List of missing aircraft

This is a list of aircraft, aviators or air passengers who have disappeared in flight for reasons that have never been definitely determined, particularly in cases where the air frame of the aircraft or body of the person has never been recovered.

It overlaps with Category:Missing aircraft, Category:Missing aviators and Category:Missing air passengers. It does not include combatants who have been posted as "missing in action" during a war or other armed conflict (see Category:Missing in action and Category:Aerial disappearances of military personnel in action.) It does not include once-missing aircraft which have been located.

List

Date	Aircraft or flight	Notable people	Total number missing	Aircraft type	Type of incident	Type of flight	Location	Coordinates	Memorial	Remarks
28 Dec 1856	Ville de Paris	Matias Perez	1	Hot air balloon	Unknown	Free balloon flight	Straits of Florida north of Havana, Cuba	Unknown		Cuban expression: Voló como Matías Pérez. (He flew like Matias Perez.)
28 Sep 1879	Pathfinder	John Wise (balloonist)	1	Hydrogen balloon	Unknown	Free balloon flight	Lake Michigan	(position of last sighting)		Body of sole passenger George Burr recovered from Lake Michigan.
10 Dec 1881	Saladin	Walter Powell	1	Hydrogen balloon	Loss of control	Free balloon flight	Eype Mouth, west of Bridport, Dorset			MP for Malmesbury when he disappeared.
16 Jul 1889	Campbell Dirigicycle		1	Coal gas airship	Mechanical failure	Demonstration flight	N Atlantic, due east of Atlantic City, NJ, USA	(last reported position; unconfirmed sighting)		Flight departed from Brooklyn; flight of one of Professor P. C. [Peter Carmant] Campbell's airships—the pilot was Edward D. Hogan (1852–1889).
17 Oct 1908	Pampero	Eduardo Newbery Eduardo Romero	2	Coal gas balloon	Unknown	Free balloon flight (night navigation exercise)	River Plate, Argentina			First Argentines ever to perish in an aircraft accident
18 Oct 1910	America		0	Non-rigid airship	Abandonment	Attempted 1st transatlantic flight	N Atlantic, west of Bermuda	Unknown		Walter Wellman Occupants rescued by merchant vessel.
22 Dec 1910	S.29/Cecil Grace No. 3	Cecil Grace	1	Short S.27	Unknown	Private flight	English Channel en route from Calais to Dover	Unknown		Returning from unsuccessful attempt at Baron de Forest Prize. Body possibly found on 14 March 1911.
5 Jun 1911		Édouard Bague	1	Blériot XI monoplane	Unknown	Attempted 1st flight across Mediterranean	Mediterranean, near Cap d'Antibes	Unknown		Roland Garros made 1st trans-Mediterranean flight, 13 Sep 1913.
18 Apr 1912		Damer Leslie Allen	1	Blériot XI monoplane	Unknown	Attempted 1st flight from Wales to Ireland	Irish Sea, west of Anglesey	Unknown		Competing with Denys Corbett Wilson.
13 Oct 1913		100px Albert Jewell	1	Moisant-Blériot monoplane	Unknown	Ferry/repositioning (Hempstead, Long I. to Oakwood, Staten I., N.Y. to join air race)	N Atlantic, off Long Island, NY, USA	(approx.)		Intended to compete in the New York Times American Aerial Derby.
14 Mar 1914	Manuel Rodríguez	100px Alejandro Bello Silva	1	Sánchez-Besa biplane	Unknown	Military training flight	Central Chile	Unknown		Chilean expression: más perdido que el Teniente Bello, i.e. "More lost (or clueless) than Lt Bello".
23 May 1914		100px Gustav Hamel	1	Morane-Saulnier 80 hp (60 kW) monoplane	Unknown	Delivery flight	English Channel en route from Hardelot to Hendon Aerodrome	Unknown		Hamel's corpse probably found 6 Jul 1914 (identity unconfirmed)
16 February 1915	813 and 817		2	Short Type C	Military operation	At least two aircraft missing following an attack on Ostend, Belgium	Belgian coastal waters		Chatham Naval Memorial	Royal Naval Air Service (Flt Lt The Hon Desmond O'Brien and Flight Sub-Lt Thomas Spencer missing)
7 Nov 1917	LZ60		0	Zeppelin LZ60	Storm loss	Broke free of mooring	North Sea	Unknown		Zeppelin unmanned when it broke free.
