Unsolved Mystery: World's 7 Airplane Disappearances

Air France flight 447, 2009: Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330 from Rio to Paris carrying 288 passengers and crew from Rio to Paris disappeared over the Atlantic in 2009.

The final report into the crash suggested ice crystals obstructed tubes in the aircraft, causing the autopilot to disconnect. The crew attempted to recover from the problem, but failed and stalled, causing the aircraft to plunge into the ocean. In the months following the crash, 50 bodies were recovered from the sea. The black box recorders of Flight 447 were eventually found in May 2011, along with a further 104 bodies. The bodies of 74 passengers still remain unrecovered.

Egypt Air Flight 990, 1999: The main cause of the crash of Egypt Air flight 990, which left John F Kennedy International Airport in New York on 31st October 1999 bound for Cairo, still remains a big mystery. The plane crashed into the Atlantic south of Massachusetts killing all 217 passengers and crew.  The U.S. National Trasportation Safety Board ruled that the crash was a result of the co-pilot’s actions, but did not determine a motive for them. But the Egyptian authorities denied this and said the plane crashed due to mechanical failure.

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