Disappearance of C-124 in the Atlantic Ocean
A plane carrying a group of American military personnel to Mildenhall Air Base in the UK caught fire over the Atlantic Ocean about 800 kilometers from the coast of Ireland. Despite the successful splashdown and evacuation of passengers and crew into life rafts, help arrived in time after 19 hours found almost no traces of people and the aircraft - only fragments of fuel tanks and a briefcase of one of the officers, Lawrence Rafferty.
Many were quick to explain the mysterious disappearance of the almost surviving military as the machinations of the Soviet Union: at the dawn of the nascent Cold War, many passengers on the ill-fated flight could become a valuable source of information. However, it is unlikely that the kidnapping of so many people could have been hidden even behind the Iron Curtain.
Disappearance of Roald Amundsen and the crew of Latham-47
At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen made a real revolution in polar travel: he was the first to reach the South Pole, went through the North-Western Sea Route, and repeatedly traveled through the Arctic. Like most pioneers, he was not destined to die in his bed: Amundsen went missing when he tried to find the Italia airship that had crashed in the waters of the Arctic Ocean. Together with him, five more crew members of the Latham-47 flying boat, provided for the expedition by the French government, died. Despite numerous search operations, the exact location of the aircraft's death has not been established. Only one of the floats and the fuel tank, brought by waves to the coast of Norway shortly after the disappearance of the researcher, were reliably identified.
An aircraft that can take off and land on the surface of the water. Another name is seaplane.
The disappearance of the Fokker F27 in the Himalayas
Turboprop regional aircraft Fokker F27, performing domestic flight Gilgit - Islamabad of the Pakistani airline Pakistan International, disappeared in the area of Mount Nanga Parbat in August 1989. Rescue expeditions failed to find traces of the missing flight due to the inaccessibility of the alleged crash site: high mountain areas are just as reluctant to part with their secrets as the depths of the oceans.
Disappearance of a flight of Avenger torpedo bombers and a Martin Mariner seaplane
The mysterious death of a flight of five modern Avenger torpedo bombers in the sky over the coast of Florida, around which many copies were broken by journalists and writers, actually laid the foundation for the legend of the Bermuda Triangle - a mystical area in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the United States, in which air planes regularly disappear for allegedly supernatural reasons. and sea vessels. The facts, however, do not give much room for fantasy: the torpedo bomber unit was under the control of not very experienced cadets. Performing a training flight from the Fort Lauderdale base, they lost their orientation in space and significantly deviated from the course.
Most likely, after the fuel was depleted, the crews had to land the planes on the water. The rescue operation, however, was unable to find any trace of them. In the process of searching for the missing link, a Martin Mariner flying boat was also lost without a trace. According to the crew members of the ship in the area, who saw a bright flash, this plane most likely exploded in the air - but this version has not received any other confirmation.
Boeing 707 disappearance off the coast of Japan
The disappearance of a cargo Boeing 707 of the Brazilian airline Varig is called one of the most mysterious cases in the history of modern civil aviation. The liner, on board of which, in addition to industrial cargo, was a collection of paintings by the Brazilian artist Manabu Mabe, disappeared almost immediately after taking off from Tokyo airport: the last communication session took place 20 minutes after takeoff.
During eight days of extensive searches involving the US Navy, no traces of the disaster were found, and the place of the plane's death could not be established. The disappearance gave rise to a lot of conspiracy theories, but the version of the slow depressurization of the cabin seems to be the most plausible. It is assumed that because of her, the crew members lost consciousness, and the liner continued to move on autopilot and eventually crashed away from the search site - in the northern part Pacific Ocean or in Alaska.
Disappearance of Lockheed L-1049 over the Pacific Ocean
A large piston-engined passenger aircraft, the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, was often used for long flights in the 60s due to its comfortable size and powerful engines. In 1962, one of these liners was chartered by the Military Air Transport Service to transport a group of US troops from San Francisco to Saigon in transit through the Pacific Islands.
Having safely taken off, the liner made an intermediate landing at the airport of Guam, from where, after refueling, it flew towards the Philippines. Approximately halfway between Guam and the Philippines, communication with the aircraft was interrupted, and after several unsuccessful attempts to restore it, it was decided to start search work. The large-scale operation involved more than a thousand people and several dozen ships and aircraft, but it did not lead to success.