2 June 1919		Mansell Richard James	1	Sopwith Camel	Unknown	Air race (Boston to New York)	New England en route from Boston to New York	Unknown		Reports of wreckage (Mount Riga NY, Pittsfield MA, Fort Pond Bay NY)
9 Dec 1919		Cedric Howell & George Henry Fraser	1	Martinsyde Type A Mk.I	Unknown	Air race (England to Australia)	St George's Bay, Corfu	Unknown		Airframe & corpse of Cedric Howell (pilot) recovered.
23 Mar 1921	A-5597		5	Hydrogen balloon	Unknown	Free balloon flight (all-night training)	Gulf of Mexico off St. Andrews Bay (Florida)	Unknown		Balloon found (without crew) 8 Apr 1921.
21 Dec 1923	Image in de.wikipedia Dixmude		49	Zeppelin LZ114	Storm damage or mid-air explosion (suspected)	Attempted flight across Sahara Desert	Vicinity of Pantelleria, Italy en route from Gulf of Gabes	Unknown	Cuers, France	42 crew, 7 passengers missing. Light debris & body of Jean du Plessis de Grenedan (commander) found in sea near Sciacca, Sicily, 26 Dec 1923.
15 Nov 1924	Fokker 4146	Artur de Sacadura Cabral	2	Fokker T.III	Crashed in fog (probable)	Delivery flight (Amsterdam to Lisbon)	English Channel en route from Amsterdam to Lisbon	Unknown		Aircraft debris discovered 18 Nov 1924.
8 May 1927	L'Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird)	François Coli and Charles Nungesser	2	Levasseur PL.8	Unknown	Attempted transatlantic flight (1st E to W, 1st Paris to New York)	N Atlantic	Unknown	100px Étretat, Le Bourget airport Coli Lake, ONT	Competing for Orteig Prize. Source.
26 May 1927	G-IAAB		2	100px Airco DH.9 D3180	Unknown	Private flight	NW Turkey en route Konya to Istanbul (between Konya & Eskişehir or Kütahya & Bandırma)	Last sighted: Kadınhanı		F/O John James Crofts Cocks (b. 18.02.1895) and LAC Rowston left Lahore, British India on 11 May, for Lympne, England.
19 Aug 1927	Dallas Spirit (NX941)	William Portwood Erwin	2	Swallow monoplane	Unknown	Search and rescue mission	Pacific Ocean en route from Oakland to Honolulu	Unknown		Competitor in Dole Air Race, searching for Miss Doran & Golden Eagle
31 Aug 1927	Saint Raphael	Leslie Hamilton, Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg and Frederick F. Minchin	3	Fokker F.VIIA	Unknown	Attempted transatlantic flight (1st E to W, Upavon ENG to Ottawa CAN)	N Atlantic in the vicinity of Newfoundland	Unknown	Hamilton Lake, Ont.
7 Sep 1927	Old Glory	Lloyd W. Bertaud and J. D. Hill	3	Fokker F.VIIA	Overloading (probable)	Attempted transatlantic flight (Old Orchard Beach, Maine to Rome, Italy)	N Atlantic 960km E of Cape Race, Newfoundland	Unknown	Old Glory Memorial, Scottdale, PA Bertaud Lake, Ont.	Wreckage discovered by SS Kyle 12 Sep 1927. Sources.
23 Dec 1927	The Dawn	Brice Goldsborough, Frances Wilson Grayson and Oskar Omdal	4	Sikorsky S-36	Unknown	Attempted transatlantic flight	N Atlantic en route from NYC to Newfoundland	Unknown	Goldsborough Lake, Ont.	Intended to attempt Newfoundland to London flight.
10 Jan 1928	Aotearoa	Lieutenant John Moncrieff and Captain George Hood	2	Ryan B-1 Brougham	Unknown	First attempted trans-Tasman flight.	Tasman Sea	Unknown	A number of streets named 'Moncrieff' or 'Hood' in various New Zealand towns and cities; Hood Aerodrome in Masterton, Wairarapa.	Departed from Sydney, Australia for Trentham, New Zealand. Radio signals ceased when the aircraft should have been about two hours out from New Zealand.
