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A plane vanished in 1947 after sending “stendec” in Morse Code

Ellsworth Toohey
Jul 08, 2026
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STENDEC mystery — San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives / Public domain (via Wikipedia)

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 …

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