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List of missing aircraft

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For aircraft that were previously reported as missing but have since been found, see List of previously missing aircraft.

Amelia Earhart's missing modified Lockheed Model 10 Electra
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is officially the flight with the most missing people (239 missing), although remains of the plane have been found in the Indian Ocean.

This list of missing aircraft includes aircraft that have disappeared and whose locations are unknown. According to Annex 13 of the International Civil Aviation Organization, an aircraft is considered to be missing "when the official search has been terminated and the wreckage has not been located".[1] However, there still remains a "grey area" on how much wreckage needs to be found for a plane to be declared "recovered". This list does not include every aviator, or even every air passenger that has ever gone missing as these are separate categories.

In the tables below, each missing aircraft is defined (in the Aircraft column) using one or more identifying features. If the aircraft was known by a custom or personalized name (e.g. Pathfinder), that name is presented first (in italics) followed by the aircraft type (in parentheses). The make of aircraft, although not necessarily a unique identifier, is also provided where appropriate. Aircraft registrations began to be used in the early 20th century for individual identification, so this is also included in the later tables (in parentheses).

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Legend

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  •   Civilian flight (private, commercial and cargo)
  •   Military flight (patrol, training, transport, etc.)
  •   Some wreckage was found, but aircraft never declared "recovered"

19th century

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Date Aircraft People missing Type of incident Location (assumed) Remarks
June 28, 1856 Ville de Paris
(hot air balloon) 		1
(Matías Pérez) 		Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(Straits of Florida) 		The Cuban expression: Voló como Matías Pérez (meaning "He flew like Matias Perez") has since been known to be used when a person wishes to emphasize the situation of a missing person or object.[2]
September 28, 1879 Pathfinder
(hydrogen balloon) 		2
(John Wise & George Burr) 		Un­known United States
(Lake Michigan) 		The body of George Burr was later recovered from Lake Michigan.
December 10, 1881 Saladin
(hydrogen balloon) 		1
(Walter Powell) 		Loss of control North Atlantic Ocean
(Eype Mouth, UK) 		Powell was MP for Malmesbury when he disappeared.
July 16, 1889 Peter Campbell Airship, America
(demonstration flight) 		1
(Edward D. Hogan) 		Mechanical failure North Atlantic Ocean
(E. of Atlantic City, New Jersey) 		This was one of Professor P. C. [Peter Carmant] Campbell's airships. The pilot was Edward D. Hogan (1852–1889).
July 14, 1897 Örnen (Eagle)
(attempted North Pole flight) 		3
(S. A. Andrée, Knut Frænkel, and Nils Strindberg) 		Loss of control Arctic Ocean
(North of Svalbard) 		This was part of a failed Swedish effort to reach the North Pole, resulting in the deaths of all three expedition members. While the bodies were later recovered, the balloon (other than some cloth) was never found.[3]

20th century

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1901–1919

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Date Aircraft People missing Type of incident Location (assumed) Remarks
December 1, 1907 Patrie
(semi-rigid airship) 		0 Mechanical problem & storm loss Atlantic Ocean
(off the Hebrides) 		Stranded away from her base on 29 November, torn loose from moorings on 30 November, and last seen by a steamship on 1 December.
October 17, 1908 Pampero
(coal gas balloon) 		2
(Eduardo Newbery & Eduardo Romero) 		Un­known Argentina
(River Plate) 		First Argentines ever to perish in an aircraft accident.
October 18, 1910 America
(non-rigid airship) 		0 Engine failure North Atlantic Ocean
(W. of Bermuda) 		Occupants rescued by merchant vessel after abandoning ship.
December 22, 1910 Cecil Grace
No. 3
(Short S.27) 		1
(Cecil Grace) 		Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(English Channel) 		Returning from unsuccessful attempt at Baron de Forest Prize en route from Calais to Dover. Body possibly found on March 14, 1911.
June 5, 1911 Blériot XI 1
(Édouard Bague) 		Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(Mediterranean, near Cap d'Antibes) 		Attempted first flight across the Mediterranean.
April 18, 1912 Blériot XI 1
(Damer Leslie Allen) 		Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(Irish Sea, near Anglesey) 		Attempted first flight from Wales to Ireland.
October 13, 1913 Blériot XI 1
(Albert Jewell) 		Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(S. of Long Island, NY) 		Intended to compete in the New York Times American Aerial Derby.
March 14, 1914 Manuel Rodríguez
(Sánchez-Besa biplane) 		1
(Alejandro Bello Silva) 		Unknown Chile
(Central) 		Bello was undertaking a military training flight to become a pilot.
May 23, 1914 Morane-Saulnier
(model unknown) 		1
(Gustav Hamel) 		Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(English Channel) 		This plane was en route from Hardelot to Hendon Aerodrome. An unidentified corpse was found on July 6, 1914, that might have been Hamel's.[4]
November 7, 1916 LZ60
(Zeppelin) 		0 Weather
(storm loss) 		North Atlantic Ocean
(North Sea) 		This Zeppelin was unmanned when it broke free of its mooring and drifted away.
October 17, 1918 Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane
N-9 		0 Malfunction North Atlantic Ocean
(S. of Long Island, NY) 		Unmanned test flight, last seen over the Naval Air Station Bay Shore at an altitude of 4,000 feet (1220 m) heading east.[5]
June 2, 1919 Sopwith Camel 1
(Mansell Richard James) 		Unknown United States
(New England) 		James was involved in an air race from Boston to New York City. Although wreckage was found, it was never positively identified.
December 9, 1919 Martinsyde
(type A Mk.I) 		2
(Cedric Howell & George H. Fraser) 		Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(Mediterranean, near St George's Bay, Corfu) 		These two men were involved in an air race from England to Australia. The airframe & corpse of Cedric Howell (pilot) were eventually recovered.