13 Mar 1928	Endeavour	Walter G. R. Hinchliffe and Elsie Mackay	2	Stinson SM-1 Detroiter	Unknown	Attempted transatlantic flight (1st E to W, RAF Cranwell ENG to Newfoundland)	N Atlantic on a course from en route from Crookhaven to Newfoundland	Unknown		Bremen made 1st E to W transatlantic flight, 12–14 April 1928: Baldonnel Aerodrome IRL to Greenly I. CAN.
25 May 1928	Italia	Aldo Pontremoli	6	Semi-rigid airship	Crash landing	Polar exploration	Barents Sea			One person also died in the crash. Subsequent searches unsuccessful.
18 Jun 1928	100px Latham 47.02	Roald Amundsen and René Guilbaud	6	Latham 47	Unknown	Search and rescue mission	Barents Sea	Unknown		Searching for survivors of Italia,
6 Sep 1928	N9834		3	100px Blackburn R-1 Blackburn	Unknown	Military reconnaissance	North Sea	Unknown		Pilot Officer Samuel Hatton, Lt. Charles Sheldon Booth RN and Telegraphist Edmund George Bourke Grigson missing; No. 422 (Fleet Spotter) Flight, HMS Argus
30 May 1932	CF-AGL		2	de Havilland DH.60 Moth	Unknown	Private flight	Vicinity of St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador	Unknown		Arthur Sullivan (pilot), Dr Kurt K. (Karl) Kuenhert vanished on pleasure flight.
12 Aug 1932	G-AAKA		2	Avro 616 Avian IVM	Unknown	Private flight	Gulf of Martaban en route from Moulmein, Burma to Rangoon	Vicinity of (unconfirmed)		English planters, GW Salt and FB Taylor, left KL 3 July, to fly to England.
14 Sep 1932	Replica (as Miss Veedol) The American Nurse (NR796W)		3	Bellanca Skyrocket J-400 Long-Distance Special	Unknown	Attempted New York to Rome flight	North Atlantic, 640km (400mi) west of Cape Finisterre, Spain	Unknown		NR796W (as Miss Veedol) made 1st non-stop trans-Pacific flight (Oct 1931).
20 Jun 1933	(replica) Cuatro Vientos	Mariano Barberán and Joaquín Collar Serra	2	Br.19 TF Super Bidon	Unknown	Attempted long-distance flight	Vicinity of Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico	Unknown		Aircraft was on final leg of a Seville to Mexico City flight.
3 Dec 1934	Stella Australis (VH-UXY)	Charles Ulm	3	Airspeed Envoy	Ditching due to fuel starvation	Attempted US to Australia flight	Pacific Ocean in vicinity of Hawaii en route from Oakland	Unknown		Most probable that aircraft overflew Hawaii.
8 Nov 1935	100px Lady Southern Cross	Charles Kingsford Smith	2	Lockheed Altair	Unknown	Attempt to break England to Australia speed record	Andaman Sea en route from Allahabad to Singapore	Unknown
10 Feb 1936	Ville de Buenos Aires (F-AOIK)	Émile Barrière	6	100px Latécoère 301	Unknown	Passenger flight	S Atlantic, vicinity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago	Unknown
7 Dec 1936	Croix-du-Sud	Jean Mermoz	5	Latécoère 300	Unknown	Air mail flight	S Atlantic en route from Dakar to Natal, Brazil	(last reported position)		Final radio message (incomplete) reported engine failure minutes after last position report.
15 Feb 1937	K5619		3	100px Blackburn Shark	Unknown	Military patrol	Mediterranean Sea	Unknown		Lost: Sub-Lt George Eric Lake, Lt Roderick W. MacDonald & Telegraphist, C/JX 133704 William H. Currie, 821 Naval Air Sqn, FAA, HMS Courageous
2 Jul 1937	NR 16020	Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan	2	Lockheed Electra 10E	Fuel Starvation (most likely)	Attempted round-the-world flight	On approach to Howland Island, Pacific Ocean	Vicinity of Howland island	Earhart Light, Howland Island	At the time, the search for Earhart was the largest of its kind in history.
13 Aug 1937	DB-A prototype	Sigizmund Levanevsky	6	100px Bolkhovitinov DB-A	Unknown	Attempted long-distance flight (Moscow to Fairbanks, Alaska via North Pole)	Arctic en route from Moscow to Fairbanks	Unknown		Possible sighting of wreckage on sea floor, near (1999)
24 Feb 1938	K7734		3	Vickers Wellesley (Type 292)	Unknown	Attempted round Britain flight	North Sea (last reported 80km (50m) east of Wick, Scotland en route to Shetland	Unknown		Flt. Lt. F.S. Gardner (pilot), F/O G.J.D. Thomson & Sgt. G. Higgs, Long Range Development Unit. Debris found Stavanger, Norway 22.03.38.
