... which killed all 52 persons aboard.
Investigators say pieces of a vintage military airplane discovered on a glacier in the mountains east of Anchorage came from an Air Force plane that crashed in 1952, killing everyone onboard.
The C-124 Globemaster had 52 people on board, according to Capt. Jamie Dobson, spokeswoman for the Joint Prisoners of War, Missing in Action Accounting Command, whose investigators are looking at the debris from the plane. An Army National Guard helicopter crew spotted the pieces last week on Colony Glacier, in the Chugach Mountains 45 miles east of Anchorage, and the JPAC investigators recovered parts of the plane's life-support system and possible human remains a few days later, Dobson said.
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Interesting article. Located soon after the crash, but lost in the fine Alaskan winter weather and glacial ice for 60 years.
Those poor souls. Can't imagine how their families must feel.
joated, that happens up here quite a bit.
Stephen, agreed. 60 years is a LONG time. Many of the victims' immediate families may not even be around any more.
Wow. A C-124. Those were huge in their day.
Glad they're getting some closure on this one...
Murphy, yep - they were pretty big.
NFO, me too. They deserve more than we can give them, after all this time.
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