Mummified remains from 1948 plane crash identified

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This undated photo provided by Alaska State Troopers shows a photo of Francis Joseph Van Zandt on his merchant marine application. The frozen human forearm and hand found near the crash site of Northwest Flight 4422 on Mount Sanford located about 200 miles from Anchorage, Alaska was identified as belonging to Van Zandt. The flight from Shanghai China to New York crashed on the 16,237-foot peak in 1948 killing 24 merchant marines and six crewmen including Van Zandt. (AP Photo/ Alaska State Troopers)

(AP) -- Nine years of sleuthing, advanced DNA science and cutting-edge forensic techniques have finally put a name to a mummified hand and arm found in an Alaska glacier.