The wreckage of a Pan American World Airways aircraft that disappeared beneath the Atlantic Ocean more than seven decades ago has finally been found, bringing closure to one of aviation’s oldest unsolved mysteries.
The wreckage of Pan Am Flight 526A, a Douglas DC-4 known as the Clipper Endeavor, was discovered beneath the waters off Puerto Rico on June 2, 2026.
While the discovery marks a historic breakthrough, the disaster forever transformed commercial airline safety procedures as we know them today.
