the skies can be an enigmatic place
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
most interesting mysteries in aviation
these are the baffling airplane stories
that shocked the world due to the
puzzling circumstances surrounding the
events or the uncertain fates of the
individuals or aircraft involved just to
be clear we’re including the most
interesting and shocking mysteries even
if they’ve been solved in the years
since the events number 10 flying tiger
line flight 739 taking off in California
and ultimately headed for Saigon Vietnam
this United States military flight was
destined to relieve troops of their duty
with 96 military members and 11
civilians on board but 280 miles from
the flight stopover in Guam
communications experienced heavy radio
static and after that the plane was lost
eight days and 200,000 square miles of
ocean later the investigation turned up
nothing but rumors ran rampant that the
flight was the victim of sabotage all
107 onboard are presumed dead
number 9 Egypt air flight 990 we located
a significant debris field and that we
have concentrated our search efforts
since then on about a 36 square mile of
area about 50 miles south of Dan Tucker
although the wreckage of this Cairo
bound flight was swiftly found after it
crashed in the Atlantic Ocean it’s the
cause of this spectacular incident that
raises eyebrows we do not know what
caused this tragedy since the plane went
down in international waters Egyptian
authorities were responsible for
investigating the 217 fatalities it’s a
big tragedy for us and your plane
condolences
all the passengers through the families
the families of the crews have been lost
in this study they found that a
mechanical failure was at fault however
a u.s. inquiry into the same event
suggested that the flights Egyptian
copilot crashed on purpose this finding
caused a falling-out between
u.s. and Egypt which clouded the
investigation even further number eight
Air France flight 447 on its way to
Paris from Rio de Janeiro this flight
disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean this
is a catastrophe undoubtedly and we have
lost in a craft with 228 people involved
although wreckage was found as early as
five days later it took almost two years
to recover the planes black boxes and
the majority of the 228 bodies of those
on board from the ocean floor
examination revealed that ice crystals
led to the disconnection of the
autopilot feature which in turn caused
the pilots to accidentally stall the
plane however that theory has been
challenged number seven Uruguayan Air
Force flight 571 while traveling through
the Andes this Uruguay – Chile flight
was brought down when low clouds and
disorientation caused its wings to be
clipped by the mountains with the 45
passengers presumed dead the search was
called off after just over a week for
more than two months the planes location
remained a mystery
lost in snow and towering mountains
ultimately two passengers journeyed on
foot ten days to find civilization and
the 16 survivors were finally rescued 72
days after the crash this thrilling
story was later retold in the 1993 film
alive
number six TWA flight 800 this Europe
bound Boeing 747 was in the air only
minutes before exploding plunging into
the Atlantic and killing the 230 people
on board yeah we may get the bad news
whatever the body need for four years
conspiracy swirled on the burgeoning
Internet that suggested foul play some
believed a US missile test was
responsible while others said it was a
meteor and still others suggested a bomb
and eyewitnesses that claimed to have
seen something fired at the plane did
nothing to dissuade rumors
investigations finally concluded that an
electrical short-circuit caused one of
the aircraft’s fuel tanks to explode
number five lady be good disappearance
after the nine man crew of an American
bomber plane went missing on its way
back to Libya during World War two their
plane and lives were thought to be lost
to the Mediterranean
however the plane actually crash-landed
in North Africa and eight of the men
survived the crash by parachuting out
unfortunately
the remainder of the crew died after
walking 100 miles through the desert the
planes wreckage was finally discovered
surprisingly intact fifteen years later
by a British oil exploration team number
four the 1947 BSA a Avro Lancaster Ian
Stardust accident it was fifty years
after the British South American Airways
airliner Stardust and its eleven
occupants vanished in the Andes on their
way to Chile before their fates were
revealed some blamed vandals others
aliens but an extensive five-day search
turned up nothing
finally in 1998 Mountaineers discovered
the wreckage after it had been buried in
a glacier for decades according to
reports the pilots were disoriented by
the jet stream and accidentally crashed
