Thief Leaves Behind Wrecked Plane, Few Clues
After breaking into 16 hangars at the Brazoria County Airport
(TX) early Sunday, an unidentified suspect finally found an
airplane he could steal. But the plane thief didn't get far. The
Cessna 172 crashed after the pilot flew the plane into a series of
high-tension power lines about two miles southeast of the
airport. "It's just an absolute miracle that he lived," said
Louis Jones, Brazoria County's aviation director. "The aircraft
was, of course, totaled." Brazoria County Sheriff's deputies,
however, found only a heap of mangled metal when they arrived at
the scene sometime after the 6:45 a.m. crash.