Our world is filled with a variety of mysteries and mysteries that no science can yet explain. Despite the development of civilization, in many ways we still do not understand all the laws of the Universe and therefore we often encounter inexplicable, and sometimes even mystical facts of the existence of otherworldly forces. And some anomalies began to occur precisely when a person learned to fly, or, to be more precise, launched the first plane into the sky. There are many mysterious facts associated with these marvels of technology, and some cases involving missing aircraft are presented in this article.
Malaysia Airlines MH370
A plane that vanished on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 attracted a lot of attention. Millions of people from all over the world followed this event. On March 8, 2014, the flight took off from the Malaysian airport located in Kuala Lumpur, and was supposed to go to Beijing. It had about 300 passengers and crew, and still no oneable to answer what happened to this flight.
After flying about 220 kilometers from the coast of the country, the plane disappeared from the radar. This happened about an hour later, as the car took off. The missing Malaysia-Beijing plane is still being searched, but so far no wreckage, no traces of passengers or crew have been found.
Amelia Earhart
One of the most famous mysterious accidents in the history of aviation is considered to be an event that occurred in 1937. Then an American woman named Amelia Earhart set off in her two-seat monoplane, which was called the Elektra, on a journey over the Pacific Ocean. She took off in the area of Howland Island with the aim of flying around the world and disappeared. This woman was very famous because she was the first of the fair sex to decide to overcome the distance over the Atlantic Ocean.
Many researchers are still trying to find out the fate of the girl. There are a lot of theories about this, and not all of them look plausible. For many years, people have tried to find evidence of her crash or cunning, but so far, neither the wreckage of her aircraft nor herself has been found. To date, this case is one of the mysteries called "Mysteries of the Missing Planes".
Authorities declared her dead two years after the incident. But until now, some historians believe that she is alive.
Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle
The most mysterious and enigmatic place on the planet is consideredarea known as the Bermuda Triangle. This is a fairly large space between Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico. It was on this site that the most mysterious disappearances occurred, and not only aircraft, but also ships. One of the most notorious cases where there are missing aircraft occurred on December 5, 1945. It is believed that it was from this moment that the whole hoax of this place began. Then there was a training mission of torpedo bombers. Five planes took off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with an experienced flight instructor.
After an hour and a half after the start of the mission, the pilots contacted the controller, reporting the loss of a landmark. They couldn't figure out where they were, and the terrain they saw didn't look like what they were supposed to see. The pilots also mentioned that their compasses were not working and were completely out of order. There were noticeable deteriorations in the weather, and since the coast was not visible, the pilots decided to land on the water surface. After that, neither the missing aircraft nor their crews were found. Even more mysterious was the fact that one of the planes sent to find five torpedo bombers also disappeared without a trace.
Star Dust and mysterious Morse code
Back in August 1947, British South American Airways flew its Star Dust plane from Argentina to Chile. The departure took place from Buenos Aires and the plane was supposed to land in the city of Santiago. But the flight never made it to its destination. Before the plane disappeared into the mountainsAndes, the pilot managed to send a message, which then caused more questions than it could have been. Using Morse code, the radio operator sent a strange message "STENDEC", which has not yet been solved.
Attention to this aircraft was special, because after its loss it was possible to learn more about the passengers. There were six of them and four crew members. But who they were is worthy of a real conspiracy theory. On board were:
- two businessmen who decide to tour and find new clients;
- stern-looking Englishman, courier at the British embassy, there is a theory that he was transporting secret documents;
- German woman who decided to return to her homeland after losing her husband, and most likely she was a criminal during the war;
- Palestinian, reportedly carrying a diamond in the lining of his jacket;
- representative of a tire company, its sales agent, former mentor of one of the European monarchs.
These citizens and the strange, cryptic message have caused quite a storm in the press, because with this in mind, you can create many theories and hoaxes.
Clue to missing Star Dust
The mystery of this event was only solved in 2000, when several climbers accidentally found a piece of an aircraft engine. And when the expedition went there, they were able to establish the reason for the loss of the aircraft. Apparently, the pilot, making his calculations, made a mistake with their position and, deciding that they had already flown over the mountains, began to descend. sheathingthe aircraft is not capable of sustaining a long time at high altitude, so due to pressure, the radio operator could have confused attention, and his message could mean the command to descend. And when the plane crashed into the mountains, it provoked an avalanche, which hid the aircraft from prying eyes for half a century.
Mystery of Flight 191
Here we are talking about not one, but several incidents, the connecting link of which is the flight number. The crash of American Airlines Flight 191 is considered to be one of the worst accidents in US aviation history. Just a couple of minutes after takeoff, the plane, which was carrying a little less than 300 people, crashed at the Chicago airfield.
Also in 1967, another incident occurred, an experimental aircraft with flight 191 crashed, taking the life of the pilot with it. And in 2012, the crew of JetBlue Airways Flight 191 had a real panic attack that passengers had to contain. Based on this data, many airlines have decided to remove this flight number from their flight schedules.
Mystery of Flight 914
Probably one of the most controversial legends in aviation is the unidentified mystery - Flight 914. Many skeptics claim that this is a duck, an invention of the yellow press. But in fact, there is neither confirmation nor a worthy refutation of this story.
In 1955, a DC-4 flew from New York to Miami. There were 57 passengers and a crew of pilots on board. There is evidence that the same plane appeared on the runway of one of the airports in Venezuela. ByAccording to some reports, there is evidence that the pilot of the ghost flight contacted the airport workers and there is a recording of their conversation.
The sign that something was wrong was that an old-style plane began to land on the runway, which was not visible on the radar. After establishing a connection between the pilot and the airport, we managed to find out what kind of flight it was and how many passengers were on board. The pilot's voice was quite confused and frightened. The controller said where the plane was, and after that there was silence. And no wonder, because the distance between the original destination and this airport is very long. When they reported on the link what the time difference was, the pilots got scared and flew away. As the ground crew approached, one of the pilots waved a folder at them, from which a small 1955 calendar flew out. Flight 914 is believed to be partially classified.
Missing planes (according to the military)
- The first case reported by the military occurred in 1945. Then the young sergeant was supposed to transfer the plane from Kansas to Puerto Rico, but did not land at the destination. The search for the guy and the plane was unsuccessful.
- In 1947, a US Marine Corps military transport plane went missing. There were 32 passengers on board. The wreckage of the plane was found, but the bodies of the passengers and crew were not.
- In 1965, a military transport plane went missing, carrying spare parts for equipment. He went missing a hundred miles before landing.
- Disappeared in 1972twin-engine private jet with multiple policies. The last time the pilot contacted was 12 minutes after the start of the flight. Despite extensive searches, no information was found.
- In 1978, a carrier-based attack aircraft disappeared without a trace in the Gulf of Mexico.
Conclusion
This is not all cases of missing planes. Many countries appear in the materials marked "missing plane." Indonesia is among them. In fact, anything can happen in the sky. You can find stories in which there is a plane that went missing on March 8, and many others. Scientists have been developing theories for years regarding the influence of the earth's magnetic field and space-time gaps. Only one thing is clear, as soon as the first aircraft took off into the air, not at all small objects began to disappear. And many of them are under very strange circumstances.
