world : Another plane mystery solved, experts claim they have found the wreckage of a plane that went missing in 1971 at Chaplin Lake

world : Experts are claiming they have finally discovered the wreckage of a corporate jet in Lake Champlain that disappeared fifty years ago. On the night of January 27, 1971, the plane carrying five people crashed shortly after takeoff from Burlington Airport, Vermont, en route to Providence, Rhode Island Missing The passengers aboard the 10-seat Jet Commander were two crew members and three employees of Cousins ​​Properties, a development company based in Atlanta, Georgia, that was working on a project in Burlington.

Despite initial search efforts and 17 subsequent searches over the years, no debris was found, and the lake, which is 400 feet deep, froze over just four days after the accident. However, last month, underwater search expert Gary Kozak and his team recovered debris from the lake using a remotely operated vehicle. Champlain The wreckage of a jet matching the missing plane’s custom paint scheme was discovered in 200 feet below the surface near Juniper Island, about three miles southwest of Burlington, close to where the radio control tower last tracked the plane.