Archive for Sunday, August 17, 2008
Search for missing plane continues
Rescuers expand search for Texas family who left Steamboat on Friday
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Steamboat Springs — No new clues have been found in the search for a family of four from Texas who disappeared after their private plane left the Steamboat Springs Airport on Friday morning.
Search efforts have been moved south, out of Routt County and into the Summit County area, but nothing has been located, according to Civil Air Patrol Major Mark Young.
"We have nothing new to report on the plane crash. It's still missing," Young said. "The weather is hampering the efforts."
The family, believed to be parents Tommy and Susie Jacomini of Houston, and their young children, Thomas and Vivi, did not arrive at its destination in Eastern Texas as scheduled Friday.
Jim Linville of Steamboat Springs Search and Rescue said his crew arrived in Summit County at about noon Sunday.
"Once we figured out it wasn't in Routt County, we shifted down here," he said. "It's a very challenging (search) since it's such a large area from Steamboat to Texas."
Linville's crew will offer services as needed, but so far does not know how or where rescuers will be deployed, he said.
- To reach Zach Fridell, call 871-4208 or e-mail zfridell@steamboatpilot.com.
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