Exploring The Evolution Of Pablo EscobarS Aircraft A Saltwater Journey From 1985 To 2020
Time appears to stand still in the haunting underwater images of a relic from a notorious past. The submerged wreckage of a Curtiss C-46 Commando, once a symbol of Pablo Escobar’s vast smuggling empire, lies off the coast of Norman’s Cay in the Bahamas, seemingly defying the decades that have swept past since its descent in 1985.
Recent snapshots from 2020 reveal that the aircraft, a silent witness to the illicit trade of its day, has remarkably withstood the corrosive embrace of the salty brine that is often the undoing of metallic structures. The juxtaposition of past and present in these images is a stark reminder of nature’s complex interplay with man’s endeavors, even those as dark and secretive as Escobar’s..