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发帖数: 17544 | 1 Air Force downplays chance that pilot stole jet
Attack plane vanished nearly a week ago
April 8, 1997
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The mystery deepened Tuesday as Air Force search planes
combed the Colorado Rockies for a missing A-10 attack plane, which
disappeared without a trace while on a training run nearly a week ago.
But while the Air Force has been exploring several possible theories about
what happened to the plane, officials are downplaying speculation that the
pilot, Capt. Craig Button, may have made off with the $9 million aircraft
and the four 500-pound bombs on board.
"Anything you can think of has probably been looked at. But the evidence so
far doesn't indicate any of these wild hypotheses, like he was trying to
steal it, or he went off to Telluride to go skiing." said Staff Sgt. Rian
Clawson, a spokesman at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, where Button
's flight originated.
Air Force officials, however, say they are investigating Button's background
. Telluride is a Colorado ski resort. Button is reputed to be an avid skier.
It's unlikely pilot ejected from aircraft
The plane disappeared last Wednesday during an exercise with two other A-10s
over a training range near Gila Bend, Arizona. The other pilots noticed
Button's plane had left formation, but they were unable to establish radio
contact with him. | F********m
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: Air Force downplays chance that pilot stole jet
: Attack plane vanished nearly a week ago
: April 8, 1997
: 、
: WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The mystery deepened Tuesday as Air Force search planes
: combed the Colorado Rockies for a missing A-10 attack plane, which
: disappeared without a trace while on a training run nearly a week ago.
: But while the Air Force has been exploring several possible theories about
: what happened to the plane, officials are downplaying speculation that the
: pilot, Capt. Craig Button, may have made off with the $9 million aircraft
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