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Missing Pan Am plane found after 74 years (www.bbc.com)

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[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago

69 people survived the water landing and all but 17 drown.

The confusion that ensued became a "catalyst" for modern regulations mandating better flotation equipment on planes and preflight briefings on how to use it, aviation safety expert John Cox told AP.

There is a saying in The Navy, “All safety regulations are written in blood.”