Later, during the investigation, it turned out that the crew of the Lenzen tanker, which was passing at that time approximately along the course of the missing aircraft, observed a bright flash in the sky, which could be the result of an explosion of the liner, but no more evidence could be found, and the loss of 107 people remained unexplained.
The disappearance of the Boeing C-97 over the Pacific Ocean
The Boeing C-97 military transport aircraft, developed at the end of World War II on the basis of the B-29 and B-50 strategic bombers, was a fairly reliable machine: powerful engines and fuel supply made it possible to overcome 9–10 hours in the air, and survivability the aircraft was provided with a design inherited from military vehicles. The US Army often used this transport ship to transport military personnel in the Pacific region: the flight on March 22, 1957 was no exception - the liner was supposed to transport a group of military personnel from Wake Atoll to Tokyo.
Communication with the aircraft was interrupted when it was about 200 kilometers from the destination airport; the search operation did not yield clear results. Strong storms and bad weather are considered the cause of the plane's death: the height of the waves in the area of the alleged disaster reached 10 meters.
Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 disappearance
A recent case of the disappearance of a large passenger aircraft- the largest in terms of the number of victims and at the same time the most mysterious. The Boeing 777, which had not previously had large-scale accidents with human casualties, flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, but already over the Gulf of Thailand stopped responding to requests from dispatchers. Soon the plane disappeared from the radar screens, and it was possible to restore its trajectory only with the help of information about the operation of the engines transmitted via satellites - thus it was possible to understand that the liner was in the air for another seven hours after disappearing from the radar.
Large-scale searches have not yielded results, the only evidence of the death of the liner is pieces of skin nailed to the coast of Reunion Island and the countries of East Africa. Some of the details of what happened - the manual shutdown of transponders (route tracking systems) and a sharp change in course after the last contact with dispatchers (the liner began moving west) - indicate the decisive role of the human factor in the incident, but the final fate of the liner is unlikely to ever be clarified.
The Disappearance of Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller is a famous American jazz musician and composer, founder of the world famous orchestra.
Glenn Miller was one of those cultural figures who actively supported the US Army in World War II. With his orchestra, he performed among American soldiers stationed in Great Britain, and after the Allied invasion of Normandy and the liberation of Paris, the team had to be relocated to the continent. Glenn Miller flew to the French capital on December 15, 1944 in a light single-engine Norseman C64 to prepare the conditions for the performance, but the English Channel could not be overcome.
The plane with the musician disappeared over the strait without a trace, and the search could not shed light on his fate. The most reliable version of Miller's death appeared almost 50 years later and almost by accident: the data on Miller's flight was compared with information about the operations of the British Air Force in the area, and it turned out that during the Norseman C64 flight over the strait, a formation of heavy bombers dropped a bomb load before returning to aerodrome. One of the crew members saw how the small plane went into a dive from the explosions of bombs over the water.
Everyone dreams of finding a treasure and getting rich overnight. This is supported by numerous stories about lost treasures that have not yet been found.
the Amber Room
The Amber Room was created in Prussia by the architect Eozander during the reign of King Frederick I, who spared no expense to equip his capital. According to his plan, Berlin in terms of luxury and wealth should have overtaken the French Versailles. Therefore, Queen Sophia-Charlotte ordered a royal office, entirely decorated with amber, which in those days was not inferior in value to silver.
But the customers never saw the results: the queen died in 1709, and the king in 1713. Their son, the practical Friedrich-Wilhelm I, refused to sponsor the expensive project in the future and presented the amber panels of the unfinished cabinet to Peter I. The Russian emperor wrote to his wife Catherine: “ The king gave me a fair present with a yacht, which is splendidly decorated in Potsdam, and an Amber cabinet, which had long been desired. In 1717, amber panels arrived in St. Petersburg with precise instructions for their installation. Only Peter's daughter, Elizaveta Petrovna, managed to use the gift. In 1743, she ordered the installation of amber panels in winter palace. But apparently it was not the fate of the wealth of Frederick I to be in one place. Ten years later, the panel was transferred to the Grand (Ekaterininsky) Tsarskoye Selo Palace, where, under the guidance of the architect Rastrelli, it was supplemented with new details.