1920-1939

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Date Aircraft People missing Type of incident Location (assumed) Remarks
April 24, 1924 Fokker F.III (H-NABS) 3 Un­known Atlantic Ocean
(North Sea) 		KLM passenger flight from Lympne to Rotterdam.[6]
May 5, 1927 Farman F.61 Goliath (F-ADFN) 4 Unknown Atlantic Ocean SGTA cargo flight from St. Louis to Petrolina. A Brazilian fisherman claimed to have found a wheel from the missing plane June 18 that year.[7][8]
May 8, 1927 L'Oiseau Blanc
(Levasseur PL.8) 		2
(François Coli & Charles Nungesser) 		Un­known North Atlantic Ocean or Maine[9] This was an attempted transatlantic flight competing for the Orteig Prize.[10]
May 26, 1927 Airco DH.9
(G-IAAB)[11] 		2
(John James Crofts Cocks & LAC Rowston) 		Un­known Turkey
(Konya & Eskişehir or Kütahya & Bandırma)[12] 		Cocks and Rowston left on a private flight on May 11 from Lahore, British India to Lympne, England.[13][14][15][16][17][18]
August 16, 1927 Golden Eagle
(NX913) 		2
(Jack Frost & Gordon Scott) 		Un­known North Pacific Ocean Competitor in Dole Air Race.
August 16, 1927 Miss Doran
(NX2915) 		3
(John "Auggie" Pedlar, Vilas R. Knope & Mildred Doran) 		Un­known North Pacific Ocean Competitor in Dole Air Race.
August 19, 1927 Dallas Spirit
(NX941) 		2
(William Portwood Erwin & Alvin Eichwaldt) 		Un­known North Pacific Ocean Competitor in Dole Air Race, searching for Miss Doran & Golden Eagle.
August 31, 1927 Saint Raphael
(Fokker F.VIIA) 		3
(Frederick F. Minchin, Leslie Hamilton & Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg) 		Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(near Newfoundland) 		Attempted transatlantic flight (east to west).
November 16, 1927 Junkers F13 (with floats) K-SALD 4 Weather
(presumed) 		Gulf of Finland Aero OY passenger flight from Tallinn to Helsinki carrying two Finnish Army officers, a pilot, and a flight mechanic. Extreme fog present at time of disappearance. Finnish Air Force and Navy and Estonian Navy searches found no trace of the aircraft.[19]
December 23, 1927 The Dawn
(Sikorsky S-36) 		4
(Oskar Omdal, Brice Goldsborough, Frank Koehler & Frances Wilson Grayson) 		Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(near Nova Scotia) 		Intended to attempt Newfoundland to London flight.
January 10, 1928 Aotearoa
(Ryan B-1 Brougham, G-AUNZ) 		2
(John Robert Moncrieff & George Hood) 		Un­known South Pacific Ocean
(Tasman Sea) 		Departed from Sydney, Australia for Trentham, New Zealand. Radio signals ceased when the aircraft should have been about two hours out from New Zealand; see Moncrieff and Hood disappearance
March 13, 1928 Endeavour
(Stinson SM-1 Detroiter) 		2
(Walter G. R. Hinchliffe & Elsie Mackay) 		Un­known North Atlantic Ocean Attempted transatlantic flight (east to west).
May 25, 1928 Italia
(airship) 		6
(Aldo Pontremoli) 		Crash landing North Atlantic Ocean
(Barents Sea) 		One person died in the crash, subsequent searches were unsuccessful.[20] Notable people who disappeared included Aldo Pontremoli.
June 18, 1928 Latham 47.02 6 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(Barents Sea) 		This group was searching for survivors of the missing airship Italia. Roald Amundsen and René Guilbaud were among the missing attempted rescuers.
September 6, 1928 R.1 Blackburn
(N9834) 		3 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(North Sea) 		Pilot Officer Samuel Hatton, Lt. Charles Sheldon Booth RN and Telegraphist Edmund George Bourke Grigson missing; No. 422 (Fleet Spotter) Flight, HMS Argus.[21][22]
August 19, 1929 Jung Schweizerland
(Farman F.190, CH-245) 		2 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean Disappeared with 2 Swiss pilots during attempted transatlantic flight from Lisbon to New York.[23]
December 24, 1929 CMASA/Dornier Do J Wal Asso 500 Cabina
(I-AZDB) 		5 Ditching North Atlantic Ocean
(Aegean Sea) 		Aero Espresso Italiana flight from Istanbul to Athens. Signaled passing Isola d'Strati at 12:30 but made an emergency landing at 13:00 near Agios Eustratios at 39.336489, 24.755684. Nothing found.[24]
December 26, 1929 de Havilland DH.60M Moth (N-42) 2 Un­known Antarctica
(South Pole area) 		Hvalfangstselskapet Kosmos A/S aircraft flying out of the whaling vessel Kosmos. Pilot Leif Lier and observer Dr. Ingvald Schreiner lost.[25]
November 21, 1930 Dornier Do R4 Superwal (I-RONY) 6 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(Mediterranean Sea) 		SANA passenger flight from Barcelona to Marseille. Last known radio contact was at 09:40 off of Cap de Creus.[26]
February 1, 1932 Fairchild (model and registration unknown) 5 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(Straits of Florida) 		Disappeared during 45-minute Bimini Airlines flight from Miami to Bimini.[27]
May 30, 1932 de Havilland DH.60 Moth
(CF-AGL)[28] 		2 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(near St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador) 		Arthur Sullivan (pilot), Dr Kurt K. (Karl) Kuenhert vanished on pleasure flight.[29][30][31][32][33]
August 12, 1932 Avro 616 Avian IVM
(G-AAKA)[34] 		2 Un­known Indian Ocean
(Gulf of Martaban)[35] 		English planters, G.W. Salt and F.B. Taylor left for England on a pleasure flight.[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43]
September 14, 1932 The American Nurse
(Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket, NR796W) 		3 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(near Cape Finisterre, Spain) 		Attempted New York City to Rome flight.
June 20, 1933 Cuatro Vientos
(Br.19 TF Super Bidon) 		2 Un­known Mexico
(near Villahermosa) 		The duo were on their final leg of the flight that went from Seville to Mexico City.
July 18, 1933 CMASA Wal
(I-AZEE) 		6 Ditching North Atlantic Ocean
(Aegean Sea) 		Aero Espresso Italiana flight from Athens to Rhodes forced to ditch due to gale-force winds. SAR operations by Greece and Italy were unsuccessful.[44][45]
December 3, 1934 Stella Australis
(Airspeed Envoy) 		3 Fuel Starvation North Pacific Ocean
(near Hawaii) 		Charles Ulm disappeared along with copilot G.M. Littlejohn and navigator/radio operator J.S. Skilling. It is most probable that the aircraft overflew Hawaii.
