1952 Pan Am Wreck Found After More Than 70-Year Search
The nearly intact DC-4 was found 2,000 feet down, and investigators say the crash helped drive modern passenger safety briefings.
- On June 2, 2026, a multi-partner search team led by the Air/Sea Heritage Foundation, Deep Sea Vision, and Discovery Channel located the wreckage of Pan Am's Clipper Endeavor 2,000 feet below the ocean surface off Puerto Rico.
- The Clipper Endeavor crashed on April 11, 1952, after losing both right-side engines shortly after takeoff from San Juan, killing 52 people and leaving 17 survivors; the disaster prompted mandatory pre-flight safety briefings industry-wide.
- Using high-resolution sonar and autonomous underwater vehicles, researchers captured more than 350,000 images of the wreckage without disturbing the site, resolving a 74-year-old aviation mystery.
- The Air/Sea Heritage Foundation is coordinating with the Government of Puerto Rico to secure legal protections for the wreck site and establish a permanent memorial; no remains will be recovered.
- Details of the discovery will feature in an upcoming episode of Discovery Channel's Expedition Unknown later this year, potentially offering new hope for families seeking closure regarding other missing ocean aircraft.
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eldiariodechihuahua.mxAfter 74 years, they find in the Atlntico, in front of Puerto Rico, the remains of a plane whose tragedy transforms safety standards into flights.
The plane crash took 52 lives and has been an unsolved mystery since 1952. Until now. That's how the Pan American Airways plane was found at the bottom of the Atlantic.
A Pan Am plane crashed more than 70 years ago, and its wreckage has now been found... 610 metres deep. ...
A 74-year-long underwater mystery has been definitively solved off the coast of Puerto Rico. As reported by Corriere della Sera, a team of explorers identified the wreck of Pan Am's flight 526A, a DC-4 aircraft known as "Clipper Endeavor" crashed into the ocean on April 11, 1952. It is a discovery from [...] L'articolo Rediscovered after more than 70 years the wreck Pan Am of 1952: the crash and then the sinking into the ocean in 3 minutes, the …
The remains of a plane belonging to the extinct Pan Am airline, which crashed on April 11, 1952 in waters north of Puerto Rico and which claimed the lives of 52 people, were found by an aviation search team working with the Discovery Channel television channel.
After years of searching with an underwater drone, the wreck of the Douglas DC-4 was found. The ghostly images of the "Clipper Endeavor" are unique for researchers. After years of searching with an underwater drone, the wreck of the Douglas DC-4 was found. The ghostly images of the "Clipper Endeavor" are unique for researchers.
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