4 Apr 1938	K2944		3	Vickers Vildebeest Mark II	Unknown	Military training flight (night navigation exercise)	South China Sea, vicinity of Horsburgh Lighthouse, Pedra Branca, Singapore	(Horsburgh Lighthouse)		Lost: Sgt. W.D.M Roberts (pilot), AC1 E.J. Beisly & AC1 M.R. Hunter of No. 100 Sqn RAF, RAF Seletar, Singapore
17 Apr 1938		Andrew Carnegie Whitfield	1	Taylor Cub	Unknown	Private flight	Vicinity of Long Island en route from Roosevelt Field to Brentwood	Unknown
28 Jul 1938	Hawaii Clipper (NC14714)		15	100px Martin M-130	Unknown	Passenger flight	909km E of the Philippine coast, en route from Guam to Manila	Unknown
6 Aug 1938	K9759		1	Hawker Hector	Unknown	Military navigation flight	North Sea off Blackhall Rocks, England	Unknown		Lost: P/O Douglas St Quentin Robinson, No. 13 Sqn RAF, RAF Odiham
8 Aug 1938	K8831		4	100px Avro Anson	Unknown	Military flight	North Sea off Bridlington, England	Unknown		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
6 Oct 1938	K6971		3	Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow	Storm conditions (probable, lightning strike possible)	Military flight (night exercise)	English Channel off Dungeness, Kent	Unknown		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.
9 May 1939	K3570		2	100px Westland Wallace	Fouling of tail by towing cable	Military: artillery target tow	North Sea flying over the Theddlethorpe firing ranges	Unknown		Lost: P/O M.T. Lloyd & AC J. Flannery of No. 1 Air Armament School.
9 Aug 1939	L4258		5	Vickers Wellington I	Unknown	Military flight	North Sea on a flight from RAF Mildenhall	Unknown		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.
11 Aug 1939	Shalom (NX557NN)		2	Ryan C-2 Foursome	Unknown	Attempted transatlantic flight	N Atlantic en route from the St Peter's NS to Ireland	Unknown		NYC to Palestine flight by Betar activists Alex Loeb and Richard Decker.
19 Aug 1939			6	Supermarine Stranraer	Unknown	Military patrol	North Sea between northern Scotland and Norway	Unknown		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.
1 Mar 1940	G-AAGX Hannibal	Harold Whistler	8	100px Handley Page H.P.42	Unknown	Passenger flight	Gulf of Oman en route from Jask, Iran and Sharjah, Emirate of Sharjah	Unknown		Lost: 4 crew; 4 passengers.
16 Aug 1942	L-8		2	L class blimp	Unknown	Military: anti-submarine patrol	Pacific Ocean in vicinity of San Francisco	Unknown		Airship drifted back to land; absence of crew unexplained.
7–9 July 1943		Kenji Tsukagoshi	8	Tachikawa Ki-77	Unconfirmed enemy action	Attempted flight: Singapore to Sarabus (now Hvardiiske, Crimea)	Over the Indian Ocean	Unknown		Lost: crew of 5 & 3 IJA passengers. Likely intercepted by RAF fighters over Indian Ocean as flight known through decrypted communications.
26 Jul 1944	41-107470	Leon Vance	26	Douglas C-54A-5-DO	Unknown	Military transport (wounded personnel)	N Atlantic SE of Greenland en route from Keflavík, Iceland to Stephenville, Newfoundland	Unknown		Source.
15 Dec 1944	44-70285	Glenn Miller	3	UC-64 Norseman	Unknown	Military transport	English Channel en route from Clapham, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom to Paris, France	Unknown		No trace of the aircrew, passengers or plane found, possibly overflew bomb jettisoning area. Also lost: F/O John Morgan & Lt. Col. Norman F. Baessell.
26 Feb 1945	41-24174, c/n 969	100px Millard Harmon and James Roy Andersen	6–20	C-87A Liberator Express	Unknown (known safety issues with aircraft type)	Military transport	Pacific Ocean en route from Kwajalein Atoll to Johnston Island	Unknown		2 passengers and pilot identified; number of others lost unknown.