December 21, 1934 Trimotor Hydroplane
(Bach 3-CT-6 Air Yacht, NC850E) 		7 Un­known Pacific Ocean
(Gulf of California) 		Líneas Aéreas Occidentales (LAO) passenger flight from Mazatlán to La Paz. 2 Americans (pilot and mechanic) and 5 Mexicans (2 male, 2 female, and a female infant) on board; no trace found.[46]
November 8, 1935 Lady Southern Cross
(Lockheed Altair) 		2
(Charles Kingsford Smith & John T. Pethybridge) 		Unknown Indian Ocean
(Andaman Sea) 		Attempt to break the England to Australia speed record. Only the undercarriage leg and wheel has ever been found.
January 21, 1936 Dauphine (CAMS 53-1, F-AJIR) 6 Engine failure North Atlantic Ocean
(Mediterranean Sea) 		Air France passenger flight from Marseille to Ajaccio and Tunis. Vanished off of Corsica after sending a distress call.[47][48][49]
February 10, 1936 Ville de Buenos Aires
(Latécoère 301, F-AOIK) 		6 Weather
(storm loss) 		South Atlantic Ocean
(near Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago) 		Notable people lost include Émile Barrière. The nonstop flight from Natal, Brazil was operated by Air France.
February 15, 1936 Tornado
(Dornier Do J-2F Bos Wal, D-ADYS) 		4 Un­known South Atlantic Ocean Lost during a Deutsche Lufthansa cargo flight from Natal to Bodensee via Bathurst.[50][51]
December 7, 1936 Croix-du-Sud
(Latécoère 300) 		5 Engine failure
(presumed) 		South Atlantic Ocean A final incomplete radio message reported engine failure minutes after the last position report. Notable lost passengers included Jean Mermoz.
February 15, 1937 Blackburn Shark[52]
(K5619)[53] 		3 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(Mediterranean Sea) 		The crew of this military patrol included Sub-Lt George Eric Lake, Lt Roderick W. MacDonald, & Telegraphist William H. Currie. They were all from the 821st Naval Air Squadron Fleet Air Arm of HMS Courageous.[54][55][56]
July 2, 1937 Lockheed Electra 10E
(NR 16020) 		2
(Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan) 		Fuel Starvation
(most likely) 		Central Pacific Ocean
(Numerous theories exist on location) 		This is perhaps one of the most famous aerial disappearances of all time. Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were on their antepenultimate leg of an attempted round-the-world flight when they went missing. At the time, the search for Earhart was the largest of its kind in history.[57]
August 13, 1937 Bolkhovitinov DB-A
(prototype) 		6 Unknown Arctic Ocean Sigizmund Levanevsky was among the passengers that went missing. This was an attempted long-distance flight from Moscow to Fairbanks, Alaska, via the North Pole. Possible wreckage of the plane was sighted on the sea floor in 1999.
October 27, 1937 Antares
(Dewoitine D.333, F-ANQA) 		6 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(near El Jadida) 		Air France passenger flight from Dakar to Toulouse lost before a stopover in Casablanca. Crew reported passing Agadir at 03:05 but sent an SOS call received at 04:23. 2 mail bags washed up on the beach, but no wreckage was recovered.[58]
February 13, 1938 CANT Z-506
(I-ORIA) 		14 Weather
(presumed) 		North Atlantic Ocean
(Mediterranean Sea) 		Ala Littoria flight from Cádiz to Rome with stopovers in Pollença and Alghero, lost in a storm shortly after second stop at 14:30.[59][60]
April 4, 1938 Vickers Vildebeest Mark II[61]
(K2944)[62] 		3 Unknown North Pacific Ocean
(Singapore Strait) 		The flight crew consisted of Sgt. W.D.M. Roberts (pilot), AC1 E.J. Beisly & AC1 M.R. Hunter of No. 100 Sqn RAF, RAF Seletar, Singapore.[63]
April 17, 1938 Taylor Cub 1
(Andrew Carnegie Whitfield) 		Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(near Long Island, United States) 		This was a private flight.
July 28, 1938 Hawaii Clipper
(Martin M-130, NC14714) 		15 Un­known North Pacific Ocean
(East of the Philippine coast)
August 6, 1938 Hawker Hector
(K9759)[64] 		1 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(North Sea off Blackhall Rocks) 		Lost: P/O Douglas St Quentin Robinson, No. 13 Sqn RAF, RAF Odiham.[65][66][67]
August 8, 1938 Avro Anson
(K8831)[64] 		4 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(North Sea off Bridlington) 		Lost: Sgt. Cecil Joseph Le Patrick Gordon (pilot), AC2 Thomas Charles Andrews, AC1 Melville George Brand, AC1 Leslie Freeman, No. 233 Sqn RAF, RAF Thornaby.[64][65][67]
October 1, 1938 Pampero
(Dornier DO.18, D-AROZ) 		5 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(off Bathurst) 		Deutsche Lufthansa flight from Natal that was just a few minutes from landing.[68][69]
October 6, 1938 Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow
(K6971)[70] 		3 Weather
(storm loss) 		North Atlantic Ocean
(English Channel off Dungeness) 		Lost: F/O D.A. Hamilton, P/O R.N. Haynes, P/O T.I.S. Munro, LAC C.S. Lodge & AC1 T. Prowse, No. 215 Sqn, RAF Honington, Suffolk.[71][72]
May 9, 1939 Westland Wallace
(K3570)[73] 		2 Fouling of tail by towing cable North Atlantic Ocean
(North Sea) 		Lost: P/O M.T. Lloyd & AC J. Flannery of No. 1 Air Armament School.[74]
May 16, 1939 Monocoupe 90A
(SE-AGM/NX19421) 		1 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean Swedish-American pilot Carl Backman took the registration SE-AGM from a Areonca C-3 in his hometown of Leksand and used on this plane on an attempted flight from the US to Sweden. Planned route was from St. Louis to Rommehed with stops in Bangor and Gander; disappeared on last leg of flight.[75]
August 9, 1939 Vickers Wellington I
(L4258)[76] 		5 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(North Sea) 		Lost: F/O T.A. Darling, P/O F.E. Board, A/Sgt A. Linkley, AC1 R.C.B, Collins & AC1 J.W. Sadler of No. 149 Sqn RAF.[77]
August 11, 1939 Shalom
(Ryan C-2 Foursome) 		2 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean NYC to Palestine flight by Betar activists Alex Loeb and Richard Decker.[78][79]
August 19, 1939 Supermarine Stranraer[80] 6 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(North Sea) 		Lost: Act. Flt. Lt. F.E.R. King, F/O A.F. Barber, LAC D. Fulcher, AC1 D.G.P. Ash, AC1 L.S. Freshwater & AC1 W.J. Jeckells, No. 209 Sqn RAF, RAF Invergordon, Ross & Cromarty.[81][82][83][84]

