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Speaking for myself, I found the article to be a very interesting; almost compelling read. (Didn't quite time it, but I think it took me about 25 - 30 minutes.)

I also recall: didn't Nat Geo do an episode on this on their Air Crash Investigations series?

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I've read about this crash (following the recent exploration) before. One thing this article did not really delve into is the 'lizard skins' found. There was a large illicit trade in caiman skins around this time, one that Eastern were believed to be complicit in.

An article from the two explorers goes into this in more detail, and it would seem a reasonable conclusion that it was one of the driving factors of the 'cover up'. Discovery of further illegal smuggling by Eastern Airlines would have likely resulted in bans and embargoes. https://operationthonapa.com/an-international-smuggling-ring...

Edit: A bit later, I was all the more convinced about the Nat Geo episode, so I dug up the series url[1] and looked through all the episodes of all the seasons but couldn't find it. But interestingly, the whole season 6 is somehow missing from the drop down!!! Any thoughts?

[1] http://www.natgeotv.com/uk/shows/natgeo/air-crash-investigat...

Maybe you're thinking of this crash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_965

Yeah that's weird. No season 6.

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