Wreckage of Pan Am plane that shaped aviation safety found 74 years on

BBC World reports that the wreckage of a Pan Am plane has been found seventy-four years after it was lost. Fifty-two people died aboard the aircraft, the Clipper Endeavor, and those deaths led to the introduction of mandatory pre-flight safety briefings — the routine announcement passengers still hear before every takeoff. Pan Am was one of the dominant international carriers of the twentieth century.

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