1940–1959

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Date Aircraft People missing Type of incident Location (assumed) Remarks
March 1, 1940 Hannibal
(Handley Page H.P.42, G-AAGX) 		8 Crash landing Indian Ocean
(Gulf of Oman) 		Four crew and four passengers were lost on this passenger flight. Wreckage washed up on the Iranian coast at Ras al Kuh, 40 km (25 miles) east of Jask.
November 27, 1940 SNCAC NC.223.4 (F-AROA) 7 Shot down
(possibly) 		North Atlantic Ocean
(Mediterranean Sea off Teluada, Sardinia) 		Lost during Marseille-Bizerte-Beirut-Damascus mail flight. Jean Chiappe was a passenger. Possibly strayed into battle zone.[85]
January 15, 1941 Savoia-Marchetti SM-75C (I-BAYR) 10 Ditching Atlantic Ocean
(off Fernando de Noronha) 		LATI passenger flight from Natal to Sal. Pilot was forced to ditch after No. 2 (center) engine lost power and all cargo was dumped. No trace of plane found. (Other sources say flight was headed for Dakar.)[86][87]
July 2, 1941 Lisunov PS-84 (CCCP-L3467) 3 Unknown Russia
(possibly near Lipetsk) 		Aeroflot plane left Vnukovo on a mission but vanished. The pilot was found alive in a Tashkent hospital with burns and wounds on January 10, 1942, but could not recall what happened to the plane or remaining 3 crew members.[88]
January 10, 1942 Consolidated PBY Catalina (Y-58) 6 Unknown off Kema, Indonesia The Dutch Navy aircraft disappeared following a raid on the Japanese fleet at Kema. Two other Catalinas flying with Y-58 landed safely.[89]
February 2, 1942 Lisunov PS-84 (CCCP-L3920) 6 Unknown possibly Kalinin region, Soviet Union Aeroflot aircraft went missing while returning from a flight behind German lines.[90]
June 5, 1942 Consolidated PBY Catalina (05023) 9 Unknown Gulf of Mexico US Navy aircraft disappeared during a navigation flight over the Gulf of Mexico.[91]
June 8, 1942 Consolidated PBY Catalina (04404) 10 Unknown off Newfoundland US Navy aircraft went missing on a convoy patrol northeast of Newfoundland.[92]
July 14, 1942 Consolidated PBY Catalina (04404) 9 Unknown Pacific Ocean off Alaska US Navy aircraft went missing on patrol out of NAS Sand Point.[93]
July 14, 1942 Lockheed C-60 Lodestar (VHCAD) 3 Unknown Australia RAAF aircraft lost without trace between Townsville and Cooktown.[94]
August 17, 1942 Short Sunderland (L2158) 9 Unknown off Sierra Leone RAF aircraft missing off Sierra Leone while on convoy escort.[95]
August 28, 1942 Boeing B-17E (41-9146) 9 Weather off Umnak Island USAAF aircraft failed to return from a bombing raid against Kiska Island with two other aircraft after becoming separated from the formation while flying through a storm. The last radio transmission from the aircraft stated that the aircraft only had one hour of fuel left. The two other B-17s were able to return safely. No wreckage or remains have been found.[96]
December 17, 1942 Consolidated PBY Catalina (08135) 7 Weather (probable) Pacific Ocean US Navy aircraft went missing during a flight out of NAS Kaneohe. The aircraft became separated from two accompanying aircraft over the Pacific in bad weather. The final radio contact mentioned that the crew was flying at 7000 feet (2135 m) on instruments and descending.[97]
January 3, 1943 Consolidated PBY Catalina (08097) 8 Unknown Atlantic Ocean US Navy aircraft went missing on patrol out of NAS Quonset Point.[98]
January 16, 1943 Consolidated PBY Catalina (2310) 5 Unknown off Brunswick, GA US Navy aircraft went missing off Brunswick, Georgia.[99]
January 18, 1943 Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express (41-11708) 26 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(off Natal) 		USAAF flight from Accra to Natal. Wide search, called off January 29th. A life raft with the body of one passenger was found 96 km east of Recife by the US destroyer Kearney on February 4, and another life raft with the body of major Arthur Mills and 6 life jackets was found on the beach of Ponte Negra the following day.[100]
January 31, 1943 Douglas Dakota (MA929) 6 Unknown northeastern Burma RAF aircraft took off from Dinjan for Fort Hertz, but failed to arrive. A Hudson pilot saw the aircraft at 1400 flying at 7000 feet (2135 m) near Kamku, heading for Fort Hertz.[101]
March 13, 1943 Douglas C-53 3 Unknown Patkai Range, Burma CNAC aircraft went missing over the Himalayas while flying a cargo of 50 kg (110-pound) tin bars to Dinjan.
April 17, 1943 Dragon DH84A 5 Unknown New South Wales, Australia Dragon DH84A, A34-47 of 34 Squadron RAAF went missing on a flight between Mascot Airfield, in Sydney and Essendon Airfield in Melbourne via Forest Hill on Saturday 17 April 1943. The wreckage of this aircraft has never been found. RAAF and US Marine Corps personnel were presumed killed in this accident.[102]
July 8, 1943 Tachikawa Ki-77 8 Shot down (probable) Indian Ocean Attempted flight from Singapore to Sarabus[103] (now Hvardiiske, Crimea) The people lost consisted of five IJA passengers and three crew members which included Kenji Tsukagoshi. The flight was likely intercepted by RAF fighters over the Indian Ocean as data is known through decrypted communications.
August 27, 1943 Lisunov Li-2 (CCCP-L4047) 6 Shot down Unknown Aeroflot aircraft disappeared following an attack by a Luftwaffe fighter. All 6 crew declared MIA.[104]
October 2, 1943 Consolidated PBY Catalina (05013) 9 Fuel leak (suspected) Gulf of Mexico US Navy Aircraft missing on a flight out of NAS Pensacola.[105]
November 23, 1943 Douglas C-47 Skytrain (41-18675) 25 Weather (suspected) Nakety Bay, New Caledonia USAAF aircraft took off from Tontouta Airport, bound for Espiritu Santo. Radio contact established at 08:10, but aircraft failed to respond an hour later. Damaged gear and personal effects found two days later, but no bodies were ever found. A cold front had passed through the area on the morning of the flight, reducing ceiling and visibility. The route was flyable under IFR and several aircraft flew it that day with no incident.[106]
February 3, 1944 Vought F4U Corsair (22 aircraft lost) 6 Weather Central Pacific Main article: VMF-422
23 USMC F4U Corsair fighter aircraft of the Marine fighter squadron VMF-422 took off at 10:00 at Hawkins Field, bound for Funafuti. 24th Corsair had developed engine problems and returned back to Hawkins Field. At 1230 hrs., still short of Nanumea, the squadron encountered a massive Pacific cyclone measuring nearly 150 miles (240 km) in diameter and reaching to more than 50,000 feet, (15,300 m). Having little choice, the pilots flew into the storm and were immediately blown far to the south and east by the clockwise rotation of the cyclone, which carried them beyond Nanumea. Only one of the pilots managed to get a fix on the Funafuti radio range and landed safely. Other 22 Corsairs were lost, with six aviators being never found. The rest of the 16 aviators who had either ditched or bailed out, all were eventually rescued at sea. It was the worst non-combat loss of a Marine squadron in the war.
February 21, 1944 Joachim Blankenburg (Junkers Ju 52/3m, D-AWAS) 16 Engine failure
(possible) 		North Atlantic Ocean
(Mediterranean Sea within Aegean Sea off of Euboea, Greece) 		Lost during a Deutsche Lufthansa passenger flight from Thessaloniki to Athens. Issued a pan-pan after having engine issues over the sea but no wreckage was recovered.[107]
July 26, 1944 Douglas C-54A Skymaster
(42-107470) 		26 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(SE of Greenland) 		Military transport carrying wounded personnel. Lost passengers included Leon Vance.[108]
August 23, 1944 Beechcraft AT-10
(2144BU) 		2 Weather
(presumed) 		Unknown Army and Air Force searched for missing plane by air and ground for days but no trace of the plane, pilot, or navigator were ever found. Those lost were Oma Gordon Capps & an unknown navigator.[109]
October 26, 1944 P-51 Mustang 1 Unknown North Pacific Ocean
(Santa Monica Bay) 		On October 26, 1944 Gertrude Tompkins Silver departed from Mines Field (Los Angeles International Airport) for Palm Springs flying a North American P-51D Mustang destined for New Jersey, but she never arrived at Palm Spring. Silver is the only known Women Airforce Service Pilots member to go missing during World War II.[110]
December 15, 1944 UC-64 Norseman
(44-70285) 		3[111] Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(English Channel) 		No trace of the aircrew, passengers or plane found, possibly overflew bomb jettisoning area. Lost: Glenn Miller, F/O John Morgan & Lt. Col. Norman F. Baessell.[111]
January 22, 1945 Douglas C-47A-80-DL
(43-15384) 		1 Unknown China
(80 kilometers (50 miles) from Lüliang) 		C-47 transport headed from Chihchiang to Ganzhou. Turned back after encountering poor weather but was told to dump their load and go to Chanyi. A freighter pilot saw the crew bail out but the wreckage could not be located. 3 of the 4 occupants returned on the 29th but the fourth was never seen again.[112]
February 26, 1945 C-87A Liberator Express
(41-24174, c/n 969) 		3+ Unknown Central Pacific Ocean Military transport flight piloted by F. E. Savage disappeared for unknown reasons. There were known safety issues with the aircraft type that might have played a factor. The exact number of passengers lost is unknown, but at least three were identified to have been on the flight. Two of the passengers were Millard Harmon and James Roy Andersen.[113][114]
March 27, 1945 Commando
(Liberator B Mk II (LB-30), AL504) 		7+ Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(near Azores) 		At least seven passengers including Sir Peter Drummond were lost when this military transport flight went missing.
June 15, 1945 Douglas C-47A (81) 3 Un­known Within China Disappeared on a CNAC cargo flight between Yunnanyi [zh] and Xuzhou (also romanized as Suifu, now known as Yibin).[115]
October 7, 1945 Avro Lancaster
(PA278) 		25 Mid-air explosion
(probable) 		North Atlantic Ocean
(Mediterranean Sea near Corsica) 		Main article: Lancaster PA278 disappearance
A second Lancaster flying with PA278 saw an explosion at 04:40 GMT. Both were transporting military personnel.
October 20, 1945 Douglas C-47B
(A65-83) 		25 Unknown Indian/Pacific Ocean
