Plane Missing Since 1976 Found on Peak
Ecuadorean climbers found parts of a plane missing since 1976 scattered on the snow-capped, 20,700-foot Chimborazo volcano, 90 miles south of Quito, the capital.
Saeta Airlines’ four-engine Vickers Viscount vanished Aug. 15, 1976, with 59 people aboard.
Search teams also found human remains, newspapers from the day the plane disappeared and ID cards of known passengers, investigator Ivan Arellano said. The flight was a mystery to locals, who speculated that the plane might have been seized by drug traffickers or even aliens.
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