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Id cards and the $100 bills in the dirt and the pine needles and stuff. and i we knnt wow. we put it altogether, it is that fossett guy. >> reporter: turns out these items are found in the original search area, the mountains. the search teams quickly change their focus once again. >> just about the time we were about to call off the search, the air national search spotted wreckage on the ground. >> reporter: it is fossett's plane, right along the original radar track, the very spot in play before authorities shifted their attention to the desert based on a so-called hot tip from a ranch hand. ...

>> just about the time we were about to call off the search, the air national search spotted wreckage on the ground. >> reporter: it is fossett's plane, right along the original radar track, the very spot in play before authorities shifted their attention to the desert based on a so-called hot tip from a ranch hand. >> they probably could have found him relatively quickly if they had followed up on the evidence they had very early on in the search. >> reporter: instead of the plane being located in just days the search lasted over a year. and cost millions. randi kaye, cnn, new york. could t...

It is now october 2008, more than a year after he disappeared. >> i came across the id card and the other cards. and the money in the dirt, and the pine needles and stuff. i went wow. we put it all together, it is that fossett guy. >> reporter: turns out these items are discovered in the heart of the original search area. the mountains. the search teams quickly change their focus. once again. >> just about the time we were going to call off the search the aircraft from yosemite national park spotted what they thought was wreckage on the ground. >> reporter: it is fossett's plane. right along t...

Attention to the desert based on a so-called hot tip from a ranch hand stl they probably could have found him relatively quickly if they followed the evidence they had early on in the search. >> reporter: instead of the plane being located in just days, the search lasted over a year and cost millions. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> interesting. next, breaking news in the search for hundreds of passengers now missing in the icy waters off of south korea. late word from ukraine as president obama sends a message to vladimir putin. [ male announcer ] what if a small company

I went wow. we put it altogether. it is that fossett guy. >> these items are in the heart of the original search area, the mountains. the search teams quickly change their focus once again. >> just about the time we were going to call off the search the aircraft from yosemite national park spotted what they thought was wreckage on the ground. >> reporter: it is fossett's plane right along the original radar track. the very spot in play before authorities shifted their attention to the desert based on a so-called hot tip from a ranch hand. >> they probably could have found him relatively quickl...