During the Second World War, the decoration of the precious room was stolen by the Germans and placed in the Amber Museum in the Königsberg Castle. This was the last place where it was shown. During the entry of Soviet troops into the city of Könisberg, the Amber Room disappeared without a trace, and today its location is shrouded in a veil of secrecy. In 1981, it was decided to restore the Amber Room in its original form, and now it can be seen in the Grand Tsarskoye Selo Palace.
Theft at Lufthansa
The robbery aboard a Lufthansa plane is considered one of the largest in US history. It happened at Kennedy Airport (New York) on December 11, 1978. Approximately $5 million and $875,000 worth of jewelry were stolen. If we translate the value of the stolen, taking into account inflation and rising prices, to date, the amount will be 20 million dollars. One of the robbers was named Henry Hill, his image was embodied in the film "Goodfellas" by actor Ray Liott.
Valuables and money were never found, which was largely due to the inglorious end of the robbers themselves. Jimmy Brook, who led the robbery, got rid of the other participants in the crime, just in case, so that they would not become witnesses against him on occasion. In the end, he appropriated all the booty that he squandered on entertainment. Much of this wealth has never been discovered.
royal gold
By the start of World War I Russian empire had the largest gold reserves in the world, which was estimated at 1 billion 695 million rubles (1311 tons of gold, more than 60 billion dollars at the rate of the 2000s). During the First World War, Russia transferred a significant part of it to European banks as collateral for payment to the allies for the supply of weapons, gunpowder and food. After October 1917, no one began to return gold to the new authorities. Apparently, it continues to be stored in private banks in the US, UK and France.
After the February Revolution of 1917, the Provisional Government, in order to preserve the part of the gold reserves remaining after the transfer, evacuated it inland - to Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan. After the Bolsheviks came to power, Kazan gold fell into the hands of the White Guards and was transferred to Omsk at the disposal of Kolchak (650 million rubles or 505 tons). He, in turn, placed part of the national wealth in foreign banks - their further fate remains unclear. In 1919, Ataman Semyonov, one of Kolchak's subordinates, seized in Chita part of Kolchak's gold, which was sent to the United States as a guarantee of payment for the supply of weapons (33 boxes of gold). Semyonov forwarded this to Japanese banks for the supply of military products.
According to various estimates, the total value of Russia's gold reserves, which ended up in foreign banks, is estimated at 100 to 300 billion dollars.
Gold of Leon Trabucco
In the early 1930s, Mexican millionaire Leon Trabucco made several mysterious expeditions into the New Mexico desert. At the same time, the United States was under the influence of the "Great Depression" that broke out in 1929-1934 - the value of the dollar fell sharply, and gold rose incredibly in its price. Therefore, Trabucco and his partners decided to earn extra money by buying large reserves of gold in Mexico and transporting them to the United States in order to sell them profitably.
They set up their hiding place in the New Mexico desert in the southwestern United States. But in the end, the adventurers miscalculated badly. Under the Gold Reserve Act of 1934, private ownership of large gold reserves was made illegal. At this, luck literally turned away from them. Over the next five years, all of Trabucco's partners died, and Leon himself spent the rest of his life trying to sell the unfortunate gold to no avail. After his death, the location of the hidden treasures remained unknown.
Treasures of the Templars
The Order of the Templars (templars) was founded in the Holy Land after the First Crusade by a small group of knights led by Hugh de Paynes. The order grew rich right before our eyes, especially due to its financial activities. They were the largest creditors in Europe - many European monarchs turned to them for money, which provided them with great political influence. According to the historian Lozinsky, the chief treasurer of the order was the chief treasurer of France.
As a result, they were ruined by their own wealth - at the beginning of the XIV century, the French king Philip the Handsome, greedy for someone else's good, took advantage of his influence on the Pope and initiated a process against the order. The Templars were suddenly outlawed. The surviving Templars transported part of the accumulated treasures on ships in an unknown direction. Subsequently, according to the legends, the Templar gold ended up in Nova Scotia - the territory of modern Canada. Some of it is believed to have been transported to Canada's Oak Island, where the descendants of the Knights of the Temple hid it in a trap-filled cache. But all this is just speculation. Whether there is still hidden wealth or over the past centuries it has already been divided many times - no one knows.
Treasure of Schultz
Dutch Schultz was one of the most famous American gangsters. During the era of "dry law" in the United States, he made a huge fortune through the so-called "wet business", that is, the sale of illegal alcohol in various cities of the States. Having fallen under the suspicion of the investigation, Schultz hid his fortune in the Catskill mountains (near New York).
