Most mysterious aircraft disappearances in human history

Jan21,2024

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The Boeing 777-200ER vanished while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. Despite extensive search efforts, only possible remains have been found in the Indian Ocean

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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370

Amelia Earhart, the pioneering aviator who, along with navigator Fred Noonan, disappeared over the Pacific Ocean near the International Date Line in July 1937 during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe.

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Amelia Earhart

The Bermuda Triangle has also been the site of multiple unexplained disappearances, including the loss of Flight 19, a group of five U.S. Navy torpedo bombers on a routine training mission in December 1945.

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Flight 19

Other notable cases include the British South American Airways Star Dust crash in 1947, which remained a mystery for decades until wreckage was discovered in the Andes Mountains in the late 1990s.

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Star Dust crash in 1947

Flying Tiger Flight 739 disappeared over the Mariana Trench in 1962 during the Vietnam War, with no distress calls or wreckage ever found despite a massive search effort.

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Flying Tiger Flight 739

The Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which carried a rugby team across the Andes in 1972, resulted in a harrowing tale of survival for 16 passengers who were found alive after 72 days.

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Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571

Air France Flight 447 carrying 228 on board crashed into the North Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009, killing all including the crew members, living no trace of the aircraft

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Air France Flight 447