"The ground will swallow him up and leave no trace."

No sorry.

I Rather thing that the plane crashed.

Either in rugged terrain. Or in a lake.

In the future, we'll get over this stupid "individual freedom" thing and all free-flying vehicles will have continuous-reporting GPS. And black boxes.

That way we'll know WHERE they crashed and have a good idea WHY. And this will help the next guy.

In time, all ground vehicles will have this too, mostly because the insurance companies will require a GPS log before they pay out.

And maybe a blood test too.

Are you fit to drive? Right now? I KNOW that I am NOT, but for me, it's VERY late on a Friday night...