A Russian passenger plane with 49 people on board went missing in Russia’s far east on July 24. According to IFAX, the debris of the plane was found in the eastern Amur region.
The aircraft was an An-24 passenger plane and was operated by a Siberia-based airline called Angara. (Images: Reuters)
Multiple reports suggest all people on board the plane died and that there are no survivors. As we wait for official confirmation on the same, here’s a look back at some of the most notable airplane disappearances over the years. (Image: AI-generated)
EgyptAir Flight 804 (May 19, 2016): The Airbus 320 was carrying 66 people from Paris, France, to Cairo, Egypt, when the aircraft plunged into the 13,000-foot-deep waters of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Despite digital flight data and cockpit voice recorder recovery, mystery still surrounds it. (Image: Representative photo, Wikimedia Commons)
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 (March 8, 2014): The Boeing 777 was carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing, China, before it disappeared without a trace. Despite the most expensive seacrh in aviation history, no conclusive evidence has been found to date. (File photo)
Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 (March 16, 1962): In the early days of the Vietnam War, 93 U.S. Army Rangers were dispatched on a secret mission in this charter flight. After refuelling in Guam, the aircraft went missing without any distress signal. The true cause of disappearance remains missing. (Image: Representative photo, Wikimedia Commons)
Pan Am Flight 7 (November 9, 1957): The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was carrying 36 passengers and 8 crew members from San Francisco to Honolulu. Halfway through their flight, radar contact was lost before the plane went missing. While 19 bodies were later recovered, the aircraft and the remaining 25 people were never found. (Image: Representative photo, Wikimedia Commons)
Canadian Pacific Air Lines (July 21, 1951): During the Korean War, a Douglas DC-4 took from from Vancouver, Canada, to Tokyo, Japan, carrying 31 passengers and 6 crew members. It encountered rain and low visibility during a refueling stop, following which it disappeared without a trace. No debris was ever found. (Image: Representative photo, Wikimedia Commons)
Flight 19, Bermuda Triangle (early December, 1945): In one of the most mysterious events, not one but six planes vanished into thin air, with no trace whatsoever. Avenger torpedo bombers took off for practice in what we today know as the Bermuda Triangle. To date, no debris of the six planes or their passengers have been found. The mystery surrounding Bermuda Triangle continues. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Lockheed Electra (July 1937): American aviator Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first person ever to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland. On a maiden trip to fly around the globe, her twin-engine Lockheed Electra disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. Her plane wreckage was never found, making it one of the earliest and most mysterious plane disappearances in aviation history. (Image: Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum)