into the mountains number three Malaysia
Airlines flight 370 they believe now
they have several pings if you will of
engine data that was transmitted and
picked up by satellites and now is being
analyzed this Boeing 777 went missing
about an hour into its flight from
Malaysia
to Beijing with 239 occupants on board
with no distress calls made to
passengers on the flight traveling with
stolen passports and reports that
onboard communications were deliberately
disabled by someone on the aircraft
conspiracy theories surfaced suggesting
mechanical breakdown terrorism or pilot
suicide is it possible this plane could
have landed someplace and we have no
idea there it’s possible it’s possible
but boy that would be a stretch the
disappearance prompted a massive
search-and-rescue effort undertaken by
over 20 countries through nearby bodies
of water and islands but its first weeks
were fruitless Australia’s Department of
Defense has released these satellite
images of debris to objects which may be
related to the missing flight one of the
pieces of debris is thought to be as
large as 78 feet long the other
approximately 16 feet long number two
the Amelia Earhart disappearance the
events that led to Earhart’s mysterious
demise began in 1937 when she set out to
become the first woman to circumnavigate
the globe on her approach to Howland
Island in the Pacific Earhart radioed
that she was low on fuel and unsure of
her location
shortly after radio contact was lost and
so were Earhart and her navigator Fred
Noonan did she live out her days on a
deserted island was she a spy was she
forced to broadcast propaganda as Tokyo
Rose we may never know
before our top pik takes flight here are
a few honorable mentions
number one flight 19 five torpedo
bombers were sent on a routine training
exercise through the area between
Florida Porto Rico and Bermuda an area
infamously known as the Bermuda Triangle
during their flight radio transmissions
made it clear the planes compasses were
malfunctioning and eventually all five
planes and 14 crew members vanished
without a trace
never to be seen again what’s even
stranger is the rescue plane sent to
locate flight 19 also went missing in
the Bermuda Triangle
as did in 1948 s famous star tiger
flight and many others do you agree with
our list which aviation mystery did you
find the most intriguing for more
fascinating top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
most interesting mysteries in aviation
these are the baffling airplane stories
that shocked the world due to the
puzzling circumstances surrounding the
events or the uncertain fates of the
individuals or aircraft involved just to
be clear we’re including the most
interesting and shocking mysteries even
if they’ve been solved in the years
since the events number 10 flying tiger
line flight 739 taking off in California
and ultimately headed for Saigon Vietnam
this United States military flight was
destined to relieve troops of their duty
with 96 military members and 11
civilians on board but 280 miles from
the flight stopover in Guam
communications experienced heavy radio
static and after that the plane was lost
eight days and 200,000 square miles of
ocean later the investigation turned up
nothing but rumors ran rampant that the
flight was the victim of sabotage all
107 onboard are presumed dead
number 9 Egypt air flight 990 we located
a significant debris field and that we
have concentrated our search efforts
since then on about a 36 square mile of
area about 50 miles south of Dan Tucker
although the wreckage of this Cairo
bound flight was swiftly found after it
crashed in the Atlantic Ocean it’s the
cause of this spectacular incident that
raises eyebrows we do not know what
caused this tragedy since the plane went
down in international waters Egyptian
authorities were responsible for
investigating the 217 fatalities it’s a
big tragedy for us and your plane
condolences
all the passengers through the families
the families of the crews have been lost
in this study they found that a
mechanical failure was at fault however
a u.s. inquiry into the same event
suggested that the flights Egyptian
copilot crashed on purpose this finding
caused a falling-out between
u.s. and Egypt which clouded the
investigation even further number eight
Air France flight 447 on its way to
Paris from Rio de Janeiro this flight
disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean this
is a catastrophe undoubtedly and we have
lost in a craft with 228 people involved
although wreckage was found as early as
five days later it took almost two years
to recover the planes black boxes and
the majority of the 228 bodies of those
on board from the ocean floor
examination revealed that ice crystals
led to the disconnection of the
autopilot feature which in turn caused
the pilots to accidentally stall the
