Sydney, July 18 -- Authorities have found the wreckage of a plane that went missing in eastern Australia, describing the crash as unsurvivable.
An emergency search was launched on Tuesday when the light aircraft, which was being piloted by 74-year-old sole occupant David Stephens, failed to reach its intended destination at a regional airport south of Sydney in the state of New South Wales (NSW).
NSW Police confirmed on Friday that the wreckage of the plane, a single-engine 1966 Beechcraft Debonair 35-C33, was found by a rescue helicopter around 4 p.m. on Thursday in the state's Snowy Mountains region.
Superintendent Andrew Spliet told reporters that the plane had been completely destroyed in the crash and that it was "fairly cl...