List of missing aircraft

For aircraft that were previously reported as missing but have since been found, see List of previously missing aircraft.

Amelia Earhart's missing modified Lockheed Model 10 Electra

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is officially the flight with the most missing people (239 missing), although remains of the plane have been found in the Indian Ocean.

This list of missing aircraft includes aircraft that have disappeared and whose locations are unknown. According to Annex 13 of the International Civil Aviation Organization, an aircraft is considered to be missing "when the official search has been terminated and the wreckage has not been located". However, there still remains a "grey area" on how much wreckage needs to be found for a plane to be declared "recovered". This list does not include every aviator, or even every air passenger that has ever gone missing as these are separate categories.

In the tables below, each missing aircraft is defined (in the Aircraft column) using one or more identifying features. If the aircraft was known by a custom or personalized name (e.g. Pathfinder), that name is presented first (in italics) followed by the aircraft type (in parentheses). The make of aircraft, although not necessarily a unique identifier, is also provided where appropriate. Aircraft registrations began to be used in the early 20th century for individual identification, so this is also included in the later tables (in parentheses).

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Legend

•   Civilian flight (private, commercial and cargo)
•   Military flight (patrol, training, transport, etc.)
•   Some wreckage was found, but aircraft never declared "recovered"

19th century

Date	Aircraft	People missing	Type of incident	Location (assumed)	Remarks
June 28, 1856	Ville de Paris (hot air balloon)	1 (Matías Pérez)	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (Straits of Florida)	The Cuban expression: Voló como Matías Pérez (meaning "He flew like Matias Perez") has since been known to be used when a person wishes to emphasize the situation of a missing person or object.
September 28, 1879	Pathfinder (hydrogen balloon)	2 (John Wise & George Burr)	Un­known	United States (Lake Michigan)	The body of George Burr was later recovered from Lake Michigan.
December 10, 1881	Saladin (hydrogen balloon)	1 (Walter Powell)	Loss of control	North Atlantic Ocean (Eype Mouth, UK)	Powell was MP for Malmesbury when he disappeared.
July 16, 1889	Peter Campbell Airship, America (demonstration flight)	1 (Edward D. Hogan)	Mechanical failure	North Atlantic Ocean (E. of Atlantic City, New Jersey)	This was one of Professor P. C. [Peter Carmant] Campbell's airships. The pilot was Edward D. Hogan (1852–1889).
July 14, 1897	Örnen (Eagle) (attempted North Pole flight)	3 (S. A. Andrée, Knut Frænkel, and Nils Strindberg)	Loss of control	Arctic Ocean (North of Svalbard)	This was part of a failed Swedish effort to reach the North Pole, resulting in the deaths of all three expedition members. While the bodies were later recovered, the balloon (other than some cloth) was never found.

20th century

1901–1919

Date	Aircraft	People missing	Type of incident	Location (assumed)	Remarks
December 1, 1907	Patrie (semi-rigid airship)	0	Mechanical problem & storm loss	Atlantic Ocean (off the Hebrides)	Stranded away from her base on 29 November, torn loose from moorings on 30 November, and last seen by a steamship on 1 December.
October 17, 1908	Pampero (coal gas balloon)	2 (Eduardo Newbery & Eduardo Romero)	Un­known	Argentina (River Plate)	First Argentines ever to perish in an aircraft accident.
October 18, 1910	America (non-rigid airship)	0	Engine failure	North Atlantic Ocean (W. of Bermuda)	Occupants rescued by merchant vessel after abandoning ship.
December 22, 1910	Cecil Grace No. 3 (Short S.27)	1 (Cecil Grace)	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (English Channel)	Returning from unsuccessful attempt at Baron de Forest Prize en route from Calais to Dover. Body possibly found on March 14, 1911.
June 5, 1911	Blériot XI	1 (Édouard Bague)	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean, near Cap d'Antibes)	Attempted first flight across the Mediterranean.
April 18, 1912	Blériot XI	1 (Damer Leslie Allen)	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (Irish Sea, near Anglesey)	Attempted first flight from Wales to Ireland.
October 13, 1913	Blériot XI	1 (Albert Jewell)	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (S. of Long Island, NY)	Intended to compete in the New York Times American Aerial Derby.
March 14, 1914	Manuel Rodríguez (Sánchez-Besa biplane)	1 (Alejandro Bello Silva)	Unknown	Chile (Central)	Bello was undertaking a military training flight to become a pilot.
May 23, 1914	Morane-Saulnier (model unknown)	1 (Gustav Hamel)	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (English Channel)	This plane was en route from Hardelot to Hendon Aerodrome. An unidentified corpse was found on July 6, 1914, that might have been Hamel's.
November 7, 1916	LZ60 (Zeppelin)	0	Weather (storm loss)	North Atlantic Ocean (North Sea)	This Zeppelin was unmanned when it broke free of its mooring and drifted away.
October 17, 1918	Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane N-9	0	Malfunction	North Atlantic Ocean (S. of Long Island, NY)	Unmanned test flight, last seen over the Naval Air Station Bay Shore at an altitude of 4,000 feet (1220 m) heading east.
June 2, 1919	Sopwith Camel	1 (Mansell Richard James)	Unknown	United States (New England)	James was involved in an air race from Boston to New York City. Although wreckage was found, it was never positively identified.
December 9, 1919	Martinsyde (type A Mk.I)	2 (Cedric Howell & George H. Fraser)	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean, near St George's Bay, Corfu)	These two men were involved in an air race from England to Australia. The airframe & corpse of Cedric Howell (pilot) were eventually recovered.

