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Nye County emergency crews recover missing aircraft on Mount Jefferson after three-week search
Summary
After a three-week search across northern Nye County, county and outside crews located and recovered the wreckage of a small aircraft on Mount Jefferson; the operation required specialized hoist-capable aircraft and outside contractors and was judged a recovery of a nonsurvivable crash.
Nye County emergency management and sheriff’s deputies confirmed this week that search teams located the wreckage of a small private aircraft on Mount Jefferson after an intensive three-week search.
Scott Lewis, Nye County fire chief and director of emergency management, told the Board of County Commissioners the incident began when a person failed to return to a scheduled business meeting on a Friday and state agencies later reported the possibility of a downed aircraft. “There was very little information to go by,” Lewis said,…
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