27 Mar 1945	Commando	Sir Peter Drummond	11–25	Liberator B Mk II (LB-30)	Unknown	Military transport	N Atlantic in vicinity of Azores	Unknown		7 passengers identified in media; number of others lost unknown.
20 Oct 1945	A65-83		25	Douglas C-47B-30-DK	Unknown	Military transport (wounded personnel)	Timor Sea	Unknown		Source.
5 Dec 1945	Flight 19		14	TBM Avenger (5)	Fuel starvation after navigational error (presumed)	Military training flight	Off east coast of Florida	Unknown
5 Dec 1945	BuNo 59225		13	Martin PBM-5 Mariner	Mid-air explosion (presumed)	Search and rescue mission, while searching for Flight 19.	Off east coast of Florida
23 Mar 1946	G-AGLX		10	Avro Lancastrian	Unknown	Passenger flight	Indian Ocean en route from Colombo, Ceylon to Cocos (Keeling) Is. (BOAC/Qantas London–Sydney route)	Unknown		5 crew, 5 passengers missing. Source.
30 Jan 1948	Star Tiger (G-AHNP)	Arthur Coningham (RAF officer)	31	Avro Tudor Mark IV	Unknown	Passenger flight	N Atlantic en route from the Azores to Bermuda	Unknown
1 Aug 1948	Lionel de Marnier (F-BDRC)		52	Latécoère 631	Crashed in water for an unknown reason	Passenger flight	Atlantic Ocean en route from Martinique to Mauritania	Unknown
28 Dec 1948	NC16002		32	Douglas DC-3DST-144	Unknown	Passenger flight	Off east coast of Florida	Unknown
17 Jan 1949	Star Ariel (G-AGRE)		20	Avro Tudor Mark IVB	Unknown	Passenger flight	N Atlantic en route from Bermuda to Kingston, Jamaica	Unknown
26 Jan 1950	42-72469		44	Douglas C-54D Skymaster	Unknown	Passenger flight	Yukon Territory in vicinity of Snag	Unknown
23 Jun 1950	Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501		58	Douglas DC-4 (formerly C-54)	Unknown	Passenger flight	Lake Michigan, 29km NNW of Benton Harbor, MI
21 Jul 1951	CF-CPC		37	Douglas DC-4 (former C-54A/R5D-1)	Unknown	Passenger flight	Alaska (probable)	Unknown
2 Feb 1953	G-AHFA		39	100px Avro York	Unknown	Passenger flight	N Atlantic en route from Lajes, Azores to Gander, Newfoundland
1 Apr 1953	G-AKBL		2	Miles M.38 Messenger 2A	Unknown	Private flight	Irish Sea en route from RAF Northolt to Dublin Airport via Daventry	Unknown (probable debris sighted from air, west of Isle of Man)		Lost: Rodney R. Matthews-Naper (pilot) & Walter Bradley. Death presumed (M-N: 24.07.53 & B.: 19.03.54) Pilot to fly to Australia, starting 6.04.53.
23 Nov 1953	51-5853A	Felix Moncla	2	F-89C Scorpion	Unknown	Air defense intercept	Lake Superior, about 20 miles north of US-Canadian border	(point of disappearance on radar)	Gene Moncla memorial, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Moreauville LA
31 Jan 1956	44-29125		2	100px B-25J-20/22-NC "Mitchell"	Ditching (river) due to fuel starvation	Military transport	Monongahela River, PA 2.4km downstream from the 7.9 km marker	(point of impact)		Two crew lost in water; airframe not located
10 Mar 1956	SN:52-534		3	B-47 Stratojet	Unknown	Military mission	Mediterranean Sea	Unknown		Nuclear weapons material lost in incident
22 Mar 1957	50-0702		67	Boeing C-97C-35-BO Stratofreighter	Unknown	Military transport	Pacific Ocean, 320km SE of Tokyo, Japan en route from Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California	Unknown		Missing: 10 crew; 57 passengers.
20 Feb 1958	141310		22	Lockheed WV-2 Super Constellation	Unknown	Military (airborne radar patrol)	N Atlantic 176km W of Ilha do Corvo, Azores en route from Naval Air Station Argentia, NF, CAN to Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores	Unknown		Source.
8 Nov 1958	TAM-05		3	Douglas DC-3	Unknown	Cargo flight	Central Bolivia en route from San Borja to El Alto International Airport, La Paz	Unknown		Operated by Transporte Aéreo Militar.