(Timor Sea) 		Main article: 1945 Dakota A65-83 disappearance
Flight was transporting wounded military personnel.[116]
December 5, 1945 TBM Avenger (5 planes) 14 Fuel starvation
(presumed) 		North Atlantic Ocean
(off east coast of Florida) 		Main article: Flight 19
Five TBM Avengers carrying 14 people went missing as the result of a presumed navigational error. This was widely covered in the news at the time, and helped to contribute to the Bermuda Triangle myth.
December 5, 1945 Martin PBM-5 Mariner
(BuNo 59225) 		13 Mid-air explosion
(presumed) 		North Atlantic Ocean
(off east coast of Florida) 		This was a search and rescue mission that was looking for the missing TBM Avengers (see above).
February 10, 1946 Röd Niklas
(Saab 18, 18180) 		3 Weather
(presumed) 		Sweden
(Jämtland) 		Military ferry-flight from Halmstad to Kalixfors outside Kiruna which included pilot Håkan Gunnar Hoffberg, aerial scout Karl Einar Carlsson, and signalist Alf Stig Einar Andersson. It is thought the plane may be in a bog in the Swedish province of Jämtland.[117]
March 23, 1946 Avro Lancastrian
(G-AGLX) 		10 Weather (suspected) Indian Ocean Qantas passenger flight with five crew and five passengers missing en route from Negombo to the Cocos, one leg of a flight from the UK to Australia.[118]
May 25, 1946 Douglas C-54G
(45-489) 		5 unknown Pacific Ocean
(off Guam) 		Disappeared between Kwajalein and Guam. A Boeing B-17G (44-83783) sent to search for the C-54 also disappeared.[119]
June 29, 1946 Douglas Dakota IV
(KJ918) 		18 Weather
(presumed) 		Malaysia
(within Cameron Highlands) 		RAF transport from Singapore to Calcutta via Butterworth and Yangon. Shortly after takeoff the pilot reported that he was over the northeastern coast of Thailand, but then decided to return to Butterworth due to bad weather. The pilot radioed 33 minutes later that he was in a "terrible storm" somewhere over the Cameron Highlands.
August 6, 1947 Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina (34032) 20 Unknown Within Alaska Disappeared while carrying an Army-Navy football team from Kodiak to Dutch Harbor.[120]
January 30, 1948 Star Tiger
(Avro Tudor Mark IV, G-AHNP) 		31 Weather
(presumed) 		North Atlantic Ocean Main article: BSAA Star Tiger disappearance
 • Notable missing passengers included Arthur Coningham.
May 5, 1948 Douglas C-47A
(NC17645) 		3 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean Superior Oil Corp. transport flight from Gander to Shannon.[121]
August 1, 1948 Lionel de Marnier
(Latécoère 631, F-BDRC) 		52 In-flight fire (probable) North Atlantic Ocean Main article: Air France Flight 072
October 12, 1948 Ilyushin Il-12
(CCCP-Л1450) 		10 Un­known Azerbaijan
(Caucasus Mountains near Yevlakh) 		Main article: 1948 Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-12 crash
November 4, 1948 Douglas C-47A-DK
(NC66637) 		17 Un­known Pacific Ocean
(off of Cape Spencer) 		Pacific Alaska Air Express passenger flight from Yakutat to Annette Island. Last communication was received at 05:10 reporting they were at 10,000 feet (3048 m) 235 km SE of Yakutat.[122]
December 28, 1948 Douglas DC-3DST-144
(NC16002) 		32 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(off east coast of Florida) 		Main article: 1948 Airborne Transport DC-3 (DST) disappearance
January 17, 1949 Star Ariel
(Avro Tudor Mark IVB, G-AGRE) 		20 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean Main article: BSAA Star Ariel disappearance
August 4, 1949 Unknown (F-....) 0 Un­known Mauritania
(near Port Étienne) 		Disappeared on a private flight from Rio de Oro. All 3 occupants found unhurt; unknown if crash site was located.[123]
December 9, 1949 Douglas C-47 8 Un­known Pacific Ocean
(off Baja California) 		Local press reported that the aircraft, owned by a fishing company from Ensenada, was carrying 7000 pounds (3175 kg) of live lobsters.
January 26, 1950 Douglas C-54D Skymaster
(42-72469) 		44 Unknown Canada
(Yukon, near Snag) 		Main article: 1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance
June 23, 1950 Douglas DC-4 58 Unknown United States
(Lake Michigan, NW of Benton Harbor) 		Main article: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501
March 23, 1951 Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
(49-0244) 		53 In-flight fire
(presumed) 		North Atlantic Ocean
(near Shannon, Ireland) 		Main article: 1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance
 • An onboard fire of unknown origin prompted the pilots to ditch. When the USCSC Casco reached the ditching site a day later, the aircraft and its occupants could not be found.
July 21, 1951 Douglas DC-4
(CF-CPC) 		37 Icing
(probable) 		United States
(Alaska) 		Main article: Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 3505
February 2, 1953 Avro York
(G-AHFA) 		39 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean Main article: 1953 Skyways Avro York disappearance
April 1, 1953 Miles M.38 Messenger 2A
(G-AKBL)[124] 		2 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(Irish Sea) 		Private flight piloted by Rodney R. Matthews-Naper with passenger Walter Bradley.[124][125][126] Possible debris from their plane was sighted from the air, west of Isle of Man.[124]
November 23, 1953 F-89C Scorpion
(51-5853A) 		2 Unknown Canada
(Lake Superior) 		Fighter jet piloted by Felix Moncla that was deployed to intercept an unusual object that had been detected via radar. Moncla and the radar operator Robert L. Wilson were lost. While theories range from vertigo to an encounter with a UFO, no trace of the aircraft has ever been found. There is a memorial to Moncla at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Moreauville LA.
October 30, 1954 Lockheed R7V-1 Constellation
(128441) 		42 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(off east coast of Maryland) 		United States Navy Flight 57, disappeared off Maryland with 42 passengers and crew.[127]
January 11, 1955 Avro Shackletons (WG531 and WL743) 18 Mid-air collision (probable) Atlantic Ocean Main article: 1955 RAF Shackleton aircraft disappearance
The two aircraft probably collided in mid-air after being launched within six minutes of each other. An engine from WL743 was found by a trawler in July 1966, some 120 km north of the original search area.
September 26, 1955 Lockheed P2V-3W Neptune
(131442) 		11 Weather (probable) Caribbean Sea
(off Jamaica) 		US Navy aircraft took off from NAS Guantanamo to investigate Hurricane Janet, then a category 4 hurricane south of Jamaica. The aircraft penetrated the hurricane's eyewall at 700 feet (215 m), then all contact was lost. No wreckage has been found.[128]
January 31, 1956 North American B-25J Mitchell
(44-29125) 		2 Fuel starvation United States
(Monongahela River, Pennsylvania) 		The aircraft ditched in the Monongahela River due to fuel starvation while transporting military personnel. Both crew members were lost, and the airframe has never been found.
March 10, 1956 Boeing B-47 Stratojet
(SN:52-534) 		3 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(Mediterranean Sea) 		Main article: 1956 B-47 disappearance
 • Nuclear weapons material lost in incident.
April 22, 1956 McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee
(126330) 		1 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia) 		Inexplicably dropped out of formation and descended through clouds during a Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) ferry flight. No trace of the aircraft or pilot was ever found despite an extensive RCN and US Navy search effort.[129]
October 10, 1956 Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster 59 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(near Land's End, United Kingdom) 		Main article: 1956 Atlantic R6D-1 disappearance
A 14-day search for the aircraft and survivors found only wheels and a life raft floating 596 km (370 miles) southwest of Land's End.
December 1, 1956 SNCASE Languedoc
(61/F-SSUN) 		10 Unknown Mediterranean Sea French Air Force aircraft, of EARS 99 (the SAR unit of the French Air Force), took off from Istres Air Base to assist a Panamanian cargo ship, the Antares, which had sent a distress signal. The aircraft circled the area of the Mediterranean Sea in poor weather. At 23:56, the pilot radioed his position to be 41°44'N, 005°06'E with an estimated return to Istres of 00:50. Nothing more was heard from the flight.
March 22, 1957 Boeing C-97C Stratofreighter
(50-0702) 		67 Unknown North Pacific Ocean
(near Tokyo, Japan) 		Military transport carrying 10 crew and 57 passengers went missing.[130]
November 8, 1957 Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-29 44 Unknown Central Pacific Ocean Main article: Pan Am Flight 7
Last contact with the aircraft was a routine radio transmission between the pilot and a US Coast Guard cutter performing radar surveillance duty at Ocean Station November, located at the approximate halfway point between the mainland and the island of Oahu.
January 19, 1958 Boeing C-97A Stratofreighter
(49-2597) 		7 Unknown Pacific Ocean
(off Honolulu) 		7 crew missing; debris found 277 mi southwest of Honolulu was confirmed to be from the aircraft.
February 20, 1958 Lockheed WV-2 Super Constellation
(141310) 		22 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(near Azores) 		Military (airborne radar patrol) flight.[131]
September 29, 1958 Avro 685 York I
(OD-ADB) 		5 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(Mediterranean Sea) 		An MEA cargo flight disappeared en route from Beirut to London before a stopover in Rome.[132]
November 8, 1958 Douglas DC-3
(TAM-05) 		3 Un­known Bolivia
(near La Paz) 		Cargo plane operated by Transporte Aéreo Militar.[133]
November 9, 1958 Martin PBM-5 Mariner
(CS-THB) 		36 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(near Portugal) 		Aero-Topográfica (ARTOP) flight from Lisbon to Funchal, piloted by Harry Frank Broadbent. The flight departing at 12:23 and the last radio transmission, received at 13:21, was "QUG", meaning "I am forced to land immediately."[134][135]
October 28, 1959 Cessna 310
(FAR-53) 		3 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(Gulf of Mexico) 		Private flight piloted by Camilo Cienfuegos.

