Plane Carrying Texas Family(Found) Missing In Colorado

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Colorado are looking for a small plane that took off Friday bound for Texas but did not reach its destination.

Authorities said the Cessna 182 with tail number N487TC, left Steamboat Springs Airport at about 8 a.m., but has not been heard from since.

Texas EquuSearch officials have identified those on board as Houston executive Tommy Jacomini, his wife Susie and their children, 8-year-old Thomas and 6-year-old Vivi, KPRC Local 2 reported.

http://www.click2houston.com/news/17210570/detail.html#


Missing Family's Plane Found By Hiker

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.

http://www.click2houston.com/news/17215016/detail.html

Such a beautiful family,,,so sad. RIP :1222423:

[packy]

Yes so sad.

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[Claycat]

They lived just 50 miles from me! That is so sad! :1187603408.CR.Mothe

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Houston family confirmed dead in plane crash
Aircraft's wreckage found outside Colorado vacation spot

After worrying for two days about what could have happened to a private plane carrying a Houston family of four that disappeared off radar screens in Colorado, friends and relatives had their worst fears realized Sunday when the wreckage was found on a mountainside 60 miles southwest of Denver.

Killed in the crash were energy executive Thomas Jacomini Jr., 42, his wife, Susana, 38, and their two children, Thomas, 8, and Vivi, 5. The search ended about 2 p.m., when a hiker spotted the wreckage in the Rocky Mountains.

"We always hope and pray for a more positive outcome," said Maj. Mark Young, with the Civil Air Patrol, who organized the search. "At least (the wreckage) is found and there can be some closure."

Until the end, friends of the family prayed for better news. They hoped Jacomini might have been able to land the Cessna somewhere in the search area.

At the Jacominis' University Place home, a bouquet of flowers rested on the front porch, and a sign on the door directed mourners to the River Oaks house of Susana's sister. Dozens of people gathered there to remember the family of four who loved adventure.

"We're talking about a guy in the prime of his life, very successful, a beautiful wife, very much in love, beautiful kids," said David Randall, a friend of Jacomini's since high school. "It's a tragedy of epic proportions."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5948166.html

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By MIKE GLENN

An airplane's tail fin jutting out of the snow was the first tragic confirmation veteran mountain climber Mike Goldin saw Sunday as he made his descent down Mount Guyot, part of the Rocky Mountain range about 60 miles southwest of Denver.

Moving closer, Goldin saw a thin wisp of smoke curling into the sky. Then, amid the still-smoldering wreckage, he spotted the bodies of a Houston family whose private airplane disappeared Friday morning as they were returning home from a Colorado vacation.

"It was a horrible thing. It was unbelievably sad," Goldin said Monday, still shaken by the discovery.

Killed in the crash were energy executive Thomas Jacomini, 42; his wife, Susana, 38; and the couple's two children, Thomas, 8, and Vivi, 5.

The discovery marked the end of an exhaustive two-day search that sent helicopters and ground teams combing through a vast range of treacherous mountain peaks for any sign of the downed Cessna.

Goldin hadn't been aware of the effort when he hiked up the the 13,300-foot mountain that day.

"I had no idea that a plane was lost," the Denver-area man said. "It was a big shock to me."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/5952200.html

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