There had been no distress signal. It smells like fuel out here. Snow fell intermittently throughout the day Sunday, but there was no immediate indication if the weather contributed to the crash. The passengers, members of a group called Skydive Salt Lake, had spent the weekend jumping during the day and camping in sleeping bags at the Mesquite Municipal Airport at night, airport manager Ray Wilson said. He said they took off for Tooele about two hours before the crash.
Lupus affects women much more commonly than men.