1920-1939

Date	Aircraft	People missing	Type of incident	Location (assumed)	Remarks
April 24, 1924	Fokker F.III (H-NABS)	3	Un­known	Atlantic Ocean (North Sea)	KLM passenger flight from Lympne to Rotterdam.
May 5, 1927	Farman F.61 Goliath (F-ADFN)	4	Unknown	Atlantic Ocean	SGTA cargo flight from St. Louis to Petrolina. A Brazilian fisherman claimed to have found a wheel from the missing plane June 18 that year.
May 8, 1927	L'Oiseau Blanc (Levasseur PL.8)	2 (François Coli & Charles Nungesser)	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean or Maine	This was an attempted transatlantic flight competing for the Orteig Prize.
May 26, 1927	Airco DH.9 (G-IAAB)	2 (John James Crofts Cocks & LAC Rowston)	Un­known	Turkey (Konya & Eskişehir or Kütahya & Bandırma)	Cocks and Rowston left on a private flight on May 11 from Lahore, British India to Lympne, England.
August 16, 1927	Golden Eagle (NX913)	2 (Jack Frost & Gordon Scott)	Un­known	North Pacific Ocean	Competitor in Dole Air Race.
August 16, 1927	Miss Doran (NX2915)	3 (John "Auggie" Pedlar, Vilas R. Knope & Mildred Doran)	Un­known	North Pacific Ocean	Competitor in Dole Air Race.
August 19, 1927	Dallas Spirit (NX941)	2 (William Portwood Erwin & Alvin Eichwaldt)	Un­known	North Pacific Ocean	Competitor in Dole Air Race, searching for Miss Doran & Golden Eagle.
August 31, 1927	Saint Raphael (Fokker F.VIIA)	3 (Frederick F. Minchin, Leslie Hamilton & Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg)	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (near Newfoundland)	Attempted transatlantic flight (east to west).
November 16, 1927	Junkers F13 (with floats) K-SALD	4	Weather (presumed)	Gulf of Finland	Aero OY passenger flight from Tallinn to Helsinki carrying two Finnish Army officers, a pilot, and a flight mechanic. Extreme fog present at time of disappearance. Finnish Air Force and Navy and Estonian Navy searches found no trace of the aircraft.
December 23, 1927	The Dawn (Sikorsky S-36)	4 (Oskar Omdal, Brice Goldsborough, Frank Koehler & Frances Wilson Grayson)	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (near Nova Scotia)	Intended to attempt Newfoundland to London flight.
January 10, 1928	Aotearoa (Ryan B-1 Brougham, G-AUNZ)	2 (John Robert Moncrieff & George Hood)	Un­known	South Pacific Ocean (Tasman Sea)	Departed from Sydney, Australia for Trentham, New Zealand. Radio signals ceased when the aircraft should have been about two hours out from New Zealand; see Moncrieff and Hood disappearance
March 13, 1928	Endeavour (Stinson SM-1 Detroiter)	2 (Walter G. R. Hinchliffe & Elsie Mackay)	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean	Attempted transatlantic flight (east to west).
May 25, 1928	Italia (airship)	6 (Aldo Pontremoli)	Crash landing	North Atlantic Ocean (Barents Sea)	One person died in the crash, subsequent searches were unsuccessful. Notable people who disappeared included Aldo Pontremoli.
June 18, 1928	Latham 47.02	6	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (Barents Sea)	This group was searching for survivors of the missing airship Italia. Roald Amundsen and René Guilbaud were among the missing attempted rescuers.
September 6, 1928	R.1 Blackburn (N9834)	3	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (North Sea)	Pilot Officer Samuel Hatton, Lt. Charles Sheldon Booth RN and Telegraphist Edmund George Bourke Grigson missing; No. 422 (Fleet Spotter) Flight, HMS Argus.
August 19, 1929	Jung Schweizerland (Farman F.190, CH-245)	2	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean	Disappeared with 2 Swiss pilots during attempted transatlantic flight from Lisbon to New York.
December 24, 1929	CMASA/Dornier Do J Wal Asso 500 Cabina (I-AZDB)	5	Ditching	North Atlantic Ocean (Aegean Sea)	Aero Espresso Italiana flight from Istanbul to Athens. Signaled passing Isola d'Strati at 12:30 but made an emergency landing at 13:00 near Agios Eustratios at 39.336489, 24.755684. Nothing found.
December 26, 1929	de Havilland DH.60M Moth (N-42)	2	Un­known	Antarctica (South Pole area)	Hvalfangstselskapet Kosmos A/S aircraft flying out of the whaling vessel Kosmos. Pilot Leif Lier and observer Dr. Ingvald Schreiner lost.
November 21, 1930	Dornier Do R4 Superwal (I-RONY)	6	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea)	SANA passenger flight from Barcelona to Marseille. Last known radio contact was at 09:40 off of Cap de Creus.
February 1, 1932	Fairchild (model and registration unknown)	5	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (Straits of Florida)	Disappeared during 45-minute Bimini Airlines flight from Miami to Bimini.
May 30, 1932	de Havilland DH.60 Moth (CF-AGL)	2	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (near St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador)	Arthur Sullivan (pilot), Dr Kurt K. (Karl) Kuenhert vanished on pleasure flight.
August 12, 1932	Avro 616 Avian IVM (G-AAKA)	2	Un­known	Indian Ocean (Gulf of Martaban)	English planters, G.W. Salt and F.B. Taylor left for England on a pleasure flight.
September 14, 1932	The American Nurse (Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket, NR796W)	3	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (near Cape Finisterre, Spain)	Attempted New York City to Rome flight.
June 20, 1933	Cuatro Vientos (Br.19 TF Super Bidon)	2	Un­known	Mexico (near Villahermosa)	The duo were on their final leg of the flight that went from Seville to Mexico City.
July 18, 1933	CMASA Wal (I-AZEE)	6	Ditching	North Atlantic Ocean (Aegean Sea)	Aero Espresso Italiana flight from Athens to Rhodes forced to ditch due to gale-force winds. SAR operations by Greece and Italy were unsuccessful.
December 3, 1934	Stella Australis (Airspeed Envoy)	3	Fuel Starvation	North Pacific Ocean (near Hawaii)	Charles Ulm disappeared along with copilot G.M. Littlejohn and navigator/radio operator J.S. Skilling. It is most probable that the aircraft overflew Hawaii.
