The remains of a plane heading to New York that crashed back in 1952, claiming 52 lives, have been discovered 74 years after the tragic event. The aircraft, a Pan American Airways flight departing from Puerto Rico on Good Friday and destined for what is now JFK International Airport, was named the Clipper Endeavour. Carrying 64 passengers and five crew members, the plane encountered engine failure on its right side just 10 minutes after takeoff, similar in size to a modern Boeing 737.

Despite the pilots’ efforts to conduct an emergency water landing in the Atlantic Ocean, chaos ensued on board due to the lack of standard pre-flight safety briefings. Sadly, 52 individuals drowned as the plane sank in less than three minutes after hitting the water. The wreckage remained untouched on the ocean floor for over seven decades due to its unreachable depth.

However, on June 2 of this year, a thorough seven-year investigation led by the Air/Sea Heritage Foundation, in collaboration with Deep Sea Vision, an Eco Minerals Company, and the Discovery Channel’s Expedition Unknown, finally located the wreckage. The host of the series, Josh Gates, expressed deep emotions upon seeing the bright aluminum fuselage shining on the ocean floor. A research vessel named Fugro Brasilis, equipped with one of the most advanced autonomous underwater vehicles globally, aided in the search, locating the broken remains of the Clipper Endeavour on the ocean floor.

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