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On August 4, debris from a plane crash was found on the Aletsch glacier by a mountain guide, according to local authorities. Local police said in athat their investigation determined the plane parts found on the glacier were from a Piper Cherokee plane that crashed on the glacier on June 30, 1968. "At the time of the accident, more than 50 years ago, the technical means to recover aircraft wreckage in difficult terrain were limited. Due to the melting of the glaciers, particularly in sum
mer, it is therefore possible that other pieces or pieces of wreckage may be released from the ice," police said in theInsulating foam covers part of the Rhone Glacier to prevent it from melting next to its glacial lake, in the Swiss Alps, on July 8, 2022.suggests that as the world warms due to climate change, many of the Alps' glaciers — like other glaciers around the world — are thawing and receding.
This is not the first time retreating glaciers have unearthed artefacts and remains. In the last decade, the Hawaii-based