Missing Plane Found Decades Later in Glacier, Revealing a Smuggling Operation

They returned to the aircraft before sunset. After photographing the panel, Erik removed the screws one by one while Nora held the light steady. The metal lifted with a dry groan, revealing a narrow compartment just deep enough for flat cases and document tubes. Someone had built it into the cargo floor long before the flight. Inside, they found a sealed canvas pouch, two undeveloped film rolls in metal canisters, a second cargo manifest, and a stack of customs tags whose numbers didn't match the official paperwork. Beneath those lay several photographs wrapped in waxed cloth. Nora laid them out on an empty crate, one by one.