Human remains found in 1957 plane wreckage in Lake Constance

A team of divers says it has come across human remains during an operation involving the wreckage of the Swissair DC-3 which crashed into Lake Constance in 1957. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Interviewed by the Swiss News Agency Keystone-ATS, the police of canton Thurgau confirmed the discovery of a "bone-like object". It is now a matter of clarifying whether what emerged from the seabed – at a depth of 210 metres – is indeed human remains. This task has been entrusted to the Institute of Forensic Medicine in St Gallen. + Mayday! When bombers crashed in Switzerland The team of divers – equipped with state-of-the-art instruments and sonar – was engaged this weekend in an operation to recover the engine of Swissair's Douglas DC-3 HB-IRK aircraft, which crashed on June 18, 1957, during a practice flight. Nine people lost their lives. The remains may thus belong to one of the victims of the crash nearly 70 years ago. The plane, which took off at 8:57am ...