The tragedy was pivotal in creating the preflight safety briefing and emergency procedure demonstrations on flights.

Searchers have located the wreckage of a Pan Am DC-4 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Puerto Rico in 1952, a disaster that killed 52 people and helped spur major airline safety reforms.

The crash in 1952 killed 52 people and led to requirements for the passenger safety briefings given on every commercial flight.

The disaster, which claimed 52 lives, led to vital air safety reforms, including mandatory preflight safety briefings for ...

According to the Associated Press, Pan Am Flight 526A, a Douglas DC-4 nicknamed the “Clipper Endeavor,” took off from San ...

The wreckage of the Pan Am plane has been found 74 years after it crashed and sank off the coast of Puerto Rico, killing 52 ...

Searchers have found the wreckage from a Pan Am flight that plunged into the ocean off Puerto Rico in 1952, an accident that ...

Wreckage was found from a Pan Am flight that crashed into the water off Puerto Rico in 1952, killing 52 people and leading to ...