9 Nov 1958	CS-THB		36	Martin PBM-5 Mariner	Unknown	Passenger flight	N Atlantic en route from Cabo Ruivo, Lisbon, Portugal to Funchal, Madeira	(estimated)		Last radio transmission: "QUG", meaning "I am forced to land immediately."
28 Oct 1959	FAR-53	100px Camilo Cienfuegos	3	Cessna 310	Unknown	Private flight	Gulf of Mexico en route from Camagüey to Havana	Unknown
10 Jul 1960	VT-DGS		16	Douglas C-47-DL	Unknown	Passenger flight	Vicinity of Sharjah, UAE en route from Doha Airport, Qatar to Sharjah Airport	Unknown		Missing: 3 crew; 13 passengers. Crashed at sea or overflew destination causing CFIT.
3 Feb 1961	Garuda Indonesia Flight 542		26	Douglas C-47A-20-DK	Unknown	Passenger flight	Off Madura Island, Indonesia en route from Surabaya-Juanda Airport to Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Airport	Unknown		Missing: 5 crew; 21 passengers.
11 Nov 1961	HH-ABA		3	Lockheed L-749A Constellation	Unknown	Cargo flight	Over the Caribbean Sea E of Puerto Rico en route from San Juan to Managua, Nicaragua	Unknown
15 Mar 1962	Flying Tiger Line Flight 739		107	Lockheed Constellation L-1049H	Mid-air explosion (presumed)	Military transport	Western Pacific Ocean			Flying Tiger Line Flight 739
2 Jan 1964	52-0968		9	Douglas C-124C Globemaster II	Unknown	Military transport	Pacific Ocean 1200 km W of Hawaii en route from Wake Island Airfield to Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu	Unknown		One passenger was lost in the accident.
28 Mar 1964	N4726V		9	Douglas C-54A-10-DC	Unknown	Passenger flight	Pacific Ocean, 1120 km W of San Francisco CA en route from Honolulu Int'l Airport to Los Angeles Int'l Airport	(last reported position)		Aircraft used in film The High and the Mighty (1954). Source.
12 Aug 1964	N9492X	100px Charles Clifford Ogle	1	Cessna 210A	Unknown	Private flight	Sierra Nevada Mountains, USA	Unknown
9 Jun 1965	51-2680		9	Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar	Unknown	Military transport	N Atlantic off the Bahamas en route from Homestead Air Force Base, Fla. to Grand Turk Island Airport	Unknown		Four of those lost were mechanics being transported to Grand Turk Island to repair a C-119.
1 Nov 1965	Fuerza Aérea Argentina TC-48		68	Douglas C-54	Engine fire	Military transport	Costa Rican jungle or Caribbean Sea. En route from Howard Air Force Base to El Salvador International Airport	Unknown		25 lifebuoys, personal belongings and some wreckage were found in Bocas del Toro Archipelago, but the airplane or bodies were never found.
23 Apr 1966	CCCP-61772		33	Ilyushin Il-14	Ditching at sea (probable)	Passenger flight	South of Baku	Unknown		Wreckage not recovered; pilot radioed that he was ditching the plane.
11 Jul 1966	HK-527		8	Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando	Unknown	Cargo flight	Near Cerro el Planchon, Chile en route from Bogota, Colombia to Buenos Aires, Argentina	Unknown
25 Jul 1966	HS-OOO		3	Douglas DC-3-362	Unknown	Delivery flight	Pacific Ocean 840 km off the US coast	Unknown
5 Jun 1968	A-12 Aircraft No. 129 (#60–6932)		1	Lockheed A-12	Unknown	Check flight (engine replacement)	Philippine Sea, on a flight from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa	Approx. 920 km (500nmi) E of Philippines & 1111 km (600nmi) S of Okinawa –		Lost: CIA pilot Jack W. Weeks. Scheduled as last operational A-12 flight from Kadena.