1960–1979

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Date Aircraft People missing Type of incident Location (assumed) Remarks
July 10, 1960 Douglas C-47
(VT-DGS) 		16 Un­known Indian Ocean
(Persian Gulf, near Sharjah, UAE) 		This Gulf Aviation flight from Doha made up of 3 crew, and 13 passengers either crashed at sea or overflew its destination (Sharjah) causing CFIT.[136]
February 3, 1961 Douglas C-47A 26 Un­known Central Pacific Ocean
(near Madura Island, Indonesia) 		Main article: Garuda Indonesia Flight 542
5 crew and 21 passengers were reported missing.[137]
February 18, 1961 North American FJ-4 Fury
(Routing Mission) 		1 Unknown North Pacific Ocean
(near the Philippines) 		1 crew was reported missing ‘’sortied’’ from USS Lexington (CV-16).[138]
March 8, 1961 Piaggio P.166
(VH-PAU) 		1 Weather Papua New Guinea
(Owen Stanley Range) 		Papuan Air Transport (Patair) flight from Popondetta to Port Moresby piloted by Geoffrey Neil Wallace, 25. Last contact 10 minutes from arrival over Kokoda with a report of bad weather. 17-day search with up to 30 aircraft found nothing; anecdotal reports of wreckage discovery in October 1970 unconfirmed.[139]
November 11, 1961 Lockheed
L-749A Constellation
(HH-ABA) 		3 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(Caribbean Sea E of Puerto Rico) 		This was a cargo flight, operated by Air Haiti International from San Juan to Managua.
February 12, 1962 De Havilland Dragonfly ZK-AFB 5 Un­known New Zealand
(Milford Sound) 		The first of five aircraft to have disappeared in the area.[140]
March 16, 1962 Lockheed
L-1049H Constellation 		107 Mid-air explosion
(presumed) 		North Pacific Ocean
(near Guam) 		Main article: Flying Tiger Line Flight 739
Military transport.
January 2, 1964 Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
(52-0968) 		9 Unknown North Pacific Ocean One passenger was lost in this military transport flight.
March 28, 1964 Douglas C-54A Skymaster
(N4726V) 		9 Engine fire
(presumed) 		North Pacific Ocean The aircraft involved had previously been used in the movie The High and the Mighty (1954).[141][142]
August 12, 1964 Cessna 210A
(N9492X) 		1
(Charles Clifford Ogle) 		Un­known United States
(Sierra Nevada, California) 		Private flight.
October 18, 1965 Boeing 307B-1 Stratoliner
(F-BELV) 		13 Shot down
(presumed)[143] 		North Pacific Ocean
(near Hanoi) 		On board were four crew members, and nine international delegation members of the ICSC. A study done in 1996 concluded that the aircraft was most likely shot down by a North Vietnamese military unit.[143]
June 5, 1965 Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar
(51-2680) 		9 Unknown North Atlantic Ocean
(near the Bahamas) 		Four of those lost were mechanics being transported to Grand Turk Island to repair a C-119. Debris from the aircraft was found on 19 July on the beach of Gold Rock Cay just off the shore of Acklins Island.[144]
November 3, 1965 Douglas C-54 68 Engine fire Costa Rica
(Cordillera de Talamanca) 		Main article: 1965 Argentine Air Force C-54 disappearance
25 lifebuoys, personal belongings and some wreckage were found in Bocas del Toro Archipelago, but the airplane or bodies were never recovered.[145][146]
July 11, 1966 Curtiss C-46D Commando
(HK-527) 		8 Unknown Near Cerro el Planchon, Chile en route from Bogota, Colombia to Buenos Aires, Argentina This was a cargo flight. Wreckage was found on 18 November 1966 some 200 km (120 mi) south of Santiago.
July 25, 1966 Douglas DC-3
(HS-OOO) 		3 Un­known Pacific Ocean 840 km off the US coast Delivery flight.
March 5, 1967 Grumman HU-16E Albatross
(1240) 		6 Un­known Gulf of Mexico
(off of Florida) 		Rescue flight responding to a fishing boat distress signal near the Carrabelle sea buoy.[147]
October 16, 1967 Cessna 150
 2 Un­known Near Holmö, off the cost of Sweden, en route from Vaasa,Finland to Umeå, Sweden
June 5, 1968 Lockheed A-12
(A-12 Aircraft No. 129)[148][149][150] 		1 Un­known Philippine Sea, on a flight from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa This was an engine replacement check flight. Lost: CIA pilot Jack W. Weeks. Scheduled as last operational A-12 flight from Kadena.[150]
March 9, 1969 Douglas DC-4
(N3821) 		3 Un­known N Atlantic en route from Halifax International Airport to Santa Maria Airport (Azores) This was a cargo flight.
June 5, 1969 Rivet Amber
(Boeing RC-135) 		19 Unknown Bering Sea en route from Shemya AFB, AK to Eielson AFB, AK, ca 400km E of Shemya Flight to maintenance facility.
September 21, 1970 Free Life
(Rozière balloon, N2079) 		3 Weather
(presumed) 		N Atlantic approx 1000km SE of Newfoundland Attempted transatlantic flight (first by balloon).
January 3, 1971 Cessna 172 (N8342L) 2 Weather
(presumed) 		Lake Michigan (presumed) en route to Holland, Michigan A snowstorm hit the day of the flight, pilot reported four hours of fuel left. No sign of the plane or occupants has ever been found.[151]
June 13, 1971 Boeing EC-135N
(61-0331) 		24 Unknown Pacific Ocean, 113km S of Hawaii, near Palmyra Atoll en route from Pago Pago to Hickam Air Force Base Military observation flight returning from French nuclear test Encelade.
February 11, 1972 Douglas C-54A-DO
(XW-TDE) 		23 Shot down Laos
(between Savannakhet and Vientiane) 		Royal Air Lao passenger flight. Last radio contact at 13:20.[152]
May 26, 1972 Lockheed P-3A Orion
(152155) 		8 Unknown Pacific Ocean off California, on a routine training mission based at Moffett Federal Airfield Military training flight.[153]
July 20, 1972 Canadair CC-106 Yukon
(LV-JYR) 		5 Un­known En route from Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo, Uruguay to Santiago, Chile Cargo flight
October 16, 1972 Cessna 310C
(N1812H) 		4 Un­known Alaska en route from Anchorage to Juneau Among the passengers on this flight were Nick Begich and Hale Boggs; both were serving U.S. Representatives.
January 10, 1974 Douglas DC-4
(TAM-52) 		24 Un­known Central Bolivia en route from Santa Rosa de Yacuma Airport (SRB/SLSR) (14°3′58″S 66°47′12″W / 14.06611°S 66.78667°W / -14.06611; -66.78667) to El Alto International Airport, La Paz Operated by Transporte Aéreo Militar.
February 16, 1974 Beech 95/B55 Baron
(VH-FWR) 		2 Un­known Queensland en route from Gladstone to Longreach [154]
February 21, 1974 Light Heart
(superpressure balloon) 		1
(Thomas Leigh Gatch, Jr.) 		Un­known 1610km W of the Canaries en route from Harrisburg Airport, PA to W Europe Attempted transatlantic flight (first by balloon). The last radio contact with Gatch saying that he was 1,490 km NE of San Juan, PR on February 19 is disputed.
June 24, 1974 Beechcraft Bonanza V35A
(OH-BBD) 		6 Un­known in the vicinity of Bodø,Norway The flight took off from Ivalo,Finland heading to Bodø, Norway.The plane was carrying a Sami delegation for a visit to Norway.
More (Finnish only): "Bodø lento-onnettomuus 1974".
October 12, 1974 Swan 38
(Lockheed WC-130, 65–0965) 		6 Weather South China Sea Weather reconnaissance aircraft lost during Typhoon Bess (1974).
September 30, 1975 Tupolev Tu-154
(HA-LCI) 		60 Un­known Mediterranean Sea, close to Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport[155] Main article: Malév Flight 240
September 24, 1976 Curtiss C-46D Commando
(HK-1282) 		2 Un­known Caribbean Sea off Aruba en route to Queen Beatrix International Airport This was a cargo flight that might have been lost on September 16 rather than the 24th.
November 5, 1976 Douglas DC-3
(HP-671) 		2 Un­known Caribbean Sea en route from Willemstad, Curaçao to Port-au-Prince, Haiti Cargo flight.
June 30, 1977 Lockheed L-188CF Electra
(N126US) 		4 Un­known Caribbean Sea 65 km off Bocas del Toro, Panama en route from San José, Costa Rica to Caracas, Venezuela One passenger, and three crew members were lost on this cargo flight.[156]
August 16, 1978 Cessna 180 ZK-BMP 4 Un­known Lake McKerrow, New Zealand [citation needed]
September 21, 1978 Douglas DC-3
(N407D) 		4 Un­known N Atlantic off Ft Lauderdale, FL en route from Ft Lauderdale to Havana, Cuba Aircraft flying to pick up passengers in Havana.[157]
October 21, 1978 Cessna 182L
(VH-DSJ) 		1
(Frederick Valentich) 		Un­known Bass Strait, vicinity of Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia (as reported by pilot) No radar confirmation of the pilot-reported position. Theories of the disappearance range from the pilot being deceived by the illusion of a tilted horizon, to a UFO encounter as shown on Unsolved Mysteries.
October 22, 1978 Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander (H4-AAC) 11 Fuel starvation Pacific Ocean near Bellona, Solomon Islands Lost during a Solomon Airlines flight from Bellona to Honiara when the pilot turned back due to weather and became disoriented. Plane ditched while still in radio contact but not recovered.[158]
December 8, 1978 Douglas DC-6A/B
(HK-1707X) 		3 Un­known Over the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Colombia on a cargo flight from Bogota to Trinidad, Casanare Cargo flight.[159]
December 29, 1978 Piper Cherokee Six ZK-EBU 7 Un­known Milford Sound, New Zealand [citation needed]
January 30, 1979 Boeing 707-323C 6 Un­known Pacific Ocean 200 km ENE of Tokyo Main article: Varig Flight 967
Cargo flight which carried 53 of Manabu Mabe's paintings which were lost.
July 7, 1979 Socata Rallye 235GT
(N302RA) 		3 Un­known Vicinity of Woody Island (Alaska) en route from Anchorage to Kodiak Among the missing is Ian Mackintosh.[160]
July 20, 1979 Douglas C-47B-50-DK
(N63250) 		2 Ditching Pacific Ocean, near Honolulu Trans National Airlines ferry flight that became lost and was forced to ditch due to LORAN failure.[161]

