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Missing planes are not unique to the Bermuda Triangle. At least 85 aircraft have disappeared without a trace since 1948, with incidents occurring worldwide. Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 is among them, with a search still underway in the Indian Ocean. Debris can take a long time to show up, as seen with the Indian Air Force An-12 transport plane that disappeared in 1968 and was only found in 2013. Other notable missing planes include Air France 447 and Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra.
Do planes suddenly disappear without a trace? For many of us, the missing planes are reminiscent of the myth of the Bermuda Triangle, the 500,000 square mile area in the Atlantic Ocean where planes and ships are believed to disappear. However, missing planes aren’t as rare as we think, and they’re definitely not unique to the area of the ocean called the Bermuda Triangle. According to the Aviation Safety Network Records, at least 85 passenger, cargo and military aircraft have disappeared without a trace since 1948. These incidents occurred around the world, and no aircraft debris or passenger bodies were discovered in 2014. The record for missing planes includes Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. The commercial flight that had 239 people on board went missing on March 8, 2014 over the southern Indian Ocean. As of 2015, a search is underway in the Indian Ocean for debris belonging to the flight. Sometimes it can take a long time for debris from missing planes to show up. For example, the debris of the Indian Air Force An-12 transport plane that disappeared in 1968 was only found in 2013.
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Air France 447 crashed while flying over the Atlantic in 2009. It took two years to find all the bodies of the 288 passengers on board.
In 1945, a rescue plane searching for the five lost US Navy bombers went missing over the Bermuda Triangle.
Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra disappeared in the middle of the Pacific in 1937 while attempting to go around the world.
