Vanished: The Plane That Disappeared

Synopsis: In August 1947 the passenger aircraft ‘Stardust’, flying from Buenos Aires to Santiago and carrying 11 passengers and crew, vanished without trace. The wreckage mysteriously reappeared 53 years later in January 2000 on top of a glacier. The Argentine army and forensic scientists journey to the site to try to piece togther the chain of events that led to the crash, the disappearance and the sudden reappearance of the plane.
Series: Horizon, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
Year of production: 2000
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 on 2/11/00.
Subjects: Engineering
Keywords: air crashes; forensic science; South America

Name: BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
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Notes: The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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