[h=2]Malaysia Airlines MH370 is only the latest in a long line of planes that flew off the radar[/h] The
shocking disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has captured the attention of millions around the world as the search for the airplane and its passengers and crew continues. aviation history has seen its fair share of enigmatic disappearances and unfortunate flights that literally flew off the radar. Here are six of the half-solved and unsolved airline mysteries that kept investigators clueless for years.
Amelia Earhart: One of the most storied and enduring legends of aviation history, ace pilot Amelia Earhart disappeared in her twin-engine monoplane Electra over the Pacific Ocean in
1937 in an attempt to circumnavigate the globe. No trace of her plane was ever found even after a multi-million dollar search effort, and Earhart was officially declared dead in 1939.
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Flying Tiger Line Flight 739: A U.S. military flight left Guam in
1962 with more 90 personnel headed for the Philippines, but it never arrived. The pilots never issued a distress call, and 1,300 people involved in the U.S. military search never found any trace of wreckage.CorpAPAn example of a Lockheed Super Constellation, the same type of plane as Flying Tiger Line Flight 739.
British South American Airways: It took more than 50 years to find any trace of the 11 people aboard a
1947 flight that disappeared in the Andes Mountains.
Argentine Air ForceAPArgentine Air Force Maj. Luis Estrella holds up a piece of a British plane which crashed 52 years ago on the side of the Tupungato Volcano, some 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) west of Buenos Aires, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2000.
Bermuda Triangle: A series of disappearances over the so-called Devils Triangle, the vast expanse of ocean between Florida, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda has given the region an unshakeable notoriety. Two British South American Airways passenger jets disappeared in the region in
1948 and
1949, and more than 51 people were lost on the two flights and never found. In
1945, five American bombers ran a training mission over the area and were never recovered; the aircraft charged with finding the men deployed with a 13-man crew, and also vanished.
Navigation was point to point - you call in at a specified place, leaving all the time and miles in betwerrn a total mystery!
http://time.com/18358/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-disappearances/
