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On December 28th, 2014, AirAsia flight QZ8501 lost
contact with air traffic control during a morning flight to Singapore.
Many immediately saw similarities between its disappearance and the
disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 earlier this year.
A few days later the wreckage of the AirAsia flight was found very close
to where the plan lost contact. All 162 people on board had perished. We
may have found the tragic impact point where AirAsia crashed, but the
mystery of Flight 370 and many other plane disappearances through recent
history remain open cases.
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The Star Tiger
The Star Tiger disappeared without a trace during its flight to Bermuda
in 1948. It was the first aircraft to fall victim to the so-called
Bermuda Triangle. |
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Star Ariel
The same year that the Star Tiger disappeared, another BSAA vessel, the
Star Ariel, vanished. It also disappeared very close to the Bermuda
islands. Which of course prompted more than a few conspiracy theories
about how the two missing flights were linked. |
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Orient Airlines Flight 2501
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 disappeared somewhere around Lake
Michigan in 1950. Strangely enough after 65 years the wreckage has still
never been found. |
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Pan Am Flight 7
Pan Am Flight 7 was a trip meant to go around the world from San
Francisco to Philadelphia. Somewhere between California and Hawaii the
plane disappeared. After mounting one of the biggest search parties
ever, the wreckage was found floating on the ocean. There were no
survivors. |
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Boeing 707-323C
In 1979 a Boeing 707-323C cargo vehicle disappeared en route to Brazil.
Neither the wreckage of the plane, the bodies of the 6 crew members, or
the 153 paintings by famous Japanese artist Manabu Mabe were found.
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Back in March of 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 lost contact and
disappeared before reaching its destination in Beijing. Despite all of
our modern, advanced, technology no trace of the plane has been found.
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