Unsolved Mystery: World's 7 Airplane Disappearances

BANGALORE: The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is not the first aviation mystery. The world has come across many such incidents even before this. The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is ongoing. And the circumstances surrounding the disappearance are unusual, with no distress signal sent and no sign of the aircraft in an ever-expanding search area. As such, it has captured the attention of the world, and investigators and aviation experts are yet to provide an explanation. So, let us contemplate on the incidents of 7 flights that mystified the world with its disappearances, as listed by GuardianLV.

Amelia Earhart, 1937: Amelia Earhart, Pioneering American aviator was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record. She was also a member of the National Woman's Party, and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Tragically, she disappeared near Howland Island in the central Pacific Ocean on July 2nd 1937, while she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, were trying to circumnavigate the globe. Since then, various theories about Earhart's fate have fascinated researchers but none of it has come to the accurate conclusion. Even though this mission wasn’t completed, she did accomplish a wider mission—significantly expanding the world's notions of how high a woman can reach.

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