Q: Was the aircraft that flew down the East Coast and across Cuba before crashing into the ocean ever located? The pilot was slumped across the controls.
—Don Pirkle, Cumming
A: Debris believed to be from the plane piloted by businessman Larry Glazer reportedly was spotted by Jamaicans the day after the Sept. 5 crash, but U.S. authorities ended their search after two days.
Glazer and his wife Jane were flying their six-seat Daher-Socata TBM 900 from Rochester, N.Y., to Naples, Fla., when they became unresponsive. The plane crashed into the Caribbean Sea, 12 miles off the northeast coast of Jamaica, where the water is about 6,500 feet deep. The average National Transportation Safety Board investigation into small plane crashes take up to one year to complete, a spokesman told the Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle.
Q: It seems my favorite weekend host disappeared after the Weather Channel changed some of its programming. He was on very early in the morning, around 5 or 6 a.m., and his first name was Ray. I can’t find out what happened to him.
—Carolyn Atherholt, Atlanta
A: Ray Stagich no longer appears on Weather Center Live, which aired 4-7 a.m. on Saturdays, but he still works for the network. Stagich, who has been with the Weather Channel since 1989, manages operations and affiliate sales for the Weather Channel Radio Network.
Stagich also is a radio meteorologist and occasionally fills in on the TV network. Weather Center Live now is shown 5-9 a.m. Saturdays.
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