MALAYSIAN AIRLINE FLIGHT ISN’T THE ONLY ONE THAT’S Small passenger flights have sometimes disappeared, never to be found. But there have also been massive planes with at least

a 100 passengers that have vanished for days

SURABAYA

MANADO

Indian Ocean

ADAM AIR Flight 574

7 DAYS LATER

102 People(96 passengers and 6 crew)

Went missing on Jan 1, 2007 while flying between the Indonesian cities of Surabaya and Manado

Three pieces of debris were spotted on Jan 8. Black boxes found on 21 January, 2,000 m under the sea and 1.4 km apart from each other

First wreckage spotted:

On board:

Indonesia

BOEING 737-400

AIR FRANCE Flight 447

228 People(216 passengers, 12 crew)

Went missing on Jun 1, 2009 while flying from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France

2 male bodies along with a seat, a nylon backpack and a leather briefcase on Jun 6. By 16 June, 50 bodies were recovered 80 km apart. Between May 5 and Jun 3, 2011 more debris and 104 bodies were recovered from 3,800-4,000 m under the sea

On board:

PARIS

RIO DE JANEIRO

Brazil

AIRBUS A330

Atlantic Ocean

5 DAYS LATERFirst wreckage spotted:

FLYING TIGER LINE Flight 739

NEVER

107 People

Disappeared on Mar 16, 1962 while flying from Guam to Clark Air Base in Philippines. It was chartered by the US Military to fly from California to Saigon

First wreckage spotted:

A search was conducted for 8 days over 5,20,000 sq km of ocean, but nothing has ever been found

On board:

LOCKHEED L-1049 Super Constellation Propliner

Philippines

GUAM

CLARK AIR

BASE

Pacific Ocean