December 21, 1934	Trimotor Hydroplane (Bach 3-CT-6 Air Yacht, NC850E)	7	Un­known	Pacific Ocean (Gulf of California)	Líneas Aéreas Occidentales (LAO) passenger flight from Mazatlán to La Paz. 2 Americans (pilot and mechanic) and 5 Mexicans (2 male, 2 female, and a female infant) on board; no trace found.
November 8, 1935	Lady Southern Cross (Lockheed Altair)	2 (Charles Kingsford Smith & John T. Pethybridge)	Unknown	Indian Ocean (Andaman Sea)	Attempt to break the England to Australia speed record. Only the undercarriage leg and wheel has ever been found.
January 21, 1936	Dauphine (CAMS 53-1, F-AJIR)	6	Engine failure	North Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea)	Air France passenger flight from Marseille to Ajaccio and Tunis. Vanished off of Corsica after sending a distress call.
February 10, 1936	Ville de Buenos Aires (Latécoère 301, F-AOIK)	6	Weather (storm loss)	South Atlantic Ocean (near Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago)	Notable people lost include Émile Barrière. The nonstop flight from Natal, Brazil was operated by Air France.
February 15, 1936	Tornado (Dornier Do J-2F Bos Wal, D-ADYS)	4	Un­known	South Atlantic Ocean	Lost during a Deutsche Lufthansa cargo flight from Natal to Bodensee via Bathurst.
December 7, 1936	Croix-du-Sud (Latécoère 300)	5	Engine failure (presumed)	South Atlantic Ocean	A final incomplete radio message reported engine failure minutes after the last position report. Notable lost passengers included Jean Mermoz.
February 15, 1937	Blackburn Shark (K5619)	3	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea)	The crew of this military patrol included Sub-Lt George Eric Lake, Lt Roderick W. MacDonald, & Telegraphist William H. Currie. They were all from the 821st Naval Air Squadron Fleet Air Arm of HMS Courageous.
July 2, 1937	Lockheed Electra 10E (NR 16020)	2 (Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan)	Fuel Starvation (most likely)	Central Pacific Ocean (Numerous theories exist on location)	This is perhaps one of the most famous aerial disappearances of all time. Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were on their antepenultimate leg of an attempted round-the-world flight when they went missing. At the time, the search for Earhart was the largest of its kind in history.
August 13, 1937	Bolkhovitinov DB-A (prototype)	6	Unknown	Arctic Ocean	Sigizmund Levanevsky was among the passengers that went missing. This was an attempted long-distance flight from Moscow to Fairbanks, Alaska, via the North Pole. Possible wreckage of the plane was sighted on the sea floor in 1999.
October 27, 1937	Antares (Dewoitine D.333, F-ANQA)	6	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (near El Jadida)	Air France passenger flight from Dakar to Toulouse lost before a stopover in Casablanca. Crew reported passing Agadir at 03:05 but sent an SOS call received at 04:23. 2 mail bags washed up on the beach, but no wreckage was recovered.
February 13, 1938	CANT Z-506 (I-ORIA)	14	Weather (presumed)	North Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea)	Ala Littoria flight from Cádiz to Rome with stopovers in Pollença and Alghero, lost in a storm shortly after second stop at 14:30.
April 4, 1938	Vickers Vildebeest Mark II (K2944)	3	Unknown	North Pacific Ocean (Singapore Strait)	The flight crew consisted of Sgt. W.D.M. Roberts (pilot), AC1 E.J. Beisly & AC1 M.R. Hunter of No. 100 Sqn RAF, RAF Seletar, Singapore.
April 17, 1938	Taylor Cub	1 (Andrew Carnegie Whitfield)	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (near Long Island, United States)	This was a private flight.
July 28, 1938	Hawaii Clipper (Martin M-130, NC14714)	15	Un­known	North Pacific Ocean (East of the Philippine coast)
August 6, 1938	Hawker Hector (K9759)	1	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (North Sea off Blackhall Rocks)	Lost: P/O Douglas St Quentin Robinson, No. 13 Sqn RAF, RAF Odiham.
August 8, 1938	Avro Anson (K8831)	4	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (North Sea off Bridlington)	Lost: Sgt. Cecil Joseph Le Patrick Gordon (pilot), AC2 Thomas Charles Andrews, AC1 Melville George Brand, AC1 Leslie Freeman, No. 233 Sqn RAF, RAF Thornaby.
October 1, 1938	Pampero (Dornier DO.18, D-AROZ)	5	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (off Bathurst)	Deutsche Lufthansa flight from Natal that was just a few minutes from landing.
October 6, 1938	Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow (K6971)	3	Weather (storm loss)	North Atlantic Ocean (English Channel off Dungeness)	Lost: F/O D.A. Hamilton, P/O R.N. Haynes, P/O T.I.S. Munro, LAC C.S. Lodge & AC1 T. Prowse, No. 215 Sqn, RAF Honington, Suffolk.
May 9, 1939	Westland Wallace (K3570)	2	Fouling of tail by towing cable	North Atlantic Ocean (North Sea)	Lost: P/O M.T. Lloyd & AC J. Flannery of No. 1 Air Armament School.
May 16, 1939	Monocoupe 90A (SE-AGM/NX19421)	1	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean	Swedish-American pilot Carl Backman took the registration SE-AGM from a Areonca C-3 in his hometown of Leksand and used on this plane on an attempted flight from the US to Sweden. Planned route was from St. Louis to Rommehed with stops in Bangor and Gander; disappeared on last leg of flight.
August 9, 1939	Vickers Wellington I (L4258)	5	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (North Sea)	Lost: F/O T.A. Darling, P/O F.E. Board, A/Sgt A. Linkley, AC1 R.C.B, Collins & AC1 J.W. Sadler of No. 149 Sqn RAF.
August 11, 1939	Shalom (Ryan C-2 Foursome)	2	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean	NYC to Palestine flight by Betar activists Alex Loeb and Richard Decker.
August 19, 1939	Supermarine Stranraer	6	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (North Sea)	Lost: Act. Flt. Lt. F.E.R. King, F/O A.F. Barber, LAC D. Fulcher, AC1 D.G.P. Ash, AC1 L.S. Freshwater & AC1 W.J. Jeckells, No. 209 Sqn RAF, RAF Invergordon, Ross & Cromarty.

