Wreckage of 1952 Pan Am Flight 6 found off Puerto Rico, spotlighting the safety lessons behind today’s preflight briefings
Search teams have located the wreckage of Pan Am Flight 6, which crashed into the Atlantic off Puerto Rico in 1952, ending decades of uncertainty. The accident is tied to subsequent safety reforms that helped make preflight safety briefings standard on commercial flights, and surviving passengers later described challenges with life-saving equipment access.