CLOSURE

Missing Plane Mystery Finally Solved in Stunning Discovery

It took seven decades to find the final resting place of 52 people.

Missing plane Clipper Endeavor has been found 2,000 feet below sea level. Research by the Discovery Channel used a cutting-edge underwater drone last month to locate the wreck of the doomed Pan Am Flight 256, which went missing after taking off from Puerto Rico in 1952. A total of 69 passengers and crew were flying to what is now JFK Airport in New York City for Good Friday when it lost both of its right engines. Just nine minutes later, the plane went down, and with no pre-flight safety briefing about how to exit the aircraft in an emergency, 52 people lost their lives. Researchers told Today that the wreckage was “really out of reach in 1952, and it really took until now for the technology to catch up and reach down.” The crash has a lasting impact 74 years on, with Today reporting that shortly after, cabin crew safety briefings were introduced at the start of every flight.

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