Malaysia Airlines MH370 is only the latest in a long line of planes
that flew off the radar
The shocking
disappearance of
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has captured the attention of millions around
the world as the search for the airplane and its passengers and crew continues.
What happened to the flight’s 239 passengers and crew after the plane left
Kuala Lumpur on Saturday? It is becoming an increasingly desperate question as
the days pass.
But it’s
hardly the first mystery of its kind. While it’s extremely rare that a flight
simply vanishes with barely a trace, aviation history has seen its fair share
of enigmatic disappearances and unfortunate flights that literally flew off the
radar. Here are six of the half-solved and unsolved airline mysteries that kept
investigators clueless for years.