Tag: Clipper Endeavor
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The Accident That Gave Birth to Modern Airline Safety Briefings: How Pan Am Flight 526A Changed Aviation Forever
For 74 years, the Atlantic Ocean kept the final resting place of Pan Am Flight 526A a secret. This week, the wreckage of the Douglas DC-4 Clipper Endeavor was finally found nearly 2,000 feet beneath the waters off Puerto Rico, bringing closure to one of aviation’s most important tragedies. But this discovery is about much…
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Wreckage Found After 74 Years: What Really Happened When Pan Am Flight 526A Lost Both Right-Wing Engines And Ditched Into The Atlantic
For 74 years, the final resting place of Pan American World Airways Flight 526A remained one of aviation’s greatest unsolved mysteries. The Douglas DC-4, named Clipper Endeavor, vanished beneath the Atlantic Ocean off Puerto Rico on Good Friday, April 11, 1952. While the tragedy forever changed commercial aviation safety, the wreck itself remained hidden until…
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