Geneva - (AFP) - The wreckage of a plane that crashed more than 54 years ago on the Swiss side of the Alps in 1968 has been found in a glacier, police said.

The remains of the aircraft were spotted on the Aletsch glacier in southwestern Valais, near the summits of the Jungfrau and Mönch. Valais cantonal police said the wreckage of the plane was found on Thursday.

And it said in a statement, "The investigations concluded that what was found constitutes debris belonging to a Piper Cherokee aircraft registered under the code HB-OYL that crashed at this site on June 30, 1968," noting that "recovery operations will begin as soon as possible." ".

The Swiss regional newspaper "24 Hour" reported that the plane was carrying a teacher, a doctor and his son, all from Zurich. While the bodies of the three were found at the time, the wreckage of the plane remains missing to this day.

In its statement, the police indicated that the techniques for finding debris in rugged areas during the era in which the accident occurred, that is, more than fifty years ago, were limited.

24 Ur reported that a guide in the high mountains found the wreckage of the plane during an expedition he was leading in the region. Forced to change his route due to climate change and the melting of a glacier, he reached the place where the wreckage was found.