's unlikely you'll encounter many other people while exploring. The storm persisted the following day, and planes set to search for the missing plane were unable to fly. The aircraft crashed at about 5:30 p.m. (2230 GMT) in misty and wet conditions in Montgomery Village, Maryland, on Sunday, according to the Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service. The Department of Washington, Marine Corps League, in conjunction with the families of the men buried on South Tahoma Glacier, had been conducting an annual memorial ceremony at Round Pass each year on the last Saturday in August. Jimmy Fred Jones, age 33, and Stewart Eames, age 27, of Ft. Worth TX and Russell Diedrick, of Bedford TX, died October 2, 1990 when their small plane crashed into the Great Gulf Headwall. The Gazette, which ran weekly, initially cost 12 cents. The airplane crashed Thursday afternoon about nine miles (14 kilometers) southwest of the Missoula airport, shortly after takeoff, Jennifer Gabris, spokesperson for the National Transportation. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to NewsChannel 21 that only the pilot was aboard when the single-engine Piper PA-28 crashed near Mount Jefferson Thursday afternoon. At about 5:30 p.m., the mountaineers returned to the base camp at Indian Henrys Hunting Ground with their discoveries. Generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes an average of 2 h 5 min to complete. ``It's a very hectic time for them, a very hectic traveling schedule,'' Gavin . Considering the first KC-135 crash still echoed in the memories of the search and rescue forces, the Mount Spokane Ski Patrol and the Washington State Patrol made concerted efforts to search for the second plane in the same vicinity as the first plane. A memorial has been erected at the site to honor the six servicemen who were killed in the crash. Feb. 3, 1979: Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping (or Teng Hsiao-ping) arrives in Seattle for a two-day visit. Scott Stevens, age 19, of Cucamunga, CA, Robert Ellenberg, age 19, of New York City, NY, and Charles Yoder, age 24, of Hartford, CT, were all killed January 26, 1969 from a climbing accident in Yale Gully in Huntington Ravine. Butler was honored again by the National Parks Service during a meeting at Grand Canyon, Arizona. The investigation by the Civil Aeronautics Board the predecessor to the National Transportation Safety Board concluded the crash was caused by pilot error, after failing to make the one and. Under normal circumstances, the powerful Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) radio range station at Everett should have been able to receive transmissions from Major Reillys aircraft by 4:30 p.m., but heard none. Mount Vernon, WA. Although no bodies were located, searchers found a Marine Corps health record, a piece of a uniform, a seat belt, a temperature control panel and fragments of an aircrafts fuselage. Barbara Radcliffe Rogers. The tragic death of the Willey family in a mudslide turned the countrys attention to the White Mountains, helping to set the stage for the area and Mount Washington to become tourist attractions. The P-I issued some front-page commentary on the strike that didn't mince words: "It is not a strike; it is a delirium-born rebellion. More than five feet of snow fell on Mount Rainier, making it almost impossible to locate any trace of the plane on the mountain. Herr, who was 17 at the time, lost both of his legs. Air rescue units remained on alert, waiting for a break in the weather. Two weeks of searching produced nothing and at that point chances of the Marines' survival were nil, so in late December efforts to find the aircraft were suspended. 114 115. That afternoon, Butler, accompanied by seven expert mountaineers, hiked five miles from the Longmire Ranger Station to the base camp, where they spent the night. Weather cleared for the first time on Dec. 16, a full week after the plane made its last transmission. Although buffeted by the storm, the fifth Curtis R5C flew through the weather without major difficulty, landing at Sand Point shortly after 5 p.m. Hikers in the area reported hearing what sounded like an airplane engine followed by a loud crash. The aircraft experienced severe weather including heavy rain, high wind and lightning. The pilots used every tool they had to stay in the air, fighting to the last breath to keep their plane from descending into the mountains below. The P-I itself informed Gov. Washington at 5000' elevation or so. Pierce County. There was no sign of it. Instead, the National Park Service affixed a bronze plaque, bearing the names of the Marines, on a large granite boulder at Round Pass, overlooking South Tahoma Glacier. For labor, the Seattle General Strike was a glorious The same day The P-I reported on World War I, they also alerted locals that Seattle would go 'bone-dry,' as a state prohibition law went into effect. So to follow your example, next time I'll post an internet link that may or may not be reliable, or however you put it. Region. On Friday, December 13, 1946, Assistant Chief Ranger William Jackson Butler (1909-2000) and Paradise District Ranger Gordon Patterson climbed to Panorama Ridge, elevation 6,800 feet, in a desperate effort to scout Nisqually Glacier for signs of the missing aircraft. back from the Klondike. Crews . Despite his severe injuries, the pilot William Carey survived. Added: 22 Jun 2021. Lister and act as a special adviser. It was supposed to be a routine trip for six Marine Corps transport planes heading to Seattle from San Diego on Dec. 10, 1946, but the mountains of western Washington were "storm-shrouded" at the time. Kit Carson which is located southwest of Mt. Authorities set up no-protest zones guarded by the National Guard, but demonstrators managed to reach the prohibited Westlake Center, drawing more tear gas and rubber bullets from cops. Historians, with the advantage of better perspective, may set down the part played by each nation, but for the present it is sufficient for us to contemplate that we have won together and that we must begin the work of reconstruction together. Ernest Lister of the Armistice. Aug. 15, 1945: The P-I reports on Japan's surrender, effectively ending World War II. Contests & Promotions, La Pine unsung heroes come up big in state wrestling championship, help lead to record setting titles, ABCs and EVs: Bend-La Pine Schools rolls out Oregons first electric school bus east of the Cascades. These headlines it could not be proven that the harness belonged to the missing plane traffic controllers became concerned anyone! 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