Seven aircraft mysteriously disappeared without a trace

ss-140309-amelia-earhart.nbcnews-ux-1360-1000The disappearance of the plane with Malaysia Airlines 239 people on board remains a mystery. The authorities ruled out that the oil stains that were spotted in the Sea of ​​China have been the plane and suspect a possible terrorist attack. Four passengers had stolen passports. This air tragedy could add to the list of planes that disappeared in the air and were never heard from again. Here are some of the most famous:

1937 – Amelia Earhart goes missing in an attempt to set an aviation record. The fate of Amelia Earhart is an unsolved mystery for decades. She was the first female pilot to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean. In 1937 tried to go around the world with Fred Noonan. His plane disappeared over the Pacific Ocean, near Howland Island. Neither his body nor the plane were never recovered. Experts believe the plane ran out of fuel and crashed at sea.

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1945 – The 5 December 1945, five aircraft of the U.S. Navy took off from Florida on a training mission known as Flight 19. The five aircraft and 14 crew members disappeared completely. A rescue plane also disappeared when he went to look for. After this episode, began to speak of “Bermuda Triangle”.

Source: Scientific Search Project via AP

1947 – A British Airways plane disappeared in the Andes during a snowstorm on 2 August 1947. He traveled to Chile from Buenos Aires 11 passengers. January 2000 a group of mountaineers found wreckage on Mount Tupungato.

Source: Ricardo Funes / Los Andes via AP

1962 – A plane carrying mostly US soldiers to Vietnam disappeared shortly after passing Guam on 16 March 1962. The 107 people aboard were pronounced dead despite not find wreckage. The Civil Aeronautics Board of the U.S.. said the flight probably exploded in the air.

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1994 – The flight 427 USAir viajaba from Chicago to Pittsburgh el 8 September 1994 when the plane went into turbulence. 28 seconds after the onset of turbulence exploded in the air and 132 people died instantly. Nothing was left of the plane.

Source: Gene J. Puskar / AP

1996 – The 17 July 1996, 230 people aboard TWA Flight 800 died with when the plane took off from New York bound for Paris. Several witnesses reported seeing a ray of light and a fireball, fueling a missile theory.

Source: Ray Stubblebine / Reuters

2009 – The 1 June 2009 the plane of the French airline Air France crashed in Atlantic 228 persons on board. The wreckage of the plane was not found until two years later. French officials published a final report in July 2012. They concluded that a technical and human error caused the tragedy.

Source: Brazilian Air Force via Reuters

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