1940–1959

Date	Aircraft	People missing	Type of incident	Location (assumed)	Remarks
March 1, 1940	Hannibal (Handley Page H.P.42, G-AAGX)	8	Crash landing	Indian Ocean (Gulf of Oman)	Four crew and four passengers were lost on this passenger flight. Wreckage washed up on the Iranian coast at Ras al Kuh, 40 km (25 miles) east of Jask.
November 27, 1940	SNCAC NC.223.4 (F-AROA)	7	Shot down (possibly)	North Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea off Teluada, Sardinia)	Lost during Marseille-Bizerte-Beirut-Damascus mail flight. Jean Chiappe was a passenger. Possibly strayed into battle zone.
January 15, 1941	Savoia-Marchetti SM-75C (I-BAYR)	10	Ditching	Atlantic Ocean (off Fernando de Noronha)	LATI passenger flight from Natal to Sal. Pilot was forced to ditch after No. 2 (center) engine lost power and all cargo was dumped. No trace of plane found. (Other sources say flight was headed for Dakar.)
July 2, 1941	Lisunov PS-84 (CCCP-L3467)	3	Unknown	Russia (possibly near Lipetsk)	Aeroflot plane left Vnukovo on a mission but vanished. The pilot was found alive in a Tashkent hospital with burns and wounds on January 10, 1942, but could not recall what happened to the plane or remaining 3 crew members.
January 10, 1942	Consolidated PBY Catalina (Y-58)	6	Unknown	off Kema, Indonesia	The Dutch Navy aircraft disappeared following a raid on the Japanese fleet at Kema. Two other Catalinas flying with Y-58 landed safely.
February 2, 1942	Lisunov PS-84 (CCCP-L3920)	6	Unknown	possibly Kalinin region, Soviet Union	Aeroflot aircraft went missing while returning from a flight behind German lines.
June 5, 1942	Consolidated PBY Catalina (05023)	9	Unknown	Gulf of Mexico	US Navy aircraft disappeared during a navigation flight over the Gulf of Mexico.
June 8, 1942	Consolidated PBY Catalina (04404)	10	Unknown	off Newfoundland	US Navy aircraft went missing on a convoy patrol northeast of Newfoundland.
July 14, 1942	Consolidated PBY Catalina (04404)	9	Unknown	Pacific Ocean off Alaska	US Navy aircraft went missing on patrol out of NAS Sand Point.
July 14, 1942	Lockheed C-60 Lodestar (VHCAD)	3	Unknown	Australia	RAAF aircraft lost without trace between Townsville and Cooktown.
August 17, 1942	Short Sunderland (L2158)	9	Unknown	off Sierra Leone	RAF aircraft missing off Sierra Leone while on convoy escort.
August 28, 1942	Boeing B-17E (41-9146)	9	Weather	off Umnak Island	USAAF aircraft failed to return from a bombing raid against Kiska Island with two other aircraft after becoming separated from the formation while flying through a storm. The last radio transmission from the aircraft stated that the aircraft only had one hour of fuel left. The two other B-17s were able to return safely. No wreckage or remains have been found.
December 17, 1942	Consolidated PBY Catalina (08135)	7	Weather (probable)	Pacific Ocean	US Navy aircraft went missing during a flight out of NAS Kaneohe. The aircraft became separated from two accompanying aircraft over the Pacific in bad weather. The final radio contact mentioned that the crew was flying at 7000 feet (2135 m) on instruments and descending.
January 3, 1943	Consolidated PBY Catalina (08097)	8	Unknown	Atlantic Ocean	US Navy aircraft went missing on patrol out of NAS Quonset Point.
January 16, 1943	Consolidated PBY Catalina (2310)	5	Unknown	off Brunswick, GA	US Navy aircraft went missing off Brunswick, Georgia.
January 18, 1943	Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express (41-11708)	26	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (off Natal)	USAAF flight from Accra to Natal. Wide search, called off January 29th. A life raft with the body of one passenger was found 96 km east of Recife by the US destroyer Kearney on February 4, and another life raft with the body of major Arthur Mills and 6 life jackets was found on the beach of Ponte Negra the following day.
January 31, 1943	Douglas Dakota (MA929)	6	Unknown	northeastern Burma	RAF aircraft took off from Dinjan for Fort Hertz, but failed to arrive. A Hudson pilot saw the aircraft at 1400 flying at 7000 feet (2135 m) near Kamku, heading for Fort Hertz.
March 13, 1943	Douglas C-53	3	Unknown	Patkai Range, Burma	CNAC aircraft went missing over the Himalayas while flying a cargo of 50 kg (110-pound) tin bars to Dinjan.
April 17, 1943	Dragon DH84A	5	Unknown	New South Wales, Australia	Dragon DH84A, A34-47 of 34 Squadron RAAF went missing on a flight between Mascot Airfield, in Sydney and Essendon Airfield in Melbourne via Forest Hill on Saturday 17 April 1943. The wreckage of this aircraft has never been found. RAAF and US Marine Corps personnel were presumed killed in this accident.
July 8, 1943	Tachikawa Ki-77	8	Shot down (probable)	Indian Ocean	Attempted flight from Singapore to Sarabus (now Hvardiiske, Crimea) The people lost consisted of five IJA passengers and three crew members which included Kenji Tsukagoshi. The flight was likely intercepted by RAF fighters over the Indian Ocean as data is known through decrypted communications.
August 27, 1943	Lisunov Li-2 (CCCP-L4047)	6	Shot down	Unknown	Aeroflot aircraft disappeared following an attack by a Luftwaffe fighter. All 6 crew declared MIA.
October 2, 1943	Consolidated PBY Catalina (05013)	9	Fuel leak (suspected)	Gulf of Mexico	US Navy Aircraft missing on a flight out of NAS Pensacola.
November 23, 1943	Douglas C-47 Skytrain (41-18675)	25	Weather (suspected)	Nakety Bay, New Caledonia	USAAF aircraft took off from Tontouta Airport, bound for Espiritu Santo. Radio contact established at 08:10, but aircraft failed to respond an hour later. Damaged gear and personal effects found two days later, but no bodies were ever found. A cold front had passed through the area on the morning of the flight, reducing ceiling and visibility. The route was flyable under IFR and several aircraft flew it that day with no incident.
February 3, 1944	Vought F4U Corsair (22 aircraft lost)	6	Weather	Central Pacific	Main article: VMF-422 23 USMC F4U Corsair fighter aircraft of the Marine fighter squadron VMF-422 took off at 10:00 at Hawkins Field, bound for Funafuti. 24th Corsair had developed engine problems and returned back to Hawkins Field. At 1230 hrs., still short of Nanumea, the squadron encountered a massive Pacific cyclone measuring nearly 150 miles (240 km) in diameter and reaching to more than 50,000 feet, (15,300 m). Having little choice, the pilots flew into the storm and were immediately blown far to the south and east by the clockwise rotation of the cyclone, which carried them beyond Nanumea. Only one of the pilots managed to get a fix on the Funafuti radio range and landed safely. Other 22 Corsairs were lost, with six aviators being never found. The rest of the 16 aviators who had either ditched or bailed out, all were eventually rescued at sea. It was the worst non-combat loss of a Marine squadron in the war.
February 21, 1944	Joachim Blankenburg (Junkers Ju 52/3m, D-AWAS)	16	Engine failure (possible)	North Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea within Aegean Sea off of Euboea, Greece)	Lost during a Deutsche Lufthansa passenger flight from Thessaloniki to Athens. Issued a pan-pan after having engine issues over the sea but no wreckage was recovered.
July 26, 1944	Douglas C-54A Skymaster (42-107470)	26	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (SE of Greenland)	Military transport carrying wounded personnel. Lost passengers included Leon Vance.
August 23, 1944	Beechcraft AT-10 (2144BU)	2	Weather (presumed)	Unknown	Army and Air Force searched for missing plane by air and ground for days but no trace of the plane, pilot, or navigator were ever found. Those lost were Oma Gordon Capps & an unknown navigator.
October 26, 1944	P-51 Mustang	1	Unknown	North Pacific Ocean (Santa Monica Bay)	On October 26, 1944 Gertrude Tompkins Silver departed from Mines Field (Los Angeles International Airport) for Palm Springs flying a North American P-51D Mustang destined for New Jersey, but she never arrived at Palm Spring. Silver is the only known Women Airforce Service Pilots member to go missing during World War II.
December 15, 1944	UC-64 Norseman (44-70285)	3	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (English Channel)	No trace of the aircrew, passengers or plane found, possibly overflew bomb jettisoning area. Lost: Glenn Miller, F/O John Morgan & Lt. Col. Norman F. Baessell.
January 22, 1945	Douglas C-47A-80-DL (43-15384)	1	Unknown	China (80 kilometers (50 miles) from Lüliang)	C-47 transport headed from Chihchiang to Ganzhou. Turned back after encountering poor weather but was told to dump their load and go to Chanyi. A freighter pilot saw the crew bail out but the wreckage could not be located. 3 of the 4 occupants returned on the 29th but the fourth was never seen again.
February 26, 1945	C-87A Liberator Express (41-24174, c/n 969)	3+	Unknown	Central Pacific Ocean	Military transport flight piloted by F. E. Savage disappeared for unknown reasons. There were known safety issues with the aircraft type that might have played a factor. The exact number of passengers lost is unknown, but at least three were identified to have been on the flight. Two of the passengers were Millard Harmon and James Roy Andersen.
March 27, 1945	Commando (Liberator B Mk II (LB-30), AL504)	7+	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (near Azores)	At least seven passengers including Sir Peter Drummond were lost when this military transport flight went missing.
June 15, 1945	Douglas C-47A (81)	3	Un­known	Within China	Disappeared on a CNAC cargo flight between Yunnanyi and Xuzhou (also romanized as Suifu, now known as Yibin).
October 7, 1945	Avro Lancaster (PA278)	25	Mid-air explosion (probable)	North Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea near Corsica)	Main article: Lancaster PA278 disappearance A second Lancaster flying with PA278 saw an explosion at 04:40 GMT. Both were transporting military personnel.
