I just hope and pray for a miracle that Steve is found alive and well.
I find it incongruous in this day and age of GPS, radar, satellite imaging etc that an aircraft can be "missing" for so long. Have a/c gone missing in this area before? If Steve had filed a flight plan what difference would it have made? Isn't it possible also that they are looking completely in the wrong place?
I know these might seem naieve questions but my feeling is that this story is becoming more and more mysterious as the hours and days roll by.