plane however that theory has been
challenged number seven Uruguayan Air
Force flight 571 while traveling through
the Andes this Uruguay – Chile flight
was brought down when low clouds and
disorientation caused its wings to be
clipped by the mountains with the 45
passengers presumed dead the search was
called off after just over a week for
more than two months the planes location
remained a mystery
lost in snow and towering mountains
ultimately two passengers journeyed on
foot ten days to find civilization and
the 16 survivors were finally rescued 72
days after the crash this thrilling
story was later retold in the 1993 film
alive
number six TWA flight 800 this Europe
bound Boeing 747 was in the air only
minutes before exploding plunging into
the Atlantic and killing the 230 people
on board yeah we may get the bad news
whatever the body need for four years
conspiracy swirled on the burgeoning
Internet that suggested foul play some
believed a US missile test was
responsible while others said it was a
meteor and still others suggested a bomb
and eyewitnesses that claimed to have
seen something fired at the plane did
nothing to dissuade rumors
investigations finally concluded that an
electrical short-circuit caused one of
the aircraft’s fuel tanks to explode
number five lady be good disappearance
after the nine man crew of an American
bomber plane went missing on its way
back to Libya during World War two their
plane and lives were thought to be lost
to the Mediterranean
however the plane actually crash-landed
in North Africa and eight of the men
survived the crash by parachuting out
unfortunately
the remainder of the crew died after
walking 100 miles through the desert the
planes wreckage was finally discovered
surprisingly intact fifteen years later
by a British oil exploration team number
four the 1947 BSA a Avro Lancaster Ian
Stardust accident it was fifty years
after the British South American Airways
airliner Stardust and its eleven
occupants vanished in the Andes on their
way to Chile before their fates were
revealed some blamed vandals others
aliens but an extensive five-day search
turned up nothing
finally in 1998 Mountaineers discovered
the wreckage after it had been buried in
a glacier for decades according to
reports the pilots were disoriented by
the jet stream and accidentally crashed
into the mountains number three Malaysia
Airlines flight 370 they believe now
they have several pings if you will of
engine data that was transmitted and
picked up by satellites and now is being
analyzed this Boeing 777 went missing
about an hour into its flight from
Malaysia
to Beijing with 239 occupants on board
with no distress calls made to
passengers on the flight traveling with
stolen passports and reports that
onboard communications were deliberately
disabled by someone on the aircraft
conspiracy theories surfaced suggesting
mechanical breakdown terrorism or pilot
suicide is it possible this plane could
have landed someplace and we have no
idea there it’s possible it’s possible
but boy that would be a stretch the
disappearance prompted a massive
search-and-rescue effort undertaken by
over 20 countries through nearby bodies
of water and islands but its first weeks
were fruitless Australia’s Department of
Defense has released these satellite
images of debris to objects which may be
related to the missing flight one of the
pieces of debris is thought to be as
large as 78 feet long the other
approximately 16 feet long number two
the Amelia Earhart disappearance the
events that led to Earhart’s mysterious
demise began in 1937 when she set out to
become the first woman to circumnavigate
the globe on her approach to Howland
Island in the Pacific Earhart radioed
that she was low on fuel and unsure of
her location
shortly after radio contact was lost and
so were Earhart and her navigator Fred
Noonan did she live out her days on a
deserted island was she a spy was she
forced to broadcast propaganda as Tokyo
Rose we may never know
before our top pik takes flight here are
a few honorable mentions
number one flight 19 five torpedo
bombers were sent on a routine training
exercise through the area between
Florida Porto Rico and Bermuda an area
infamously known as the Bermuda Triangle
during their flight radio transmissions
made it clear the planes compasses were
malfunctioning and eventually all five
planes and 14 crew members vanished
without a trace
never to be seen again what’s even
stranger is the rescue plane sent to
locate flight 19 also went missing in
the Bermuda Triangle
as did in 1948 s famous star tiger
flight and many others do you agree with
our list which aviation mystery did you
find the most intriguing for more
fascinating top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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