October 20, 1945	Douglas C-47B (A65-83)	25	Unknown	Indian/Pacific Ocean (Timor Sea)	Main article: 1945 Dakota A65-83 disappearance Flight was transporting wounded military personnel.
December 5, 1945	TBM Avenger (5 planes)	14	Fuel starvation (presumed)	North Atlantic Ocean (off east coast of Florida)	Main article: Flight 19 Five TBM Avengers carrying 14 people went missing as the result of a presumed navigational error. This was widely covered in the news at the time, and helped to contribute to the Bermuda Triangle myth.
December 5, 1945	Martin PBM-5 Mariner (BuNo 59225)	13	Mid-air explosion (presumed)	North Atlantic Ocean (off east coast of Florida)	This was a search and rescue mission that was looking for the missing TBM Avengers (see above).
February 10, 1946	Röd Niklas (Saab 18, 18180)	3	Weather (presumed)	Sweden (Jämtland)	Military ferry-flight from Halmstad to Kalixfors outside Kiruna which included pilot Håkan Gunnar Hoffberg, aerial scout Karl Einar Carlsson, and signalist Alf Stig Einar Andersson. It is thought the plane may be in a bog in the Swedish province of Jämtland.
March 23, 1946	Avro Lancastrian (G-AGLX)	10	Weather (suspected)	Indian Ocean	Qantas passenger flight with five crew and five passengers missing en route from Negombo to the Cocos, one leg of a flight from the UK to Australia.
May 25, 1946	Douglas C-54G (45-489)	5	unknown	Pacific Ocean (off Guam)	Disappeared between Kwajalein and Guam. A Boeing B-17G (44-83783) sent to search for the C-54 also disappeared.
June 29, 1946	Douglas Dakota IV (KJ918)	18	Weather (presumed)	Malaysia (within Cameron Highlands)	RAF transport from Singapore to Calcutta via Butterworth and Yangon. Shortly after takeoff the pilot reported that he was over the northeastern coast of Thailand, but then decided to return to Butterworth due to bad weather. The pilot radioed 33 minutes later that he was in a "terrible storm" somewhere over the Cameron Highlands.
August 6, 1947	Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina (34032)	20	Unknown	Within Alaska	Disappeared while carrying an Army-Navy football team from Kodiak to Dutch Harbor.
January 30, 1948	Star Tiger (Avro Tudor Mark IV, G-AHNP)	31	Weather (presumed)	North Atlantic Ocean	Main article: BSAA Star Tiger disappearance  • Notable missing passengers included Arthur Coningham.
May 5, 1948	Douglas C-47A (NC17645)	3	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean	Superior Oil Corp. transport flight from Gander to Shannon.
August 1, 1948	Lionel de Marnier (Latécoère 631, F-BDRC)	52	In-flight fire (probable)	North Atlantic Ocean	Main article: Air France Flight 072
October 12, 1948	Ilyushin Il-12 (CCCP-Л1450)	10	Un­known	Azerbaijan (Caucasus Mountains near Yevlakh)	Main article: 1948 Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-12 crash
November 4, 1948	Douglas C-47A-DK (NC66637)	17	Un­known	Pacific Ocean (off of Cape Spencer)	Pacific Alaska Air Express passenger flight from Yakutat to Annette Island. Last communication was received at 05:10 reporting they were at 10,000 feet (3048 m) 235 km SE of Yakutat.
December 28, 1948	Douglas DC-3DST-144 (NC16002)	32	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (off east coast of Florida)	Main article: 1948 Airborne Transport DC-3 (DST) disappearance
January 17, 1949	Star Ariel (Avro Tudor Mark IVB, G-AGRE)	20	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean	Main article: BSAA Star Ariel disappearance
August 4, 1949	Unknown (F-....)	0	Un­known	Mauritania (near Port Étienne)	Disappeared on a private flight from Rio de Oro. All 3 occupants found unhurt; unknown if crash site was located.
December 9, 1949	Douglas C-47	8	Un­known	Pacific Ocean (off Baja California)	Local press reported that the aircraft, owned by a fishing company from Ensenada, was carrying 7000 pounds (3175 kg) of live lobsters.
January 26, 1950	Douglas C-54D Skymaster (42-72469)	44	Unknown	Canada (Yukon, near Snag)	Main article: 1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance
June 23, 1950	Douglas DC-4	58	Unknown	United States (Lake Michigan, NW of Benton Harbor)	Main article: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501
March 23, 1951	Douglas C-124 Globemaster II (49-0244)	53	In-flight fire (presumed)	North Atlantic Ocean (near Shannon, Ireland)	Main article: 1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance  • An onboard fire of unknown origin prompted the pilots to ditch. When the USCSC Casco reached the ditching site a day later, the aircraft and its occupants could not be found.
July 21, 1951	Douglas DC-4 (CF-CPC)	37	Icing (probable)	United States (Alaska)	Main article: Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 3505
February 2, 1953	Avro York (G-AHFA)	39	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean	Main article: 1953 Skyways Avro York disappearance
April 1, 1953	Miles M.38 Messenger 2A (G-AKBL)	2	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (Irish Sea)	Private flight piloted by Rodney R. Matthews-Naper with passenger Walter Bradley. Possible debris from their plane was sighted from the air, west of Isle of Man.
November 23, 1953	F-89C Scorpion (51-5853A)	2	Unknown	Canada (Lake Superior)	Fighter jet piloted by Felix Moncla that was deployed to intercept an unusual object that had been detected via radar. Moncla and the radar operator Robert L. Wilson were lost. While theories range from vertigo to an encounter with a UFO, no trace of the aircraft has ever been found. There is a memorial to Moncla at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Moreauville LA.
October 30, 1954	Lockheed R7V-1 Constellation (128441)	42	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (off east coast of Maryland)	United States Navy Flight 57, disappeared off Maryland with 42 passengers and crew.
January 11, 1955	Avro Shackletons (WG531 and WL743)	18	Mid-air collision (probable)	Atlantic Ocean	Main article: 1955 RAF Shackleton aircraft disappearance The two aircraft probably collided in mid-air after being launched within six minutes of each other. An engine from WL743 was found by a trawler in July 1966, some 120 km north of the original search area.
September 26, 1955	Lockheed P2V-3W Neptune (131442)	11	Weather (probable)	Caribbean Sea (off Jamaica)	US Navy aircraft took off from NAS Guantanamo to investigate Hurricane Janet, then a category 4 hurricane south of Jamaica. The aircraft penetrated the hurricane's eyewall at 700 feet (215 m), then all contact was lost. No wreckage has been found.
January 31, 1956	North American B-25J Mitchell (44-29125)	2	Fuel starvation	United States (Monongahela River, Pennsylvania)	The aircraft ditched in the Monongahela River due to fuel starvation while transporting military personnel. Both crew members were lost, and the airframe has never been found.
March 10, 1956	Boeing B-47 Stratojet (SN:52-534)	3	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea)	Main article: 1956 B-47 disappearance  • Nuclear weapons material lost in incident.
April 22, 1956	McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee (126330)	1	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia)	Inexplicably dropped out of formation and descended through clouds during a Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) ferry flight. No trace of the aircraft or pilot was ever found despite an extensive RCN and US Navy search effort.
October 10, 1956	Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster	59	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (near Land's End, United Kingdom)	Main article: 1956 Atlantic R6D-1 disappearance A 14-day search for the aircraft and survivors found only wheels and a life raft floating 596 km (370 miles) southwest of Land's End.
December 1, 1956	SNCASE Languedoc (61/F-SSUN)	10	Unknown	Mediterranean Sea	French Air Force aircraft, of EARS 99 (the SAR unit of the French Air Force), took off from Istres Air Base to assist a Panamanian cargo ship, the Antares, which had sent a distress signal. The aircraft circled the area of the Mediterranean Sea in poor weather. At 23:56, the pilot radioed his position to be 41°44'N, 005°06'E with an estimated return to Istres of 00:50. Nothing more was heard from the flight.
March 22, 1957	Boeing C-97C Stratofreighter (50-0702)	67	Unknown	North Pacific Ocean (near Tokyo, Japan)	Military transport carrying 10 crew and 57 passengers went missing.
November 8, 1957	Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-29	44	Unknown	Central Pacific Ocean	Main article: Pan Am Flight 7 Last contact with the aircraft was a routine radio transmission between the pilot and a US Coast Guard cutter performing radar surveillance duty at Ocean Station November, located at the approximate halfway point between the mainland and the island of Oahu.
January 19, 1958	Boeing C-97A Stratofreighter (49-2597)	7	Unknown	Pacific Ocean (off Honolulu)	7 crew missing; debris found 277 mi southwest of Honolulu was confirmed to be from the aircraft.
February 20, 1958	Lockheed WV-2 Super Constellation (141310)	22	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (near Azores)	Military (airborne radar patrol) flight.
September 29, 1958	Avro 685 York I (OD-ADB)	5	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea)	An MEA cargo flight disappeared en route from Beirut to London before a stopover in Rome.
November 8, 1958	Douglas DC-3 (TAM-05)	3	Un­known	Bolivia (near La Paz)	Cargo plane operated by Transporte Aéreo Militar.
November 9, 1958	Martin PBM-5 Mariner (CS-THB)	36	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (near Portugal)	Aero-Topográfica (ARTOP) flight from Lisbon to Funchal, piloted by Harry Frank Broadbent. The flight departing at 12:23 and the last radio transmission, received at 13:21, was "QUG", meaning "I am forced to land immediately."
October 28, 1959	Cessna 310 (FAR-53)	3	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Mexico)	Private flight piloted by Camilo Cienfuegos.