1980–1999

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Date Aircraft People missing Type of incident Location (assumed) Remarks
June 28, 1980 ERCO Ercoupe 415-D
(N3808H) 		2 Un­known Mona Channel, Puerto Rico From Las Américas Intnl Airport, Dominican Republic to San Juan, Puerto Rico

"ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 9407".

September 7, 1980 Beechcraft 80 Queen Air (N242Q) 1 Un­known Florida
(Lake Marian) 		Plane crashed into lake near Kenansville in what was likely an illegal smuggling flight. The wreckage and pilot, Mark Elliott, could not be found.[162]
October 3, 1980 Douglas DC-3 (C-47A)
(ECT-025) 		2 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(Mediterranean Sea) 		This aircraft had been previously decommissioned with a provisional and limited airworthiness certificate. The intention was to eventually ferry this aircraft to an aviation museum, but this was cut short by an unauthorized take off. The runway used was unrated (possibly damaging), and the plane had no working radio equipment.[163]
April 21, 1981 Douglas C-53 Skytrooper
(F-BJBY) 		4 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(Mediterranean Sea off Port d'Andratx)
August 9, 1981 Cessna 210M
(VH-MDX)[164] 		5 Instrument failure
(presumed) 		Australia
(Barrington Tops National Park) 		Main article:1981 Barrington Tops Cessna 210 disappearance
February 13, 1983 Learjet 35A
(N482U) 		6
(including Upali Wijewardene) 		Un­known Indian/Pacific Ocean
(Strait of Malacca) 		Operated by Upali Air. On February 19, a survival pack was found that was apparently from the aircraft.
July 30, 1983 Cessna 172K
(ZK-CSS) 		4 Un­known New Zealand
(Lake Tekapo) 		[citation needed]
September 2, 1983 Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander
(C-GIPF) 		7 Un­known Canada
(British Columbia near Smithers) 		Notable lost passengers include George Cogar.
March 31, 1984 Cessna 402 (N44NC) 6 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(Straits of Florida) 		Associated Air Service flight from Fort Lauderdale to Bimini. Disappeared from radar 14 minutes after departure in a 5,400 FPM descent. Two witnesses saw plane go down near Bimini between 08:30 and 09:00.[165]
October 31, 1984 Douglas C-47B-1-DL
(RP-C138) 		4 Un­known North Pacific Ocean
(off Davao, Philippines) 		Cargo flight en route from Davao to Manila.
September 16, 1985 Pitts S-2
(N13AS) 		1
(Art Scholl) 		Flat spin North Pacific Ocean
(off Carlsbad, United States) 		Accident occurred during filming for Top Gun (1986). The aircraft involved entered into a fatal flat spin, but the cause was never determined.
March 25, 1986 Antonov An-32
(K2729) 		7 Unknown Indian Ocean
(off Jamnagar, India) 		Main article: 1986 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance
Delivery flight operated by Indian Air Force.[166]
August 3, 1986 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 13 Weather
(storm loss) 		North Atlantic Ocean
(Caribbean Sea) 		Main article: LIAT Flight 319
Operated by LIAT.[167]
May 27, 1987 Cessna 402
(N2652B) 		1 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(within The Bahamas) 		56-year-old Richard Yerex, a commuter pilot for the Ford Motor Company and a retired Air Force pilot, left Palm Beach at 8:05, headed to Marsh Harbor to pick up tourists on a return flight. He sent his last transmission over Grand Bahama Island near a weather balloon. He failed to arrive at 8:50 and the Coast Guard launched a search 25 minutes later; the 2 day search failed to find any trace of the aircraft.[168]
December 4, 1987 Britten-Norman BN-2A-6 Islander
(C-GOMC)[169] 		4 Un­known Canada
(British Columbia near Mount Waddington)
December 23, 1987 Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain (N712AN) 8 Un­known Hawaii
(Molokai, 21 km NW of Mauna Loa) 		Panorama Air Tour flight from Honolulu to Molokai. Was to fly across 35 km (22-mile) channel on an overcast night with no moon. Plane slowed from 170 to 95 knots (315 to 176 km/h), gained 500 feet (150 m) altitude, and turned left 190 degrees before disappearing from radar at 18:53. Pilot had not flown IFR for 15 months and only flew during the day.[170]
January 17, 1989 Douglas C-47A Skytrain
(CP-1418)[171] 		5 Un­known Bolivia
(near La Paz)
August 25, 1989 Fokker F27 Friendship 54 Un­known Pakistan
(Himalayan mountain range) 		Main article: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404
Probably crashed into the Himalayan mountains, no wreckage was ever found.[172]
May 17, 1990 Cessna 150H
(N7156S) 		2 Loss of control
(presumed) 		North Pacific Ocean
(off Santa Barbara, United States) 		Disappeared during night touch-and-go landing practice at nearby Santa Barbara Municipal Airport. The aircraft's wheel chocks and a few other items were recovered. Officially attributed to loss of control and the pilot's lack of night flying experience.[173]
September 11, 1990 Boeing 727 (OB-1303) 16 Fuel starvation
(presumed) 		North Atlantic Ocean
(off Cape Race, Canada) 		Main article: 1990 Faucett Perú Boeing 727 disappearance
On September 11, 1990, a Faucett Boeing 727 went missing some 290 km (180 miles) southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland. After having been leased to Air Malta, the aircraft was being returned to Peru from Europe via Iceland, when the crew reported a low fuel notice and that they were preparing to ditch. There were no survivors among 16 occupants on board.[174]
October 25, 1991 Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk. III-2 (PK-KTC) 17 Un­known Tumbang Miri, Indonesia Lost during a Bali International Air Service flight from Palangka Raya to Sampit. Was holding in the Sampit area due to weather but failed to land.[175]
May 3, 1992 Cessna 340 (N69469) 5 Un­known Alaska
(near Yakutat) 		Private flight piloted by Jeffery H. Roth from Yakutat to Anchorage. Pilot reported reaching assigned altitude (12,000 feet/3660 m) and all communications were lost. Roth's wife, however, listened to the FAA tapes herself and claimed she heard her husband say "6,000" and "icing conditions" several minutes after this point, but FBI analysis could not confirm this.[176]
December 6, 1992 Piper PA-28-181 (N81453) 4 Un­known California
(between Santa Barbara and Palo Alto) 		Despite a warning that VFR flight would not be suitable due to weather conditions, the pilot left anyway. Cleared for takeoff at 12:03 and last heard from 11 minutes later. Searches turned up no trace of the aircraft;[177] a tip claimed the plane had gone down in the Big Basin area but nothing was found there either.[178]
March 15, 1993 Piper Cherokee Arrow (N15206) 1 Un­known Michigan (presumed Lake Michigan) Plane disappeared 83 minutes into the flight from Toledo Suburban airport, north of Grand Rapids. No evidence of a crash, plane or pilot has ever been found.[179]
November 21, 1993 Cessna 172I (N35549) 1 Un­known Michigan (presumed Lake Michigan) Lost enroute from Kalamazoo, Michigan to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[180]
January 10, 1995 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 14 Weather
(presumed) 		Indian Ocean
(Savu Sea) 		en route from Bima Airport to Satartacik Airport, Ruteng. Disappeared in bad weather.[181]
May 10, 1996 Cessna 404 Titan (C-FPVB) 4 Un­known Peru
(Andes Mountains) 		Aerodat charter flight from Pucallpa to Cuzco. All three passengers were Canadians on an oil exploration trip.[182]
November 8, 1997 Cessna 180
(ZK-FMQ) 		1 Un­known New Zealand
(Waiatoto River) 		[citation needed]
December 22, 1997 Antonov An-72
(ER-ACF) 		5 Shot down
(possible) 		South Atlantic Ocean Cargo flight en route from Port Bouet Airport, Côte d'Ivoire to Rundu Airport, Namibia. Possibly shot down by Angolan Air Force.[183]
July 3, 1998 Aero L-39 Albatross 2 Un­known Northern Michigan Pilot and co-pilot went missing from radar while doing a preparation flight before the National Cherry Festival Air Show. Despite a search area of 1,900 square miles (4900 km2), no evidence of the plane or pilots has ever been found.[1]

