The planes that have disappeared

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Today we will talk about the history, reviewing some of the flights O planes that have disappeared and so far they have not been found.

Perhaps, you think that the famous flight Malaysia Airlines MH370 It was the only plane that has ever been found, but the aviation history tells us that this is not the case and there are many other cases.

Aviation remains the safest means of transport in the world and this is demonstrated by the very low possibilities of being in a plane crash, but despite this, aviation is susceptible to unfortunate events, among them, that planes disappear completely, despite all the technology we currently have available.

Planes that have disappeared

To start reviewing history, We must first know what the ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization says in its official definition of missing aircraft.:

The ICAO says: "when the official search has been terminated and the remains have not been located".

Although some pieces have been found for some airplanes, such as the same case of the MH370, The final result of the investigation was that the plane was not found and its official search was ended..

There are several planes that have never been found in the history of aviation and others that took some time until their remains were located., some of the best known include:

1. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: The 8 march 2014, Flight MH370 disappeared while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. Despite an intense search in the Indian Ocean, the plane has never been found.
2. Flight 19 of the United States Navy: The 5 from December to 1945, five TBM Avenger aircraft disappeared while conducting navigation training in the Bermuda Triangle. The crew of the planes were never found..
3. Flight 3704 de American Airlines: The 19 November 1996, a Boeing cargo plane 747-100 disappeared while flying from New York to Santo Domingo. The plane had three crew members on board and was never found..
4. Flight 441 de Flying Tiger Line: The 3 march 1962, A Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation cargo plane disappeared while flying from Guam to the Philippines with 107 people on board. The plane was never found.
5. Flight 19 de Eastern Air Lines: The 30 march 1948, A Douglas DC-3 passenger plane disappeared while flying from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Miami with 32 people on board. The plane was never found.
6. Flight 22 by Varig: The 30 of January of 1979, a Boeing passenger plane 707 disappeared while flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris with 58 people on board. The plane was never found.
7. Flight 411 de Canadian Pacific Air Lines: The 8 July 1965, A Douglas DC-6B airliner disappeared while flying from Vancouver to Tokyo with 52 people on board. The plane was never found.
8. Flight 629 de United Airlines: The 1 November 1955, a Boeing passenger plane 377 Stratocruiser exploded in mid-air while flying from Denver to Portland with 44 people on board. The wreckage of the plane was never found..
9. Flight 980 de Eastern Airlines: The 1 of January of 1985, a Boeing passenger plane 727 crashed into a mountain while flying from Asunción, Paraguay to Peace, Bolivia. All the 29 Occupants on board died and the wreckage of the plane was never found.
10. Flight 447 from Air France: The 1 June 2009, An Airbus A330 passenger plane disappeared while flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris with 228 people on board. The wreckage of the plane was found after an intense search in the Atlantic Ocean.
11. Flight TC-48 of the Argentine Air Force disappeared without a trace on 3 November 1965 when the Douglas C-54 reported a fire to the control tower and after a few 30 minutes after taking off, no information was received from the crew again, with no trace until today..

These are just a few examples of planes that have gone missing and never been found.. In many cases, The exact cause of the disappearance remains a mystery and has generated many theories and speculations..

Do you know any other cases like these??

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