1960–1979

Date	Aircraft	People missing	Type of incident	Location (assumed)	Remarks
July 10, 1960	Douglas C-47 (VT-DGS)	16	Un­known	Indian Ocean (Persian Gulf, near Sharjah, UAE)	This Gulf Aviation flight from Doha made up of 3 crew, and 13 passengers either crashed at sea or overflew its destination (Sharjah) causing CFIT.
February 3, 1961	Douglas C-47A	26	Un­known	Central Pacific Ocean (near Madura Island, Indonesia)	Main article: Garuda Indonesia Flight 542 5 crew and 21 passengers were reported missing.
February 18, 1961	North American FJ-4 Fury (Routing Mission)	1	Unknown	North Pacific Ocean (near the Philippines)	1 crew was reported missing ‘’sortied’’ from USS Lexington (CV-16).
March 8, 1961	Piaggio P.166 (VH-PAU)	1	Weather	Papua New Guinea (Owen Stanley Range)	Papuan Air Transport (Patair) flight from Popondetta to Port Moresby piloted by Geoffrey Neil Wallace, 25. Last contact 10 minutes from arrival over Kokoda with a report of bad weather. 17-day search with up to 30 aircraft found nothing; anecdotal reports of wreckage discovery in October 1970 unconfirmed.
November 11, 1961	Lockheed L-749A Constellation (HH-ABA)	3	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea E of Puerto Rico)	This was a cargo flight, operated by Air Haiti International from San Juan to Managua.
February 12, 1962	De Havilland Dragonfly ZK-AFB	5	Un­known	New Zealand (Milford Sound)	The first of five aircraft to have disappeared in the area.
March 16, 1962	Lockheed L-1049H Constellation	107	Mid-air explosion (presumed)	North Pacific Ocean (near Guam)	Main article: Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 Military transport.
January 2, 1964	Douglas C-124 Globemaster II (52-0968)	9	Unknown	North Pacific Ocean	One passenger was lost in this military transport flight.
March 28, 1964	Douglas C-54A Skymaster (N4726V)	9	Engine fire (presumed)	North Pacific Ocean	The aircraft involved had previously been used in the movie The High and the Mighty (1954).
August 12, 1964	Cessna 210A (N9492X)	1 (Charles Clifford Ogle)	Un­known	United States (Sierra Nevada, California)	Private flight.
October 18, 1965	Boeing 307B-1 Stratoliner (F-BELV)	13	Shot down (presumed)	North Pacific Ocean (near Hanoi)	On board were four crew members, and nine international delegation members of the ICSC. A study done in 1996 concluded that the aircraft was most likely shot down by a North Vietnamese military unit.
June 5, 1965	Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar (51-2680)	9	Unknown	North Atlantic Ocean (near the Bahamas)	Four of those lost were mechanics being transported to Grand Turk Island to repair a C-119. Debris from the aircraft was found on 19 July on the beach of Gold Rock Cay just off the shore of Acklins Island.
November 3, 1965	Douglas C-54	68	Engine fire	Costa Rica (Cordillera de Talamanca)	Main article: 1965 Argentine Air Force C-54 disappearance 25 lifebuoys, personal belongings and some wreckage were found in Bocas del Toro Archipelago, but the airplane or bodies were never recovered.
July 11, 1966	Curtiss C-46D Commando (HK-527)	8	Unknown	Near Cerro el Planchon, Chile en route from Bogota, Colombia to Buenos Aires, Argentina	This was a cargo flight. Wreckage was found on 18 November 1966 some 200 km (120 mi) south of Santiago.
July 25, 1966	Douglas DC-3 (HS-OOO)	3	Un­known	Pacific Ocean 840 km off the US coast	Delivery flight.
March 5, 1967	Grumman HU-16E Albatross (1240)	6	Un­known	Gulf of Mexico (off of Florida)	Rescue flight responding to a fishing boat distress signal near the Carrabelle sea buoy.
October 16, 1967	Cessna 150	2	Un­known	Near Holmö, off the cost of Sweden, en route from Vaasa,Finland to Umeå, Sweden
June 5, 1968	Lockheed A-12 (A-12 Aircraft No. 129)	1	Un­known	Philippine Sea, on a flight from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa	This was an engine replacement check flight. Lost: CIA pilot Jack W. Weeks. Scheduled as last operational A-12 flight from Kadena.
March 9, 1969	Douglas DC-4 (N3821)	3	Un­known	N Atlantic en route from Halifax International Airport to Santa Maria Airport (Azores)	This was a cargo flight.
June 5, 1969	Rivet Amber (Boeing RC-135)	19	Unknown	Bering Sea en route from Shemya AFB, AK to Eielson AFB, AK, ca 400km E of Shemya	Flight to maintenance facility.
September 21, 1970	Free Life (Rozière balloon, N2079)	3	Weather (presumed)	N Atlantic approx 1000km SE of Newfoundland	Attempted transatlantic flight (first by balloon).
January 3, 1971	Cessna 172 (N8342L)	2	Weather (presumed)	Lake Michigan (presumed) en route to Holland, Michigan	A snowstorm hit the day of the flight, pilot reported four hours of fuel left. No sign of the plane or occupants has ever been found.
June 13, 1971	Boeing EC-135N (61-0331)	24	Unknown	Pacific Ocean, 113km S of Hawaii, near Palmyra Atoll en route from Pago Pago to Hickam Air Force Base	Military observation flight returning from French nuclear test Encelade.
February 11, 1972	Douglas C-54A-DO (XW-TDE)	23	Shot down	Laos (between Savannakhet and Vientiane)	Royal Air Lao passenger flight. Last radio contact at 13:20.
May 26, 1972	Lockheed P-3A Orion (152155)	8	Unknown	Pacific Ocean off California, on a routine training mission based at Moffett Federal Airfield	Military training flight.
July 20, 1972	Canadair CC-106 Yukon (LV-JYR)	5	Un­known	En route from Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo, Uruguay to Santiago, Chile	Cargo flight
October 16, 1972	Cessna 310C (N1812H)	4	Un­known	Alaska en route from Anchorage to Juneau	Among the passengers on this flight were Nick Begich and Hale Boggs; both were serving U.S. Representatives.
January 10, 1974	Douglas DC-4 (TAM-52)	24	Un­known	Central Bolivia en route from Santa Rosa de Yacuma Airport (SRB/SLSR) (14°3′58″S 66°47′12″W) to El Alto International Airport, La Paz	Operated by Transporte Aéreo Militar.
February 16, 1974	Beech 95/B55 Baron (VH-FWR)	2	Un­known	Queensland en route from Gladstone to Longreach
February 21, 1974	Light Heart (superpressure balloon)	1 (Thomas Leigh Gatch, Jr.)	Un­known	1610km W of the Canaries en route from Harrisburg Airport, PA to W Europe	Attempted transatlantic flight (first by balloon). The last radio contact with Gatch saying that he was 1,490 km NE of San Juan, PR on February 19 is disputed.
June 24, 1974	Beechcraft Bonanza V35A (OH-BBD)	6	Un­known	in the vicinity of Bodø,Norway	The flight took off from Ivalo,Finland heading to Bodø, Norway.The plane was carrying a Sami delegation for a visit to Norway. More (Finnish only): "Bodø lento-onnettomuus 1974".
October 12, 1974	Swan 38 (Lockheed WC-130, 65–0965)	6	Weather	South China Sea	Weather reconnaissance aircraft lost during Typhoon Bess (1974).
September 30, 1975	Tupolev Tu-154 (HA-LCI)	60	Un­known	Mediterranean Sea, close to Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport	Main article: Malév Flight 240
September 24, 1976	Curtiss C-46D Commando (HK-1282)	2	Un­known	Caribbean Sea off Aruba en route to Queen Beatrix International Airport	This was a cargo flight that might have been lost on September 16 rather than the 24th.
November 5, 1976	Douglas DC-3 (HP-671)	2	Un­known	Caribbean Sea en route from Willemstad, Curaçao to Port-au-Prince, Haiti	Cargo flight.
June 30, 1977	Lockheed L-188CF Electra (N126US)	4	Un­known	Caribbean Sea 65 km off Bocas del Toro, Panama en route from San José, Costa Rica to Caracas, Venezuela	One passenger, and three crew members were lost on this cargo flight.
August 16, 1978	Cessna 180 ZK-BMP	4	Un­known	Lake McKerrow, New Zealand
September 21, 1978	Douglas DC-3 (N407D)	4	Un­known	N Atlantic off Ft Lauderdale, FL en route from Ft Lauderdale to Havana, Cuba	Aircraft flying to pick up passengers in Havana.
October 21, 1978	Cessna 182L (VH-DSJ)	1 (Frederick Valentich)	Un­known	Bass Strait, vicinity of Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia (as reported by pilot)	No radar confirmation of the pilot-reported position. Theories of the disappearance range from the pilot being deceived by the illusion of a tilted horizon, to a UFO encounter as shown on Unsolved Mysteries.
October 22, 1978	Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander (H4-AAC)	11	Fuel starvation	Pacific Ocean near Bellona, Solomon Islands	Lost during a Solomon Airlines flight from Bellona to Honiara when the pilot turned back due to weather and became disoriented. Plane ditched while still in radio contact but not recovered.
December 8, 1978	Douglas DC-6A/B (HK-1707X)	3	Un­known	Over the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Colombia on a cargo flight from Bogota to Trinidad, Casanare	Cargo flight.
December 29, 1978	Piper Cherokee Six ZK-EBU	7	Un­known	Milford Sound, New Zealand
January 30, 1979	Boeing 707-323C	6	Un­known	Pacific Ocean 200 km ENE of Tokyo	Main article: Varig Flight 967 Cargo flight which carried 53 of Manabu Mabe's paintings which were lost.
July 7, 1979	Socata Rallye 235GT (N302RA)	3	Un­known	Vicinity of Woody Island (Alaska) en route from Anchorage to Kodiak	Among the missing is Ian Mackintosh.
July 20, 1979	Douglas C-47B-50-DK (N63250)	2	Ditching	Pacific Ocean, near Honolulu	Trans National Airlines ferry flight that became lost and was forced to ditch due to LORAN failure.

