Chances of finding 3 foreigners alive dim; more debris found

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.- The chancesof finding alive the two Americans and a Canadian who went missing after theirsingle-engine plane crashed in Atlantic waters dimmed Wed. afternoon when searchersfound three seats and other parts of the wreckage of the craft that had taken off in Haiti and madefinal contact around 7pm Monday.

Also recovered were several life vests and a cooler.

Since the search started early Tuesday a team18 Dominican Air Force personnel reported finding a part of the fuselage of theaircraft registry N724ST, which had taken off from Port au Prince; Haiti toPuerto Plata, with Americans Charles and Candy Ritzen, and Canadian pilotBenjamin Cole Brown on board.