Missing Pan Am Flight Crash Site Found Hidden 2,000 Miles Below The Atlantic's Surface 75 Years Later - Jalopnik

The wreck of Pan Am Flight 526A, known as Clipper Endeavor, has been found about 2,000 miles below the Atlantic’s surface roughly 75 years after the crash. The article says the aircraft left San Juan, Puerto Rico, for Idlewild Airport in New York City on April 11, 1952, but mechanical failures after takeoff sent it to the ocean floor, killing 52 people. While survivors and witnesses described the aircraft’s descent, the plane remained unrecovered for nearly three quarters of a century until new deep-sea technology was available in early June of this year. Discovery was shared this week by the Air/Sea Heritage Foundation (ASHF), in partnership with eco-mineral company Deep Sea Vision (DSV) and Discovery Channel’s “Expedition Unknown.” The search began by chance, according to historian and foundation co-founder Russ Matthews, who was investigating another Pan Am crash before stumbling on Flight 526A’s history.