1980–1999

Date	Aircraft	People missing	Type of incident	Location (assumed)	Remarks
June 28, 1980	ERCO Ercoupe 415-D (N3808H)	2	Un­known	Mona Channel, Puerto Rico	From Las Américas Intnl Airport, Dominican Republic to San Juan, Puerto Rico "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 9407".
September 7, 1980	Beechcraft 80 Queen Air (N242Q)	1	Un­known	Florida (Lake Marian)	Plane crashed into lake near Kenansville in what was likely an illegal smuggling flight. The wreckage and pilot, Mark Elliott, could not be found.
October 3, 1980	Douglas DC-3 (C-47A) (ECT-025)	2	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea)	This aircraft had been previously decommissioned with a provisional and limited airworthiness certificate. The intention was to eventually ferry this aircraft to an aviation museum, but this was cut short by an unauthorized take off. The runway used was unrated (possibly damaging), and the plane had no working radio equipment.
April 21, 1981	Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (F-BJBY)	4	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea off Port d'Andratx)
August 9, 1981	Cessna 210M (VH-MDX)	5	Instrument failure (presumed)	Australia (Barrington Tops National Park)	Main article:1981 Barrington Tops Cessna 210 disappearance
February 13, 1983	Learjet 35A (N482U)	6 (including Upali Wijewardene)	Un­known	Indian/Pacific Ocean (Strait of Malacca)	Operated by Upali Air. On February 19, a survival pack was found that was apparently from the aircraft.
July 30, 1983	Cessna 172K (ZK-CSS)	4	Un­known	New Zealand (Lake Tekapo)
September 2, 1983	Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander (C-GIPF)	7	Un­known	Canada (British Columbia near Smithers)	Notable lost passengers include George Cogar.
March 31, 1984	Cessna 402 (N44NC)	6	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (Straits of Florida)	Associated Air Service flight from Fort Lauderdale to Bimini. Disappeared from radar 14 minutes after departure in a 5,400 FPM descent. Two witnesses saw plane go down near Bimini between 08:30 and 09:00.
October 31, 1984	Douglas C-47B-1-DL (RP-C138)	4	Un­known	North Pacific Ocean (off Davao, Philippines)	Cargo flight en route from Davao to Manila.
September 16, 1985	Pitts S-2 (N13AS)	1 (Art Scholl)	Flat spin	North Pacific Ocean (off Carlsbad, United States)	Accident occurred during filming for Top Gun (1986). The aircraft involved entered into a fatal flat spin, but the cause was never determined.
March 25, 1986	Antonov An-32 (K2729)	7	Unknown	Indian Ocean (off Jamnagar, India)	Main article: 1986 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance Delivery flight operated by Indian Air Force.
August 3, 1986	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter	13	Weather (storm loss)	North Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea)	Main article: LIAT Flight 319 Operated by LIAT.
May 27, 1987	Cessna 402 (N2652B)	1	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (within The Bahamas)	56-year-old Richard Yerex, a commuter pilot for the Ford Motor Company and a retired Air Force pilot, left Palm Beach at 8:05, headed to Marsh Harbor to pick up tourists on a return flight. He sent his last transmission over Grand Bahama Island near a weather balloon. He failed to arrive at 8:50 and the Coast Guard launched a search 25 minutes later; the 2 day search failed to find any trace of the aircraft.
December 4, 1987	Britten-Norman BN-2A-6 Islander (C-GOMC)	4	Un­known	Canada (British Columbia near Mount Waddington)
December 23, 1987	Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain (N712AN)	8	Un­known	Hawaii (Molokai, 21 km NW of Mauna Loa)	Panorama Air Tour flight from Honolulu to Molokai. Was to fly across 35 km (22-mile) channel on an overcast night with no moon. Plane slowed from 170 to 95 knots (315 to 176 km/h), gained 500 feet (150 m) altitude, and turned left 190 degrees before disappearing from radar at 18:53. Pilot had not flown IFR for 15 months and only flew during the day.
January 17, 1989	Douglas C-47A Skytrain (CP-1418)	5	Un­known	Bolivia (near La Paz)
August 25, 1989	Fokker F27 Friendship	54	Un­known	Pakistan (Himalayan mountain range)	Main article: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404 Probably crashed into the Himalayan mountains, no wreckage was ever found.
May 17, 1990	Cessna 150H (N7156S)	2	Loss of control (presumed)	North Pacific Ocean (off Santa Barbara, United States)	Disappeared during night touch-and-go landing practice at nearby Santa Barbara Municipal Airport. The aircraft's wheel chocks and a few other items were recovered. Officially attributed to loss of control and the pilot's lack of night flying experience.
September 11, 1990	Boeing 727 (OB-1303)	16	Fuel starvation (presumed)	North Atlantic Ocean (off Cape Race, Canada)	Main article: 1990 Faucett Perú Boeing 727 disappearance On September 11, 1990, a Faucett Boeing 727 went missing some 290 km (180 miles) southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland. After having been leased to Air Malta, the aircraft was being returned to Peru from Europe via Iceland, when the crew reported a low fuel notice and that they were preparing to ditch. There were no survivors among 16 occupants on board.
October 25, 1991	Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk. III-2 (PK-KTC)	17	Un­known	Tumbang Miri, Indonesia	Lost during a Bali International Air Service flight from Palangka Raya to Sampit. Was holding in the Sampit area due to weather but failed to land.
May 3, 1992	Cessna 340 (N69469)	5	Un­known	Alaska (near Yakutat)	Private flight piloted by Jeffery H. Roth from Yakutat to Anchorage. Pilot reported reaching assigned altitude (12,000 feet/3660 m) and all communications were lost. Roth's wife, however, listened to the FAA tapes herself and claimed she heard her husband say "6,000" and "icing conditions" several minutes after this point, but FBI analysis could not confirm this.
December 6, 1992	Piper PA-28-181 (N81453)	4	Un­known	California (between Santa Barbara and Palo Alto)	Despite a warning that VFR flight would not be suitable due to weather conditions, the pilot left anyway. Cleared for takeoff at 12:03 and last heard from 11 minutes later. Searches turned up no trace of the aircraft; a tip claimed the plane had gone down in the Big Basin area but nothing was found there either.
March 15, 1993	Piper Cherokee Arrow (N15206)	1	Un­known	Michigan (presumed Lake Michigan)	Plane disappeared 83 minutes into the flight from Toledo Suburban airport, north of Grand Rapids. No evidence of a crash, plane or pilot has ever been found.
November 21, 1993	Cessna 172I (N35549)	1	Un­known	Michigan (presumed Lake Michigan)	Lost enroute from Kalamazoo, Michigan to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
January 10, 1995	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter	14	Weather (presumed)	Indian Ocean (Savu Sea)	en route from Bima Airport to Satartacik Airport, Ruteng. Disappeared in bad weather.
May 10, 1996	Cessna 404 Titan (C-FPVB)	4	Un­known	Peru (Andes Mountains)	Aerodat charter flight from Pucallpa to Cuzco. All three passengers were Canadians on an oil exploration trip.
November 8, 1997	Cessna 180 (ZK-FMQ)	1	Un­known	New Zealand (Waiatoto River)
December 22, 1997	Antonov An-72 (ER-ACF)	5	Shot down (possible)	South Atlantic Ocean	Cargo flight en route from Port Bouet Airport, Côte d'Ivoire to Rundu Airport, Namibia. Possibly shot down by Angolan Air Force.
July 3, 1998	Aero L-39 Albatross	2	Un­known	Northern Michigan	Pilot and co-pilot went missing from radar while doing a preparation flight before the National Cherry Festival Air Show. Despite a search area of 1,900 square miles (4900 km2), no evidence of the plane or pilots has ever been found.

