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Clipper Endeavor Wreckage Found | Winnipeg News
After 70 years, the wreckage of Pan Am Flight 526A—the Clipper Endeavor—has been found off Puerto Rico, bringing closure to families and reigniting the legacy of a crash that revolutionized aviation safety. On its way to New York in 1952, the plane lost both engines, crashed into the ocean, and claimed 52 lives. Survivors’ harrowing accounts of chaos during evacuation led to life-saving changes: mandatory exit briefings and flotation device training. Now, using advanced sonar drones, the Air Sea Heritage Foundation located the fuselage 2,000 feet below, just before the crash’s 75th…
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