The Great Unknown: The Top 10 Most Mysterious Airplane Disappearances Ever

1.Amelia Earhart’s disappearance (1937):

Pen Craft
3 min readApr 14, 2023

Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared while attempting to circumnavigate the globe in a Lockheed Electra.

2.Flight 19 (1945):

Five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo bombers disappeared during a training mission over the Bermuda Triangle.

3. Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 (1950):

The plane crashed into Lake Michigan with all 58 passengers and crew on board.

4. Air France Flight 447 (2009):

The plane disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean during a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, with all 228 people on board presumed dead.

5. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (2014):

The plane disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 passengers and crew on board.

6. Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 (1962):

The military charter flight disappeared over the Pacific Ocean, with 107 passengers and crew on board.

7. Pan Am Flight 7 (1957):

The plane disappeared over the Pacific Ocean with 44 passengers and crew on board.

8.BSAA Star Dust (1947) :

The plane disappeared over the Andes Mountains, with 11 passengers and crew on board.

9. The Yuba County Five (1978):

A group of five men disappeared during a road trip in Northern California, with their abandoned car found near a remote mountain road.

10. The USS Cyclops (1918):

The U.S. Navy cargo ship disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle with 309 crew members on board

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