9 Mar 1969	N3821		3	Douglas DC-4	Unknown	Cargo flight	N Atlantic en route from Halifax International Airport to Santa Maria Airport (Azores)	Unknown
5 Jun 1969	Rivet Amber		19	Boeing RC-135	Unknown	Flight to maintenance facility	Bering Sea en route from Shemya AFB, AK to Eielson AFB, AK, ca 400km E of Shemya	Unknown
21 Sep 1970	The Free Life	Malcolm Brighton (pilot)	3	Roziere balloon	Ditching (sea) due to equipment failure and weather	Attempted transatlantic flight (1st by balloon)	N Atlantic approx 1000km SE of Newfoundland	Unknown		First transatlantic balloon crossing, 11–16 August 1978 by Double Eagle II, Presque Isle, Maine to Miserey, France
25 Jan 1971	N400CP		5	Rockwell 1121 Jet Commander	Unknown	Passenger flight (executive jet)	Over from Lake Champlain, N.Y. (presumed) en route from Burlington International Airport, VT to T. F. Green Airport, Providence, RI	Unknown		Plane operated by Cousins Properties.
13 Jun 1971	61-0331		24	Boeing EC-135N	Unknown	Military observation flight	Pacific Ocean, 113km S of Hawaii, near Palmyra Atoll en route from Pago Pago to Hickam Air Force Base	(crash position indicator)		Returning from observing French nuclear test Encelade.
26 May 1972	152155		8	Lockheed P-3A-50-LO Orion	Unknown	Military training flight	Pacific Ocean off California, on a routine training mission based at Moffett Federal Airfield	Unknown		Source.
20 Jul 1972	LV-JYR		5	Canadair CC-106 Yukon	Unknown	Cargo flight	En route from Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo, Uruguay to Santiago, Chile	Unknown
16 Oct 1972	N1812H	Nick Begich and 100px Hale Boggs	4	Cessna 310C	Unknown	Passenger flight (private)	Alaska en route from Anchorage to Juneau	Unknown		Members of US House of Representatives
10 Jan 1974	TAM-52		24	Douglas DC-4	Unknown	Passenger flight (non-scheduled)	Central Bolivia en route from Santa Rosa de Yacuma Airport (SRB/SLSR) () to El Alto International Airport, La Paz	Unknown		Operated by Transporte Aéreo Militar.
21 Feb 1974	Light Heart	Thomas Leigh Gatch, Jr.	1	Superpressure balloon	Unknown	Attempted transatlantic flight (1st by balloon)	1610km W of the Canaries en route from Harrisburg Airport, PA to W Europe	Unknown		Some doubt about last reported sighting; last radio contact, 12.50, 19 Feb 1974, 1,490 km NE of San Juan, PR.
12 Oct 1974	Swan 38		6	Lockheed WC-130 Weatherbird	Unknown	Weather reconnaissance	South China Sea	Unknown		Aircraft lost during Typhoon Bess (1974).
24 Sep 1976*	HK-1282		2	Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando	Unknown	Cargo flight	Caribbean Sea off Aruba en route to Queen Beatrix International Airport	Unknown		Date possibly 16 Sep 1976.
5 Nov 1976	HP-671		2	Douglas DC-3	Unknown	Cargo flight	Caribbean Sea en route from Willemstad, Curaçao to Port-au-Prince, Haiti	Unknown
30 Jun 1977	N126US		4	Lockheed L-188CF Electra	Unknown	Cargo flight	Caribbean Sea 65 km off Bocas del Toro, Panama en route from San José, Costa Rica to Caracas, Venezuela	Unknown		One passenger was lost, along with the crew of three.
21 Sep 1978	N407D		4	Douglas DC-3-277C	Unknown	Ferry/positioning (for passenger flight)	N Atlantic off Ft Lauderdale, FL en route from Ft Lauderdale to Havana, Cuba	Unknown		Aircraft flying to pick up passengers in Havana. Source.
21 Oct 1978	VH-DSJ	Frederick Valentich	1	Cessna 182L	Unknown	Private flight	Bass Strait, vicinity of Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia (as reported by pilot)			No radar confirmation of the pilot-reported position.
8 Dec 1978	HK-1707X		3	100px Douglas DC-6A/B	Unknown	Cargo flight	Over the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Colombia on a cargo flight from Bogota to Trinidad, Casanare	Unknown		Source.
30 Jan 1979	Varig Flight 967		6	Boeing 707-323C	Unknown	Cargo flight	Pacific Ocean 200 km ENE of Tokyo	Unknown		153 of Manabu Mabe's paintings lost.
7 Jul 1979	N302RA	Ian Mackintosh	3	Socata Rallye 235GT	Unknown	Passenger flight (private)	Vicinity of Woody Island (Alaska) en route from Anchorage to Kodiak	Unknown		Additional information.
