Wreckage of Pan Am plane found decades after crash that changed aviation safety

The wreckage of a Pan Am flight, the Clipper Endeavor, which crashed off Puerto Rico in 1952, has been discovered decades later. The accident, which resulted in the deaths of 52 people, prompted the implementation of mandatory passenger safety briefings on all commercial flights. The DC-4 aircraft experienced engine failure shortly after takeoff, leading to a hard landing in the ocean. While 17 survivors initially made it through the landing, panic ensued as passengers struggled to locate life vests and the crew faced difficulties deploying life rafts before the plane sank. Explorers located the fuselage and tail of the aircraft last month using an autonomous sonar drone in over 600 meters of water.