Deep in the jungles of central Vietnam, hidden behind dense forest and roaring underground rivers, lies a cave so enormous that a Boeing 747 could fly through its largest chamber without touching a wall ... The jungle had swallowed the entrance whole ... .
a stark-white Boeing 747, its wings sheared off, its passenger doors open to the dust and wind, a rickety set of airstairs inviting no one aboard ... The 747 was once a symbol of American might, invention, progress, and populism.