17 August 2008, 3:10 pm
The missing four-seat private plane carrying the Jacomini family has been found in Summit County, Colo. Susie Jacomini's father called KPRC-TV to say they found the plane and that there were no survivors. He hung up after delivering the grim news. A hiker from Denver found the plane in the mountains at 11,400 feet on Mount Guyot, south of Breckenridge. Rescue crews are on the scene, but have said that there are no survivors. The Summit County Sheriff's Department is working closely with rescue teams at the wreck site. The family of four vanished without a trace after its small private plane took off from Steamboat Springs, Colo., KPRC Local 2 reported Saturday. On the Cessna 182 four-seat plane was the pilot, Tommy Jacomini, his wife, Susie, and their two young children, 8-year-old Tommy Jr. and 6-year-old Victoria. The family was headed back home to its ranch in Brenham, Texas. The family never reached its intended destination. Relatives reported the family missing Saturday morning. Tommy Jacomini was an executive with the Sempra Energy Trading Corp. Relatives said he was an experienced pilot who was used to navigating through the mountainous areas that may have been on his route. Officials said that he never filed a flight plan and no distress call was received.... read more
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