21st century

[edit]

2000–2019

[edit]
Date Aircraft People missing Type of incident Location (assumed) Remarks
January 7, 2000 Antonov An-26 (D2-FBR) 8 Un­known Angola Cargo flight from Luanda to Cafunfo, operator unknown. Disappeared in the Malanje-Lunda Norte border area.[184]
May 25, 2003 Boeing 727-223
(N844AA) 		2+
(Ben C. Padilla & John M. Mutantu) 		Theft (presumed) Un­known Main article: 2003 Angola Boeing 727 disappearance
Stolen at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, it is unclear how many people were aboard.[185]
October 16, 2008 GippsAero GA8 Airvan (VH-WRT) 1 Unknown Australia
(Buckingham Bay, Northern Territory) 		Arnhem Land Community Airlines cargo flight from and to Elcho Island with stops in Mata Mata, Muthamul, Nyinyikay, and Rurruwuy. Plane noticed missing at 12:30. Witness spotted plane followed by black smoke rising from eastern Napier Peninsula. Some wreckage found in southwestern Buckingham Bay on October 17; main wreckage and pilot missing.[186]
November 1, 2008 Beechcraft King Air 65-A90-1
(N87V) 		3 Un­known Guyana
(Near Georgetown) 		Lost: 3 crew. Aircraft vanished over a remote part of the Guyana jungle.[187]
December 15, 2008 Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III-2
(N650LP) 		12 Un­known Atlantic Ocean
(Caribbean Sea off Turks and Caicos) 		Línea Aérea Puertorriqueña (LAP) passenger flight from Santiago de los Caballeros to Mayaguana. Pilot contacted Providenciales ATC at 17:06 reporting an emergency. The pilot's license had been suspended in October 2006.[188]
May 21, 2010 Beechcraft 200 Super King Air (D2-FFT) 3 Un­known Angola
(near Caxito) 		Grupo Chicoil aircraft on a flight from Pointe Noire to Luanda, chartered by Dubai-based businessman Rachid Mustapha. Contact was lost in the Caxito area at 00:20; no sign of the aircraft has been found.[189]
June 10, 2010 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
(OB-1922-P) 		0 Hijacking and theft Un­known 45-minute Aerodiana sightseeing flight of the Nazca Lines, departing 07:10, with 9 occupants (2 crew, 7 passengers). A number of passengers used false identities. Pilot and copilot were released 21 days later but the plane was never returned nor found.[190]
January 2, 2011 Robinson R44
(LV-ZYO) 		1
(Alejandro Ferzola) 		Un­known Argentina En route from Brandsen to Santa Teresita, Argentina.[191]
June 8, 2012 Piper PA-31-310 Navajo (N174BH) 1 Un­known Lake Superior
(near Two Harbors) 		Plane owned by Family Celebrations, on a maintenance test flight out of South Saint Paul. Plane was following along western shoreline of lake, 0.5 miles (800 m) from shore. Last recorded position 30 miles (48 km) NE of Duluth at 1,600 feet (490 m) at 14:27. Search suspended on July 4, 2012.[192]
April 7, 2013 Beechcraft 1900C
(ZS-PHL) 		1
(Jerry Krause) 		Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(Near São Tomé International Airport) 		Private flight.[193]
March 8, 2014 Boeing 777-200ER
(9M-MRO) 		239 Unknown Indian Ocean Main article: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Most evidence suggests that the plane went down in the Indian Ocean west of Australia.[194] While some debris was later recovered, the plane is still marked as missing.
December 28, 2014 Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander
(8R-GHE) 		2 Un­known Guyana Cargo flight en route from Mahdia, Guyana to Karisparu, Guyana that failed to arrive at destination. Despite a 21-day search effort, no trace was found.[195]
September 5, 2015 British Aerospace 125 air ambulance (6V-AIM) 7 Hypoxia (presumed) Atlantic Ocean(off Dakar, Senegal) Collided with a CEIBA Intercontinental Boeing 737 near Tambacounda, Senegal, flew westerly for about an hour without making any radio calls, then disappeared. Investigators believe that the 737's winglet struck 6V-AIM's fuselage, resulting in uncontrolled decompression which incapacitated everyone on board; 6V-AIM then flew until it ran out of fuel and crashed into the ocean. No trace of 6V-AIM or its 7 occupants was ever found. The 737 landed safely.[196]
June 8, 2017 PA-28-161 Warrior II
(C-GDTK) 		2 Un­known British Columbia Disappeared in the British Columbia Interior.[197] En route from Cranbrook, British Columbia, to Kamloops, British Columbia.
December 2, 2018 Embraer EMB 720C Minuano
(PT-RDZ) 		8 Un­known Brazil
(Amazon rainforest) 		Disappeared during a flight from Matawaré, an isolated village in Brazil's Tumucumaque Mountains National Park, to Laranjal do Jari, a mining town in the state of Amapá. Contact was lost after the pilot reported losing a cylinder. A two-week search by the Brazilian Air Force and a weeks-long search by relatives of those on board failed to find any trace of the plane.[198]
February 1, 2019 Piper PA-32R (N41453) 1 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean
(E. of Palm Beach, FL) 		Disappeared en route from Lantana airport in Palm Beach to the Bahamas. A 24 hour search failed to turn up any trace of the plane or any debris. On April 8, 2019, the body of the pilot washed up on the Bahamas coast, but the aircraft and the passenger remain unaccounted for.[199]
April 9, 2019 F-35A
(JASDF 79-8705) 		1 Unknown North Pacific Ocean
(Near Aomori Prefecture, Japan) 		Some small pieces of the aircraft's tail were found, but the plane is still marked as missing. Contact was lost about 135 kilometers east of Misawa Air Base.[200][201]
September 13, 2019 MBB Bo 105 3 Unknown Russia
(Yakutia Region, Lake Ayama) 		Missing en route.[202][203]

2020–present

[edit]
Date Aircraft People missing Type of incident Location (assumed) Remarks
April 2, 2022 Piper PA-28R-200-2 (G-EGVA) 2 Weather
(Lost in "highly convective clouds") 		English Channel, approximately 20 nmi (37 km) west of Le Touquet G-EGVA was one of seven aircraft flying from Wellesbourne Mountford Aerodrome to Le Touquet in France. As they approached the middle of the English Channel, the aircraft reported that they were in the clouds. The flight was operating under visual flight rules and neither pilot was qualified to fly in cloudy conditions. Shortly after transmission report, the plane disappeared from radar and has never been found, despite extensive searches by both UK and French authorities.[204][205]

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