Recovery of the Dakota wreckage on the Gauligletscher begins.

In 1946, a U.S. military DC-3 was forced to make an emergency landing in the Bernese Oberland on the Gauligletscher glacier - now the Swiss Army is recovering the wreckage. The Swiss Air Force began recovering the Dakota wreckage on the Gaulig glacier on Monday, September 17, 20218. The U.S. military aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing on the Gauligletscher glacier in the Bernese Oberland in 1946, and the passengers were rescued. In recent months, the glacier had brought considerable parts of the wreckage to light. Now the debris field is being cleared, and up to two tons of material will then be flown down into the valley. But some of it has not yet surfaced, for example the cockpit. An engine Block with the propeller was found, some parts of the wing and a lot of small Material, sheet metal parts, wooden parts and also wool blankets.