A group eliminated the search for a plane collided with a Michigan lake in 1950, in which all 58 people were killed on the plane, using a Sonar technology to sweep the wider body of water and even get the support of a famous adventure author.
When the North West Orient Flight destroyed 2501, it was the worst aviation destruction in American history.
He said that he had mixed feelings about the end of the search in 2004, said Valerie Van Hest, executive director of the Michigan Ship Burke Association.
“It is difficult to say that a part of mine feels as if we have failed,” Van Hest told Detroit News.
After covering 700 square miles (1,813 square kilometers) of Michigan Lake, Van Hest said scientists believe the aircraft side scan broke into very small pieces and it is likely that “drowning in the hut” at the bottom.
The plane, a propeller-powered DC-4, departed from New York’s Lagardia airport on June 23, 1950, in which two stops were planned on the Seattle route. A severe storm suddenly appeared and the plane went down.
In the South Haven of Michigan, debris and body organs washed the coast.
“We know that this aircraft hit the water with great force, and we know there was no way to avoid it,” Van Hest said, who wrote a book about mystery, “deadly crossing.”
Clive Coasler, an author whose adventure fiction sold for millions, endorsed the search by 2017. Keleler died in 2020.
“I hope the missing families will be closure,” Kasler wrote in 2018. “
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