Article 76VT4 A plane vanished in 1947 after sending "stendec" in Morse Code

A plane vanished in 1947 after sending "stendec" in Morse Code

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Ellsworth Toohey
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According to the account of the 1947 crash of the airliner Star Dust, the British plane left Buenos Aires for Santiago on 2 August 1947 and vanished over the Andes. Four minutes before its planned landing, the radio operator tapped out a final Morse message ending in one word: "STENDEC." - Read the rest

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