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Satellite maps in Fossett search

Updated on 05 September 2007

By Lucy Manning

Rescuers searching for Steve Fossett may use satellite maps to help track him down.

The missing US adventurer Steve Fossett disappeared after flying over the Nevada desert on Monday.

His friend, Sir Richard Branson, has approached Google, which provides an internet satellite mapping service, to see if recent images might provide a clue to Fossett's location.

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