List of previously missing aircraft

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For aircraft that have never been recovered, see List of missing aircraft.

This is a list of previously missing aircraft that disappeared in flight for reasons that were initially never definitely determined. The status of "previously missing" is a grey area, as there is a lack of sourcing on both the amount of debris that needs to be recovered, as well as the amount of time it takes after the crash for the aircraft to be recovered while searching, to fit this definition. 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", but this does not go into defining found aircraft.[1] The following entries are aircraft that gained widespread acclaim for once being missing.

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

Legend[]

  •   Civilian flight (private, commercial and cargo)
  •   Military flight (patrol, training, transport, etc.)

List of aircraft[]

Date Aircraft People missing Type of incident Location Remarks
March 23, 1921 Hydrogen balloon
(A-5597) 		5 Unknown Gulf of Mexico off St. Andrews Bay (Florida) Balloon found (without crew) on April 8, 1921.
December 21, 1923 Dixmude
(Ex: Zeppelin LZ114) 		49 Storm damage or mid-air explosion
(suspected) 		Vicinity of Pantelleria, Italy en route from Gulf of Gabes A total of 42 crew members and 7 passengers were initially reported missing by the French government, who issued its own series of reports of rumoured sightings of the airship. It wasn't until December 26, 1923 when debris & the body of Jean du Plessis de Grenedan (commander) were found in the sea near Sciacca, Sicily that the French government admitted to the loss. Information which included eye witness accounts had been intentionally withheld for political reasons.
November 15, 1924 Fokker T.III
(Fokker 4146) 		2
(Artur de Sacadura Cabral & José Correia) 		Crashed in fog
(probable) 		English Channel en route from Amsterdam to Lisbon Aircraft debris (mechanical wreckage) from the seaplane was discovered on November 18, 1924.[2]
September 7, 1927 Old Glory
(Fokker F.VIIA) 		3 Overloading
(probable) 		North Atlantic 960km E of Cape Race, Newfoundland Wreckage was discovered by SS Kyle on September 12, 1927.[3][4][5]
February 24, 1938 Vickers Wellesley (Type 292)
(K7734[6]) 		3 Unknown North Sea (last reported 80km (50m) east of Wick, Scotland en route to Shetland)[7] The flight crew consisted of Flt. Lt. F.S. Gardner (pilot), F/O G.J.D. Thomson & Sgt. G. Higgs, Long Range Development Unit.[8] Debris was later found near Stavanger (Norway), the Air Ministry concluded that they were parts of the aircraft that went down.[7]
August 16, 1942 L-class blimp
(L-8) 		2 Unknown Pacific Ocean in vicinity of San Francisco Two navy officers, Lieutenant Ernest D. Cody and Ensign Charles D. Adams were on a routine anti-submarine patrol. Their airship was later spotted drifting back inland where it crashed with nobody aboard.[9]
August 29, 1943 PV-1 Ventura 6 Engine failure, training flight in low-visibility conditions Mount Baker, Washington State, USA Wreckage found by a hiker in 2004 [10] [11]
July 31, 1944 P-38 Lightning 1
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery) 		Unknown Mediterranean Sea Collecting data on German troop movements in southern France Famous for writing The Little Prince(Le Petit Prince). His bracelet was found by a fisherman in September 1998. Aircraft wreckage found in October 2003 (Confirmed 07-04-2004).
August 2, 1947 Avro Lancastrian 11 Controlled flight into terrain due to severe weather conditions Mount Tupungato, in the Argentine Andes Main article: 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident
April 23, 1966 Ilyushin Il-14
(CCCP-61772) 		33 Double engine failure South of Baku Main article: Aeroflot Flight 2723
February 7, 1968 Antonov An-12 98 Unknown Dhaka Glacier Main article: 1968 Indian Air Force An-12 crash
May 23, 1969 Lockheed C-130 Hercules 1
(Sgt. Paul Meyer) 		Unknown English Channel Main article: 1969 theft of C-130
October 13, 1972 Fairchild FH-227 45 Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error Remote Argentine Andes, near the border with Chile Main article: Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, the "Miracle of the Andes".
Military aircraft chartered for civilian passenger transportation. 16 survivors.

References[]

  1. ^ "International Standards And Recommended Practices. Annex 13 To the Convention on International Civil Aviation" (PDF). EMSA. p. 10. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  2. ^ Sodré, João. "Sacadura Cabral Pioneer Airman". Vidas Lusophonus. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  3. ^ "The Atlantic Strikes Back". 2010. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  4. ^ Mogus, M.A. (2006). "Old Glory's Final Ill-fated Flight: New York to Rome in 1927". Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  5. ^ Earle, Elizabeth; Tibbo, Frank (2010). "SS Kyle & Old Glory 1927". Archived from the original on 2012-01-30. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Casualties – January–December 1938". www.rafweb.org. 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-31. (Subscription required)
  7. ^ a b "The mystery of Wellesley K7734". Aviation Research Group of Orkney & Shetland. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
  8. ^ "Flying Accident" (PDF). Flight Magazine. London: Reed Business Information. XXXIII (1524): 239. 1938-03-10. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
  9. ^ Mizokami, Kyle (August 17, 2017). "The Goodyear Blimp Has a Ghostly, Mysterious Past". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  10. ^ "Crash of a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura on Mt Baker: 6 killed | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives".
  11. ^ "Mount Baker Hiker Finds Wwii Plane Wreckage | the Seattle Times".
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