Schultz took all the information about the exact location of his wealth with him to the grave. In the decades after Schultz's death (he died in 1975), the area was flooded more than once, which should have washed away the treasure. But so far, no information has been received about profits accidentally found during a walk along Catskill.
Today, many people prefer to get to a particular city or country by plane, because it is very convenient and fast. Modern liners have supersonic speed, they are comfortable and spacious. Moreover, airfare prices are getting cheaper every year. Comfort in them is comparable to traveling in a train compartment. However, in terms of safety, technological progress has not achieved great results. Unfortunately, on the contrary, modern liners crash much more often than older models. This is not always due to the human factor or weather conditions. Aircraft crashes are often caused by malfunctioning aircraft. Before departure, they are not adequately checked, which leads to tragedy.
History knows a lot of sad cases when planes went missing. Some were found and others were not. Even the technology of tracking the liners did not help to find some of the missing vehicles. Once a plane has gone off the radar, finding it is next to impossible. Alas, there have been many such lost liners in the history of aviation. Let's consider some of them.
History of famous planes that went missing:
- The plane disappeared in 1937 "Lockheed Electra". It belonged to a writer from the United States of America - Amelia Earhart. In the summer of that year, she was going to commit on it trip around the world. During the flight, the liner was spotted near the Pacific Ocean. Then he suddenly disappeared from sight, after which he was never found. It is still unclear whether he fell into the Pacific Ocean or not, or whether the plane crash happened far from the water. In general, neither the remains nor the aircraft were ever found.
- 1943 is the year when the passenger airliner DC-3 was fired upon by a Luftwaffe interceptor, after which no one could find him. It is noteworthy that the famous actor Leslie Howard was on board this plane.
- In 1944, a plane disappeared over the English Channel without a trace. UC-64, which flew the American musician Glenn Miller. Presumably, the liner fell into the British Channel.
- In Argentina in 1947, a passenger airliner StarDust, flying from Buenos Aires, went missing. His search lasted until 2000, when experts concluded that he had collided with the ground in controlled flight. The remains were never found.
- 1951 - military transport aircraft Douglas C-124A disappeared near Ireland. There is information that despite the fire on board, he managed to land successfully, however, when rescuers arrived, he disappeared without a trace. No one was able to figure out where the airliner could have gone.
- The plane went missing in 1952 C-124 Globemaster, the crew of which consisted of 52 people. After 60 years, its fragments were found in the ice. Presumably, he had an accident due to poor visibility.
- In 1962, another plane went missing - Flying Tiger Flight. The best search groups were engaged in the search for this liner, but, alas, no remains or wreckage were found. The circumstances of this tragedy have not yet been clarified, since the weather was then clear, the plane was prepared for departure very carefully, and an experienced pilot controlled it.
- In 1965 the plane C-119 disappeared on Bahamas under unclear circumstances. Even the approximate place where he could disappear has not been established. Interestingly, some associate this case with alien abduction.
- In 1972, an airliner that flew from Santiago went missing in Chile. There is information that he collided with a rock, as a result of which half of the people on board died.
- 1978 - the liner disappeared Cessna 182L, which was driven by a 20-year-old pilot.
Missing planes don't end there. In more modern time there were also incidents related to the disappearance of aircraft without a trace. It is impossible not to remember these liners:
- 1979 - half an hour before departure, a Boeing 707-323C cargo aircraft suddenly disappeared along with 6 crew members. Extensive searches were carried out, but they did not yield any results. It is still not clear where this aircraft could have gone.
- 1989 - the Fokker F27 regional aircraft, which was operating a domestic flight, disappeared without a trace. Even the most experienced search expeditions could not find it. There are several versions of what happened and even unidentified remains, but there is still no official confirmation that this is the Fokker F27.
- 1996 - in America, due to difficult weather conditions, the Learjet 35A business class liner disappeared. He tried several times to sit down, but then suddenly disappeared and no one saw him again. The crew consisted of only two people. For about three years they were looking for this flying machine, but the search did not bring results.
Many have heard of the incident, called the "Bermuda Triangle". Let's consider in more detail.
