On February 1, Espe and the other family members got a ray of hope: a distress signal that seemed to be from the Skymaster. The missing aircraft was fitted with a Gibson Girl emergency transmitter ...

The crew of the Douglas C-54 Skymaster #2469 was supposed to check in every half-hour along the route. As the aircraft crossed into Yukon, they radioed the tiny outpost of Snag to say that there ...