With Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 still missing and shrouded in mystery, here are 10 other strange and unexplained airline disasters.
Source:
BBC, NY Daily
News, History Channel, Daily Mirror, Huffington Post, TIME Magazine, CNN, USA
Today, Sydney Morning Herald, San Franc Chronicle, Toledo Blade, Adelaide
Advertiser.
10: TWA Flight 800 (1996)
Exploded minutes after take off…..killing all 230 people on board.
Officially caused by a short circuit…. conspiracists believe it was shot down by a
U.S. missile
09: Malaysia Airlines Flight
653 ( 1977 )
Plane that crashed after being hijacked in mid-air.
No identifiable
bodies or evidence were recovered – the circumstance of the crash &
hijacking are a mystery.
08: Amelia Earhart (1937)
Pilot who disappeared without trace over the Pacific while trying to circumnavigate
the globe.
Theories include a fatal crash or her surviving on a deserted island.
07: Pan Am Flight 7 (1957)
No distress call were sent & the crash debris of the plane was found
off course
Suggested causes included propeller failure, a bomb & insurance
fraud
06: BSAA Star Dust (1947)
An airliner that crashed into the Andes & wasn’t found for over 50
years
Its final message in morse code was STENDEC – “its meaning unknown".
05: Boeing 727 – 223 N844AA
(2003)
A jet stolen from the runway of an airport Angola
The plane & the pilot have never been seen since despite searched by
FBI & CIA
04: Flying Tiger Line Flight
739 (1962)
A U.S. military flight that disappeared without issuing a distress call
Carrying over 96 personnel
the exact…..cause remains undertermined
03: KAL Flight 007 (1983)
A jet strayed off course
& was shot down by the USSR, killing roll on board
No bodies were found,
leading to speculation that the survived & are being held prisoner.
02: Frederick Valentich (1978)
Pilot who was never found
& whose last message claimed a UFO was flying above him
Theories suggest a hoax
suicide, disorientation, or an actual UFO sighting
01: Flight 19 (1945)
5 U.S. Navy bombers took off
from Florida & were never seen again
A rescue plane sent to find
the also vanished, helping to create the legend of the Bermuda Triangle.
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