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

Old records were quickly reopened. A shell company listed on the false manifest had booked cargo space at the last minute and dissolved months after the disappearance. Its listed office turned out to be an empty storefront. Insurance on the lost freight had been paid surprisingly fast. Even worse, a Northline dispatcher had approved the route change that night without filing a proper operations note.