04 Feb
Japanese Balloonist Missing Over Pacific
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Japanese adventurer attempting a 5,600-mile trip in a hot air balloon from his country to Oregon has been missing for nearly a week, prompting a Coast Guard search.Michio Kanda, 58, vanished Thursday over the North Pacific Ocean but has a pod-like life raft and enough food to keep him alive for at least three weeks, the Coast Guard said Monday. So far, searchers have found no sign of him.”He could last awhile out there,” Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Johna Rossetti said.
Tags: coast guard, ego, japan, raft, Trip
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Monday, February 4th, 2008 at 8:05 pm under