3 Oct 1980	ECT-025		2	Douglas DC-3 (C-47A-35-DK)	Unknown	Ferry/positioning (transfer to aviation museum)	Mediterranean Sea (presumed) en route from Madrid to Perpignan, France (intended onward flight to Frankfurt)	Unknown		Previously decommissioned aircraft; provisional, limited, Certificate of Airworthiness. Unauthorised take off, on unrated runway, no working radio equipment. Source.
21 Apr 1981	F-BJBY		4	Douglas C-53-DO (DC-3)	Unknown	Passenger flight (non-scheduled)	Mediterranean Sea, 24 km off Port d'Andratx, Mallorca en route from Oran, Algeria to Toulouse, France	Unknown
9 Aug 1981	VH-MDX		5	Cessna 210M	Unknown	Passenger flight (non-scheduled)	Barrington Tops National Park, Australia	Unknown		Source.
13 Feb 1983	N482U	Upali Wijewardene	6	100px Learjet 35A	Unknown	Passenger flight (executive jet)	Straits of Malacca c. 20 km off Kuala Selangor, Malaysia en route from Kuala Lumpur–International to Colombo–Katunayake, Sri Lanka	Unknown		Operated by Upali Air. Survival pack, apparently from aircraft, found (Feb 19).
2 Sep 1983	C-GIPF	George Cogar	7	Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander	Unknown	Private flight (hunting trip)	Near Smithers, BC, Canada	Unknown
31 Oct 1984	RP-C138		4	Douglas C-47B-1-DL	Unknown	Cargo flight	Off Davao, Philippines en route from Davao to Manila	Unknown
16 Sep 1985	N13AS	Art Scholl	1	Pitts S-2	Fatal spin	Aerial cinematography	Pacific Ocean, off Carlsbad, California	Unknown		Accident occurred during filming for Top Gun (1986).
25 Mar 1986	K2729		7	Antonov An-32	Unknown	Delivery flight	Indian Ocean, 450km off Jamnagar. India	Unknown		Operated by Indian Air Force. Source.
3 August 1986	LIAT Flight 319		13	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter	Unknown	Passenger Flight	Caribbean Sea, on approach to the E. T. Joshua Airport. St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Unknown		Operated by LIAT. Source.
4 Dec 1987	C-GOMC		4	Britten-Norman BN-2A-6 Islander	Unknown	Passenger flight	Near Mount Waddington, BC, Canada	Unknown
17 Jan 1989	CP-1418		5	Douglas C-47A-75-DL	Unknown	Passenger flight (non-scheduled)	Near La Paz, Bolivia en route to Apolo, La Paz	Unknown		Source.
25 Aug 1989	Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404		54	100px Fokker F27 Friendship	Unknown	Passenger flight (scheduled)	Himalayan mountain range			Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404
10 Jan 1995	Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 6715		14	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter	Weather (probable)	Passenger flight	Molo Strait, Indonesia en route from Bima Airport to Satartacik Airport, Ruteng	Unknown		Source
22 Dec 1997	ER-ACF		5	Antonov An-72	Unknown	Cargo flight	S Atlantic en route from Port Bouet Airport, Côte d'Ivoire to Rundu Airport, Namibia	Unknown		Source.
25 May 2003	N844AA	Ben Charles Padilla	1	Boeing 727-223	Unknown	Theft	Luanda, Angola			Stolen at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport; unclear how many aboard.
1 Nov 2008	N87V		3	Beechcraft King Air 65-A90		Aerial Survey	Georgetown, Guyana	Unknown		Lost: 3 crew. Aircraft vanished over a remote part of the Guyana jungle.
2 Jan 2011	LV-ZYO	Alejandro Ferzola	1	Robinson R44		Ferry/positioning (for police patrolling in Santa Teresita)	En route from Brandsen to Santa Teresita, Argentina	Unknown
7 Apr 2013	Beechcraft 1900C	Jerry Krause (missionary)	1	Beechcraft 1900C	Unknown	Private flight	Approx. 20 minutes from São Tomé International Airport
8 Mar 2014	Malaysia Airlines Flight 370		239	Boeing 777-200ER	Unknown	Passenger flight	En route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing, China	Last transponder position but the final position is unknown		Most evidence suggests that the plane went down in the Indian Ocean west of Australia.

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• Mapped: One year on from MH370, all the planes which have disappeared since 1948