74-year-old Mystery ends: The remains of Pan Am plane on the bottom of the ocean were found, 52 people died.

Researchers have found the remains of a Pan Am plane that crashed into the ocean near Puerto Rico in 1952, where 52 people were killed, reports The GuardianPeriscope broadcast.

Clipper Stillav fell when two engines failed immediately after the lift. The 17 passengers and the surviving crew told investigators that all survived the flood, but panic broke out after many passengers struggled to find the life vests, and the crew struggled to extract the life rafts.

Within minutes, the plane sank. Thirty-nine bodies were never found.

Explorers found the DC-4 ruins in June, when a robotic drone with sonar found the plane's body and tail at 600 meters of water.

This became a catalyst and helped in the security steps ahead with better navigation and information equipment prior to flight", said aviation safety expert John Cox, a pilot and founder of Safety Operating Systems. So this is a step forward on the road to what we now enjoy security in aviation. There was a call to gather at that time. "

The disaster led to sweeping reform in aviation; today, before the establishment, the flight assistants give instructions to passengers for exit sites and rescue vests and how to blow them.

In 2019, the accident caught the attention of Russ Matthews, president of the Air/naval Heritage Foundation, when he saw an article about a luggage tag from the flight that sank ashore in Florida. He said the historic importance of Clipper endeavor moved him to dig deeper.

This led to years of research in the archives of Pan Am and The Coastal Watchtower to find information about the crash site. Reports by the Civil Aeronautics Board, which was the predecessor of the Federal Aviation Administration, also helped.

The key to finding the ruins was found in data in Puerto Rico from a hearing that was held on the crash and a map that valued the location of the crash made by air force pilots who were trained in the area and witnessed the crash.

The discovery could offer new hope for families who lost loved ones in ocean accidents such as MH370, the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared 12 years ago with 269 people aboard.