Loreille, an expert in DNA analysis, was also able to identify the remains using mitochondrial and Y-DNA identification. Only the remains of Francis Joseph Van Zandt were ever recovered or identified. The bodies of the remaining 29 individuals still await possible recovery. In popular culture In 2013, Kevin A. McGregor published Flight Of Gold, a non-fiction account of the events of Flight 4422, the multiple previous efforts to locate and explore the crash site, and McGregor and Millican's search for the crash site and its rumored valuable cargo. See also 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident – Airliner that crashed onto a mountain glacier in 1947 and remained undiscovered until 1998. References External links Report by the Civil Aeronautics Board - PDF 1948 in Alaska Accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-4 Airliner accidents and incidents in Alaska Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error Airliner accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 1948 Copper River Census Area, Alaska March 1948 events in the United States Flight 4422 4422