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CBS News
03-06-2025
- General
- CBS News
After 60 years, the search for a missing plane in Lake Superior continues
Search team that found missing plane in Michigan's Lake Huron aims to help more families Search team that found missing plane in Michigan's Lake Huron aims to help more families Search team that found missing plane in Michigan's Lake Huron aims to help more families Experts searching for plane wreckage in Michigan's Lake Superior turned up 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. A team from Michigan Technological University returned last week by boat to get closer to 16 targets that appeared on sonar last fall, more than 200 feet below the surface of the vast lake. The crew used side-scan sonar and other remote technology. "We did not locate any sign of the wreckage of the missing aircraft," said Travis White, a research engineer at the Great Lakes Research Center at Michigan Tech. "However, we did validate our technical approach, as we found physical objects in each target location." The Beechcraft plane carrying pilot Robert Carew, co-pilot Gordon Jones and graduate student Velayudh Krishna Menon left Madison, Wisconsin, for Lake Superior on Oct. 23, 1968. They were collecting data on temperature and other lake conditions for the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Seat cushions and pieces of stray metal have washed ashore over the years along the Keweenaw Peninsula. But the wreckage and the remains of the men have never been found. "We're probably not going to find a fully intact airplane," said Wayne Lusardi, state maritime archaeologist. An autonomous vessel was launched last September, recording sonar readings and other data. After studying those findings over the winter, White, Lusardi and others returned to Lake Superior. "Unfortunately, the targets turned out to be mostly natural: large sunken trees, logs, rocks," White said by email. Metal cans on the lake bottom, believed to be 75 years old, give "hope that the plane wreckage may be reasonably well-preserved and not buried," he said. White said the next challenge will be how to continue the work. "We may attempt a crowdfunding model to see if we can raise some funds for future mapping activities that could help us locate the plane or other historic wrecks," he said. The initial search last fall was organized by the Smart Ships Coalition, a group of more than 60 universities, government agencies, companies and international organizations interested in maritime autonomous technologies. The video above was first published on Aug. 30, 2024.
Daily Mail
31-05-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
The chilling final two words uttered by teenager on the phone to his parents while walking home in the dark - before he vanished forever
A teenager who mysteriously disappeared after getting lost in the dark while driving home said two final chilling words to his parents on the phone before the line went dead. Brandon Swanson, from Marshall, Minnesota, started walking home after his car got stuck in a ditch after taking a wrong turn on a country road while on the way home from an end-of-semester spring party in 2008. Just before 2am, the 19-year-old rang his parents to come and pick him up, but was so lost he sent them in the wrong direction. Trying to find somewhere they would both know, Brandon told them he thought he could see the lights of Lynd, a nearby town, and decided to take a shortcut through an abandoned farm field. There, while still on the phone to his parents, Brandon uttered his final words - 'oh s***' - before the line went dead, and he was never seen again. Brandon's parents and friends searched throughout the night while ringing his phone, but there was no answer. His mother, Annette, reported him missing to police next morning. Sniffer dogs led police towards the Yellow Medicine River but lost the scent. His case has become one of America's greatest unsolved mysteries and, while some believe he fell into the river and died, his body and belongings were never discovered. Brandon's evening started in the nearby town of Lynd, about seven miles southwest of his home in Marshall. After leaving the party early, he headed 35 miles north west toward Canby to meet another friend. It was a route Brandon had driven every day to college, but this time it was believed he decided to take the back roads instead as he'd been drinking at the party. However, his friends confirmed they didn't believe he'd been overly intoxicated. If he had taken the main highway, it should have taken just 30 to 40 minutes to get home. After he getting lost in the backroads and subsequently stuck in the ditch, Brandon told his parents he was somewhere on the road between Lynd and Marshall - although it's now believed he was around 25 miles away. When his father Brian and mother Annette arrived, they couldn't see his car. Still on the phone, they flashed their headlights and, although Brandon said he was doing the same back at them, it remained pitch black. Getting increasingly desperate to get home safe, Brandon started honking his car horn - which again, couldn't be heard by his parents except through the phone. Frustrated, Brendan decided to abandon his car and walk to what he thought was a nearby town and they all agreed to meet in one of the bar's car park. Brain stayed on the phone to his son for 47 minutes as he made his way through fields, over fences and along streams of water. At around 2.30am, Brandon suddenly yelled 'oh s***!' and the phone disconnected. Brian immediately called Brandon back six times in a row, with each getting no answer. His parents continued looking for their son until the next morning when they were able to report him missing to police, who initially dismissed their claims and said 'teenage boys go missing all the time'. According to Annette, one officer said directly 'as an adult Brandon has a right to be missing if he wants to be'. It took hours of Annette pleading with officers before they would take Brandon's disappearance seriously. Authorities managed to track his phone and it turned out Brandon was 25 miles away, between the towns of Porter and Taunton, from where his parents were searching. Moving the search to the Taunton area, authorities quickly located Brandon's abandoned car which was in a ditch on the side of the road, just as he said. Ground and air searches took places over the next few days for Brandon and rescue dogs were brought in to track Brandon's scent from his car. The dogs followed his trail across an abandoned farm, and then along the Yellow Medicine River, at the river's edge, the dogs lost Brandon's scent, which indicated he may have gone in the water. However the dogs did pick his trail back up on the other side, which suggested he got back out. After the initial response to her son's disappearance, Annette successfully campaigned for the introduction of 'Brandon's Law' in the state. Brandon's Law was passed in Minnesota later that year in 2008 and it requires police to begin an immediate search for missing adults under 21, as well as older adults who are missing under suspicious circumstances. If you have any information, please contact Lincoln County Sheriff's Office 507-694-1664.
ABC News
23-05-2025
- ABC News
Search continues a week after 17yo girl goes missing
Queensland police widen their search for 17-year-old Pheobe Bishop, who was last seen near Bundaberg.
CTV News
17-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Ground and air teams renew search and rescue efforts for Lily and Jack Sullivan in Pictou County, N.S.
Search and rescue vehicles and crew members are pictured on the road in Pictou County, N.S., on Saturday, May 15, 2025, when the search for Lilly and Jack Sullivan renewed.
Sky News
14-05-2025
- Sky News
Body found in search for missing 16-year-old boy in North Wales
A body has been found in the search for a 16-year-old boy missing in North Wales. The teenager, named only as Athrun, was on holiday from South Gloucestershire and was last seen on West Shore Beach in Llandudno, Conwy, at around 2pm on Saturday wearing a pair of swimming shorts. Multi-agency searches had resumed on Wednesday evening in the West Shore area following the sighting of a body on Tuesday evening. North Wales Police said a body was recovered at 6.20pm on Wednesday after an operation by the underwater search team and coastguard. Formal identification is yet to take place, but Athrun's family have been informed and are being supported by officers. The death is not being treated as suspicious, and the coroner has been informed. Chief Inspector Trystan Bevan said: "My deepest condolences remain with Athrun's family, and I would ask for their privacy to be respected at this incredibly sad and difficult time. "This is not the outcome anyone hoped for, and I would once again like to thank partner agencies and members of the public for their overwhelming support and tireless assistance with the searches over the last five days." Please refresh the page for the fullest version.