Missing planes in the Bermuda Triangle
The excitement around the ill-fated Bermuda Triangle began in 1945. Then in December, 5 bombers disappeared in the Atlantic region. In addition, under unclear circumstances, a rescue liner disappeared, which went in search of military vehicles. Then several training planes took off from the American airfield in order to conduct training, check flight, etc. Their flight was supposed to last for three hours. The crew consisted of a pilot, navigator and radio operator. The training proceeded as usual, no emergency situations occurred until the pilot noticed that visibility had deteriorated significantly and the aircraft had gone off course. He was constantly in touch, but at some point it broke off and no one else saw these planes. The search yielded no results, despite the fact that the best rescue teams were involved. Moreover, the flying boat that first went to the rescue was also not found.
It is noteworthy that during the flight, the pilot pointed out to dispatchers places that were not even nearby in that area. It is not at all clear how he could see them, and why the remains of the aircraft were not found. There are many versions regarding this disaster. Some associate it with the abduction by aliens, while others, on the contrary, strongly refute this version. Skeptics believed that the incident was related to weather conditions, which are unforeseen in that area. Also, jet liners flew there, because of which plane crashes often occur to this day. As we can see, opinions are completely different.
Many newspapers, books and even films were made about this incident. The public was shocked after this news. Many could not understand how experienced pilots on aircraft that had endured the most difficult military tests could disappear without a trace during a training flight. In addition, the area in which they were, was painfully familiar to them, since during the Second World War they flew over it many times. In general, the story of the Bermuda Triangle is very mysterious and incomprehensible. There are still no exact versions of what happened, only assumptions. It is naive to associate them with UFO because various unforeseen circumstances could serve as the reasons. Air travel is always a big risk. Any emergency situations can happen in the air, so only big dreamers can believe that the lost ships are somehow connected with aliens.
One of the most "convincing" versions of the missing planes
Modern Missing Aircraft That Have Never Been Found
The 21st century, unfortunately, is also rich in tragedies, as a result of which planes went missing. Here are the most famous:
- In 2007, a single-engine aircraft crashed in the United States of America, resulting in the disappearance of the famous pilot who flew it. The pilot had a lot of successful flights on his account, so what happened shocked the whole of America. The search went on for a very long time. Only in 2008 were the wreckage of a similar aircraft found. It was not possible to prove exactly that it was Belanka Super Decathlon.
- In May 2009, a new mysterious incident happened. Airliner A330 flew from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. During the flight, the pilots informed the controllers about poor visibility, after which communication with him was permanently lost. Later, the remains of a similar liner were found, but again, it was not possible to prove that it was the A330. Nobody could survive that catastrophe.
- 2012 is a disaster Russian Federation. An An-2 aircraft with 12 passengers on board took off without permission in an unknown direction. The reasons for this behavior of the pilots have not yet been clarified. The plane got lost en route and was never seen again.
Many people know the story about the Boeing 737, which was flying from Greece and suddenly disappeared from sight. Let's find out in more detail what kind of disaster it was and what is the result of those events.
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The history of air transportation knows many different cases, and not always positive ones. Many people have heard of the tragedy that happened in Greece. The Boeing 737 aircraft was involved in it. It all started with the fact that the passenger liner was heading along its usual route Larnaca - Athens - Prague in standard mode. It was well prepared in advance and tested several times for reliability. After some time, the dispatchers lost contact with the ship. In order to find him, Greek Air Force F-16 military rescue ships were sent.
For several hours they searched for the plane. As a result, they even managed to overtake him a little. Later, the dispatchers were informed that the pilots of that aircraft were in an unconscious state, which naturally led to a disaster. The liner crashed near Athens. It is noteworthy that the steward who was on board this machine had a pilot's diploma, but at the same time he did not take control, as a result of which there was terrible tragedy. Later, a case was opened about the crash of the Boeing 737. It turned out that the cause of the accident was the depressurization of the cabin. The culprit was the ground services, who forgot to turn on the auto-sealing of the cabin. Such forgetfulness resulted in the death of 121 passengers. Those involved in the incident were punished, but this did not help restore hundreds of lost lives. Eyewitnesses of this tragedy still recall with horror what happened when an entire crew of people died due to irresponsibility.
As we can see, there are many cases of missing aircraft. We considered only the most famous ones, the details of which were not hidden from the public. Some mysterious stories have an explanation, while others are still legendary. Missing planes that have not been found have gone down in history forever. They will be talked about for a very long time, films will be made, books will be written, etc. But, unfortunately, the lists of lost or broken aircraft are regularly updated. The causes of the tragedies are very diverse, from ordinary human inattention to serious technical problems. Be that as it may, every year there are thousands of flights around the world. Some make successful landings, while others fall into disaster.
