The wreckage of a plane found near the town of Mammoth Lakes in California does belong to missing US adventurer Steve Fossett, officials say.
A number plate confirmed the plane as the Bellanca Super Decathlon owned by the 63-year-old millionaire. No body has yet been found.
The search began after a hiker found items thought to belong to Mr Fossett.
He vanished in September last year on a solo flight that took off 90 miles (145km) away in neighbouring Nevada.
