Other planes that've disappeared
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MALAYSIAN AIRLINE FLIGHT ISN’T THE ONLY ONE THAT’S Small passenger flights have sometimes disappeared, never to be found. But there have also been massive planes with at least
a 100 passengers that have vanished for days
SURABAYA
MANADO
Indian Ocean
ADAM AIR Flight 574
7 DAYS LATER
102 People(96 passengers and 6 crew)
Went missing on Jan 1, 2007 while flying between the Indonesian cities of Surabaya and Manado
Three pieces of debris were spotted on Jan 8. Black boxes found on 21 January, 2,000 m under the sea and 1.4 km apart from each other
First wreckage spotted:
On board:
Indonesia
BOEING 737-400
AIR FRANCE Flight 447
228 People(216 passengers, 12 crew)
Went missing on Jun 1, 2009 while flying from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France
2 male bodies along with a seat, a nylon backpack and a leather briefcase on Jun 6. By 16 June, 50 bodies were recovered 80 km apart. Between May 5 and Jun 3, 2011 more debris and 104 bodies were recovered from 3,800-4,000 m under the sea
On board:
PARIS
RIO DE JANEIRO
Brazil
AIRBUS A330
Atlantic Ocean
5 DAYS LATERFirst wreckage spotted:
FLYING TIGER LINE Flight 739
NEVER
107 People
Disappeared on Mar 16, 1962 while flying from Guam to Clark Air Base in Philippines. It was chartered by the US Military to fly from California to Saigon
First wreckage spotted:
A search was conducted for 8 days over 5,20,000 sq km of ocean, but nothing has ever been found
On board:
LOCKHEED L-1049 Super Constellation Propliner
Philippines
GUAM
CLARK AIR
BASE
Pacific Ocean