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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lisa Rathke

A private plane vanished 53 years ago with 5 men onboard. Divers may have finally discovered its fate

Garry Kozak

Fifty-three years after a private plane carrying five men disappeared on a snowy Vermont night, experts believe they have found the wreckage of the long lost jet in Lake Champlain.

The corporate jet disappeared shortly after departing the Burlington airport for Providence, Rhode Island, on Jan. 27, 1971. Those aboard included two crew members and three employees of the Atlanta, Georgia, development company Cousin’s Properties, who were working on a development project in Burlington.

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