The wreckage of a Pan American World Airways aircraft that crashed 74 years ago, killing 52 people on board, has finally been located. The discovery brings closure to one of aviation's long-standing mysteries, ending decades of uncertainty for the families of those who died and giving investigators a chance to establish more precisely what caused the disaster.

The plane was found by the Discovery Expedition of the Unknown, though the article gives no further detail on the crash's original date, route or the exact circumstances of the search that led to the wreckage being located. All 52 passengers and crew died in the original accident, and the find is expected to help finally piece together the events of the crash after more than seven decades.