Despite the danger and stories of missing airliners, people continue to fly planes, and their popularity is growing rapidly. For example, residents of Russia often use an airplane to get to a particular city, since in some cases a train trip can take several days. Moreover, the plane is considered the most reliable mode of transport. According to statistics, people die many times more often in road traffic accidents than on airplanes. In 100 years of passenger aviation, only 150,000 people have died
About treasures not found, will inspire you on your own expedition for treasures that have not yet been found. But they exist!
● 2000 year old menorah
Almost 1950 years ago, in 70 AD, the Romans sacked the Jerusalem Temple and escaped with a valuable menorah. They brought it to Rome, because the menorah is depicted on the Arc de Triomphe of Titus. It is believed that it was installed in the Roman Temple of Peace, which burned down in 191, after which the fate of the relic is no longer known.
● Imperial Seal of China
The Imperial Seal, also known as the Hereditary Seal of the Throne, was made of jade in 221 BC. She passed from dynasty to dynasty until the 10th century AD, and then information about her disappeared.
● Royal Jewels of England
King John (13th century) was so despised by the people that since then no monarch has given his heirs this name. After the signing of the Magna Carta, John fled from enemies, taking with him the jewels of the crown of England. On the way, the king fell ill and his luggage was lost. It is possible that the jewels sank in the waters of the Wash.
● Scepter of Dagobert
The scepter was made of solid gold in the 7th century and was intended for the coronation of King Dagobert. Until 1795, the scepter was kept in the Basilica of Saint-Denis, and then disappeared without a trace.
● Florentine Diamond
The large yellow diamond of the Medici family originally came from India and was rumored to be 137.27 carats. At the end of the 17th century, when the last of the Medicis died, the Florentine diamond became the property of the imperial family of Austria. At the time, it was valued at $750,000. During World War I, the family took the diamond with them into exile in Switzerland. Since then, his whereabouts have been unknown.
● Treasure of San Miguel
The San Miguel was a Spanish ship carrying precious metals and stones that the Spanish king hoped to sell to fund his war of succession. In 1715, a ship with a cargo sank near Cuba, and they continue to search for its cargo to this day.
● Thomas Bale Code
In 1816, Thomas Bale and his comrades stumbled upon a large number of gold and silver, trading in the Rocky Mountains. They carefully hid the treasure, and Bale wrote a letter code to tell where exactly it can be found. He then put the letter in a box and gave it to the owner of a hotel in Virginia. Bale never returned for it, and no one can decipher the note yet.
● Lost gold mine
Back in the 1840s, prospectors found a gold mine in the Superstition Mountains (Arizona). Its location was soon lost, and only a few decades later the mine was allegedly found by German immigrant Jacob Waltz. It is said that on his deathbed he described the path to the mine to his neighbor, however, he was never found.
● Confederate Gold
After the end of the Civil War in 1865, millions of dollars of gold turned out to be missing and have been the subject of speculation by historians and treasure hunters ever since. Some believe that the Confederates hid part of the treasury, waiting for the revival of the South. And others theorize that part of the treasure - about $ 140 million - lies at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
● Faberge eggs
Beginning in 1885, the Russian Tsar presented family members with precious eggs made by the jeweler Faberge. There were 50 eggs in total, and they were all confiscated by the new government in 1917. However, seven eggs literally vanished into thin air. By the way, in 2012, one of them was discovered by an American scrap metal dealer, standing on a shelf in his house.
● Gold Leon Trabuco
In the early 1930s, Mexican millionaire Leon Trabuco organized several mysterious flights into the New Mexico desert. There were rumors that he and his partners hid gold there. Soon they all passed away under mysterious circumstances, and the secret of the hidden gold died with them.
● Royal box
This large wooden box contained 73 precious relics that once belonged to Polish monarchs. At the beginning of World War II, the box was taken to the city of Sinyawa in southeastern Poland and hidden. Since then, neither the box nor its contents have ever been seen again.
● Forrest Fenn's Lost Treasure
In 1988, Vietnam veteran and treasure hunter Forrest Fenn was dying of cancer, and therefore put all his wealth in a chest, intending to hide it somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. He conquered the disease, and then published a poem containing all the keys needed to find the chest. Fenn, now 87, reckons that about 65,000 people have already visited the mountains, but no one has yet found anything.
