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They finally found the wreckage of Pan Am’s Clipper Endeavor, a DC-4 that vanished off Puerto Rico in 1952, after a harrowing crash that claimed 52 lives. Located nearly 2,000 feet underwater using cutting-edge sonar and an autonomous underwater drone, the discovery brings long-overdue closure—and reminds us how this tragedy spurred critical safety reforms, including mandatory safety briefings. The search, reignited by a washed-up luggage tag and thwarted by past weather, succeeded thanks to modern tech and persistence, turning a decades-old mystery into a poignant tribute to progress in aviation safety.

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