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Autumn Veatch: Two bodies found amongst plane wreckage after 16-year-old walked away from plane crash | Autumn Veatch: Two bodies found amongst plane wreckage after 16-year-old walked away from plane crash |
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Search crews uncovered two bodies on Wednesday night after a small plane crashed into a Washington state mountainside last week. | Search crews uncovered two bodies on Wednesday night after a small plane crashed into a Washington state mountainside last week. |
Autumn Veatch, 16, survived the crash and walked for nearly two days through a thick forest and craggy terrain of Washington state after the light aircraft she was traveling in went down on Saturday afternoon. | Autumn Veatch, 16, survived the crash and walked for nearly two days through a thick forest and craggy terrain of Washington state after the light aircraft she was traveling in went down on Saturday afternoon. |
The Skagit County Sheriff's Office released a statement saying that the bodies were not formally identified. | The Skagit County Sheriff's Office released a statement saying that the bodies were not formally identified. |
"The terrain was extremely rugged and vertical. The wreckage was extensively burned and was in fact still smoldering and flaring up when searchers arrived." | "The terrain was extremely rugged and vertical. The wreckage was extensively burned and was in fact still smoldering and flaring up when searchers arrived." |
The teen had previously said her step-grandparents Leland and Sharon Bowman were killed in the crash and that Leland was piloting the plane before its crash. | The teen had previously said her step-grandparents Leland and Sharon Bowman were killed in the crash and that Leland was piloting the plane before its crash. |
Members from the National Transportation Safety Board are scheduled to arrive at the scene on Thursday to investigate. | Members from the National Transportation Safety Board are scheduled to arrive at the scene on Thursday to investigate. |