While the fate of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 continues to command the world's attention, it's worth noting that there have been several such flights in aviation history that never made it to their destination. Due to the fact that in all these cases no bodies or debris were found, the circumstances of their disappearances continue to be a mystery.
1. The fate of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 continues to be a mystery as no trace of the plane carrying 239 people has been found.
Pilot suicide. Mechanical failure. Capture. New theories about the fate of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared on March 8, 2014, continue to emerge day by day.
What do we know about this moment: A Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members disappeared from radar about an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. The plane, bound for Beijing, China, was reported missing by the Malaysian government five hours after takeoff. It was last recorded flying at a normal cruising altitude of 10,668 meters, about 225 kilometers southwest of Vietnam's southern province.
Four days after the flight disappeared, Malaysian officials released evidence that the plane had turned towards the Malacca Strait, causing it to end up on the opposite side of the Malay Peninsula, away from its planned route.
Considering that the Boeing 777 changed its altitude, which initially stood at 13,716 meters, and then fell to about 7,010 meters, and may have been flying for another six hours after the last official report was received, investigators believe that a catastrophic failure technique is a highly unlikely scenario, and that the change in direction was in fact intentional.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was confirmed to have crashed in the southern part of indian ocean, west of Perth, Australia. Some debris has been seen in the area, but has not yet been identified as being part of Flight 370.
2. Boeing-727 hijacked from the airport in Luanda, Angola
On May 25, 2003, a Boeing 727-223 was hijacked from International Airport Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Luanda, Angola.
The former American Airlines plane was owned by a Miami-based company called Aerospace Sales & Leasing and was leased to TAAG Angola Airlines at the time of its disappearance. Ben Charles Padilla, a certified flight engineer, aircraft mechanic, and private pilot, and assistant John Mikel Mutantu worked with Angolan aircraft mechanics to get the Boeing 727 back on track after a commercial deal. did not take place. None of them could fly a Boeing, Mutantu was not a pilot, and Padilla only had a private pilot's license. Three well-trained crew members are required to fly a Boeing 727.
After Padilla and Mutantu boarded the plane, it began to taxi and maneuver erratically without any communication between the crew and the control tower. The Boeing 727 took off with its transponder and lights off. Neither the plane nor the two men were ever seen again.
While Padilla was widely believed to have been at the controls, some members of his family claim he was hired to seize the aircraft for non-payment because Air Angola failed to make payments, while others fear he was being held against his will. .
Source 3A plane carrying military personnel disappeared over the Pacific in the early days of the Vietnam War.
On March 16, 1962, the US military set a course for Flight 739 to transport army personnel and soldiers from South Vietnam from Travis Airforce Base, located in California in South Vietnam. The turboprop jet called the Super Constellation had 96 passengers and 11 crew on board.
After refueling in Guam, the plane headed for Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines, but never reached it. It crashed somewhere in the Western Pacific. However, neither the wreckage nor the bodies were ever found. An hour after Flight 739's last radio contact, the Standard Oil tanker reported an explosion in the sky.
Was it a diversion? Rocket? Engine problems? No one can say for sure, but the Civil Aviation Committee concluded in its incident report that "it can reasonably be assumed that what happened to Flight 739 happened suddenly and without warning."
4. The popular leader of a large jazz band disappeared during a flight over the English Channel
On December 15, 1944, the leader of a large jazz band named Glenn Miller was scheduled to fly from the Royal Air Force base in England to Paris to give a concert. His plane, a Scandinavian C-64 (Norseman), never arrived.
Miller joined the war effort in 1942, at the height of his popularity as a musician. At 38, he was already too old to be drafted, but he wrote to the army in the hope of leading his group. The army accepted him and he was promoted to major in 1944.
The official version of Miller's disappearance stated that his plane had been caught in bad weather over the English Channel (English Channel), but there were many rumors about this. Some believed that the plane was shot down by a German death squad, while others believed that it made it to Paris only to be killed by a Parisian deputy. However, the craziest theory put forward by a German journalist in the 90s was that Miller died of a heart attack in the arms of a French prostitute and the US military covered up the truth.
Another explanation, which is perhaps the most plausible, was the theory put forward by Royal Air Force navigator Fred Shaw, who claimed to have seen Miller's plane come under "friendly fire" while dropping bombs, after the failed raid on Germany.
5. Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while trying to fly around the world.
The disappearance of aviation pioneer and author, Amelia Earhart, is perhaps the most memorable and well-known in aviation history.
Earhart was the first woman pilot to fly Atlantic Ocean by oneself. On June 2, 1937, her Lockheed Electra aircraft went missing during an unsuccessful attempt to fly around Earth. She and navigator Fred Noonan went missing near Howland Island in the central Pacific Ocean.
The Navy and US Coast Guard launched an active search, as did Earhart's husband, George Putnam, but no trace of her or her aircraft was found. The U.S. government officially concluded that Earhart and Noonan were unable to find Howland Island and simply ran out of fuel, but, as with Malaysian Flight 370, various rumors still circulate about this. Some believe that she was an undercover agent who crash-landed on a Japanese-occupied island and was taken prisoner. Others believe she moved back to the US, changed her name and lived a quiet life.
However, there is strong evidence that Earhart and Noonan crash-landed on desert island called Nikumaroro and remained in isolation. A group called the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) has been investigating the island since 1989 and has collected artifacts that may have belonged to Earhart and may have been on her plane. Among them were human bones, a compact female makeup set, pieces of shoes and a jar that once contained freckle cream. The investigation is ongoing.
6. The squadron, consisting of five aircraft, disappeared over Bermuda Triangle
Image of five missing TBM Avengers, created by the artist on December 5, 1945, five US Navy Avenger torpedo bombers, flying Flight 19, took off from Fort Lauderdale Naval Air Station (Ft Lauderdale Naval Air Station) on a training flight navigation over water. All five planes and 14 men they had on board disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle.
Two hours after takeoff, the Squadron Leader of Flight 19 reported that his compasses were not working and that he was unable to determine his position. Other aircraft also reported similar malfunctions. After another two hours of confused messages, the squadron leader urged his men to jump out of their planes because they were running out of fuel.
An hour later, the Mariner went on a search and rescue mission for Flight 19 with 13 crew members on board. He also disappeared. The tanker, sailing off the coast of Florida at the time, reported seeing an explosion 20 minutes after Sailor took off.
Hundreds of ships and aircraft combed thousands of square miles of the Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, and even remote parts of Florida, but no sign of Flight 19 or Sailor was found.
SourcePhoto 7Brazilian cargo plane carrying $1 million worth of art goes missing 
Boeing 707-379C company "Varig" similar to the one that had an accident.
In 1979, a Varig Brazilian Airlines cargo plane disappeared from radar half an hour after taking off from Narita International Airport in Tokyo.
A Boeing 707 flying to Rio was carrying 153 paintings by artist Manubu Mabe, worth $1.2 million. The plane, paintings and six crew members remain missing. Mid-air robbery or just an engine failure? Nobody knows for sure.
8 A DC-4 Carrying US Troopers Goes Missing Near Anchorage
A Pacific Air Lines DC-4 went missing en route from Vancouver to Tokyo on July 21, 1951.
90 minutes after the plane took off from its stopover in Anchorage, Alaska, it was flying as scheduled, but soon got into bad weather. It was raining heavily, freezing cold, and visibility was only 152 meters. This was the last message, nothing else was heard from the plane, and although an extensive search was carried out, nothing was ever found.
On board the plane were 6 Canadian crew members and 31 passengers - some were military, while others were civilian employees of the US armed forces.
Source 9A plane flying from the Central Pacific to Los Angeles disappeared after reports of engine problems. 
In 1964, a DC-4 transport aircraft carrying 9 passengers went missing on its way to Los Angeles from Wake Island in the central Pacific Ocean.
The aircraft's last radio transmission, in which the pilot reported engine problems, was sent from a location 804 kilometers southwest of Los Angeles.
Navy searchers located the oil slick, and some claimed to have seen the aircraft's tail plunge into the ocean, but no trace of the DC-4 or its occupants was found.
10. 58 people aboard a DC-4 plane disappeared in the waters of Lake Michigan
In June 1950, 58 people died when Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 went missing over the waters of Lake Michigan en route from New York to Minnesota.
Boats and planes scoured the lake for a week after the disaster, but with the exception of a small amount of debris and human remains floating in the waters of Lake Michigan, no debris has ever been found. The cause of the plane crash was also not established.
