Wreckage of Pan Am plane found 74 years after it crashed off Puerto Rico

Key Points:

• Seventy-four years after the 1952 Pan Am "Clipper Endeavor" crash off Puerto Rico, an aviation search team partnered with the Discovery Channel has located the wreckage on the ocean floor about 2,000 feet deep.
• The Douglas DC-4 crashed shortly after takeoff from San Juan due to the loss of both right-side engines, resulting in 52 fatalities out of 69 people on board; only 17 survived.
• The wreckage was discovered broken into two sections, with identifiable markings including the Pan American logo and aircraft name, confirmed through images captured by an autonomous underwater drone.
• The Air/Sea Heritage Foundation is collaborating with Puerto Rican authorities to protect the wreck site and advocate for a memorial to honor the victims, while also reaching out to surviving family members and the two known living survivors.
• Discovery Channel plans to feature the discovery in an upcoming episode of its "Expedition Unknown" series later this year.