US EditionAfter 60 Years, the Search for a Missing Plane in Lake Superior Remains Fruitless
- In late 2024, experts from Michigan Technological University conducted a search in Lake Superior for a Beechcraft aircraft that went down almost six decades ago with three scientific researchers on board.
- The search followed sonar detection of 16 targets over 200 feet deep last fall, but all targets turned out to be natural objects like logs and rocks, not wreckage.
- The research team used side-scan sonar, an autonomous vessel, and other remote technologies last September, and continued studying the findings through winter and spring 2025.
- Travis White reported that no evidence of the missing aircraft's wreckage was found, while Wayne Lusardi noted that discovering the airplane in one complete piece is unlikely.
- The team may pursue crowdfunding to fund future mapping, hoping that metal cans on the lake bottom suggest the plane wreckage may be preserved but not buried, enabling further searches.
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After 60 years, the search for a missing plane in Lake Superior remains fruitless
Experts searching for plane wreckage in Michigan's Lake Superior found logs and rocks on the bottom but no debris from an aircraft that crashed nearly 60 years ago carrying three people on a scientific assignment.
After 60 Years, the Search for a Missing Plane in Lake Superior Remains Fruitless
Experts searching for plane wreckage in Michigan’s Lake Superior found logs and rocks on the bottom but no debris from an aircraft that crashed nearly 60 years ago carrying three people on a scientific assignment.
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