21st century

2000–2019

Date	Aircraft	People missing	Type of incident	Location (assumed)	Remarks
January 7, 2000	Antonov An-26 (D2-FBR)	8	Un­known	Angola	Cargo flight from Luanda to Cafunfo, operator unknown. Disappeared in the Malanje-Lunda Norte border area.
May 25, 2003	Boeing 727-223 (N844AA)	2+ (Ben C. Padilla & John M. Mutantu)	Theft (presumed)	Un­known	Main article: 2003 Angola Boeing 727 disappearance Stolen at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, it is unclear how many people were aboard.
October 16, 2008	GippsAero GA8 Airvan (VH-WRT)	1	Unknown	Australia (Buckingham Bay, Northern Territory)	Arnhem Land Community Airlines cargo flight from and to Elcho Island with stops in Mata Mata, Muthamul, Nyinyikay, and Rurruwuy. Plane noticed missing at 12:30. Witness spotted plane followed by black smoke rising from eastern Napier Peninsula. Some wreckage found in southwestern Buckingham Bay on October 17; main wreckage and pilot missing.
November 1, 2008	Beechcraft King Air 65-A90-1 (N87V)	3	Un­known	Guyana (Near Georgetown)	Lost: 3 crew. Aircraft vanished over a remote part of the Guyana jungle.
December 15, 2008	Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III-2 (N650LP)	12	Un­known	Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea off Turks and Caicos)	Línea Aérea Puertorriqueña (LAP) passenger flight from Santiago de los Caballeros to Mayaguana. Pilot contacted Providenciales ATC at 17:06 reporting an emergency. The pilot's license had been suspended in October 2006.
May 21, 2010	Beechcraft 200 Super King Air (D2-FFT)	3	Un­known	Angola (near Caxito)	Grupo Chicoil aircraft on a flight from Pointe Noire to Luanda, chartered by Dubai-based businessman Rachid Mustapha. Contact was lost in the Caxito area at 00:20; no sign of the aircraft has been found.
June 10, 2010	Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (OB-1922-P)	0	Hijacking and theft	Un­known	45-minute Aerodiana sightseeing flight of the Nazca Lines, departing 07:10, with 9 occupants (2 crew, 7 passengers). A number of passengers used false identities. Pilot and copilot were released 21 days later but the plane was never returned nor found.
January 2, 2011	Robinson R44 (LV-ZYO)	1 (Alejandro Ferzola)	Un­known	Argentina	En route from Brandsen to Santa Teresita, Argentina.
June 8, 2012	Piper PA-31-310 Navajo (N174BH)	1	Un­known	Lake Superior (near Two Harbors)	Plane owned by Family Celebrations, on a maintenance test flight out of South Saint Paul. Plane was following along western shoreline of lake, 0.5 miles (800 m) from shore. Last recorded position 30 miles (48 km) NE of Duluth at 1,600 feet (490 m) at 14:27. Search suspended on July 4, 2012.
April 7, 2013	Beechcraft 1900C (ZS-PHL)	1 (Jerry Krause)	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (Near São Tomé International Airport)	Private flight.
March 8, 2014	Boeing 777-200ER (9M-MRO)	239	Unknown	Indian Ocean	Main article: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Most evidence suggests that the plane went down in the Indian Ocean west of Australia. While some debris was later recovered, the plane is still marked as missing.
December 28, 2014	Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander (8R-GHE)	2	Un­known	Guyana	Cargo flight en route from Mahdia, Guyana to Karisparu, Guyana that failed to arrive at destination. Despite a 21-day search effort, no trace was found.
September 5, 2015	British Aerospace 125 air ambulance (6V-AIM)	7	Hypoxia (presumed)	Atlantic Ocean(off Dakar, Senegal)	Collided with a CEIBA Intercontinental Boeing 737 near Tambacounda, Senegal, flew westerly for about an hour without making any radio calls, then disappeared. Investigators believe that the 737's winglet struck 6V-AIM's fuselage, resulting in uncontrolled decompression which incapacitated everyone on board; 6V-AIM then flew until it ran out of fuel and crashed into the ocean. No trace of 6V-AIM or its 7 occupants was ever found. The 737 landed safely.
June 8, 2017	PA-28-161 Warrior II (C-GDTK)	2	Un­known	British Columbia	Disappeared in the British Columbia Interior. En route from Cranbrook, British Columbia, to Kamloops, British Columbia.
December 2, 2018	Embraer EMB 720C Minuano (PT-RDZ)	8	Un­known	Brazil (Amazon rainforest)	Disappeared during a flight from Matawaré, an isolated village in Brazil's Tumucumaque Mountains National Park, to Laranjal do Jari, a mining town in the state of Amapá. Contact was lost after the pilot reported losing a cylinder. A two-week search by the Brazilian Air Force and a weeks-long search by relatives of those on board failed to find any trace of the plane.
February 1, 2019	Piper PA-32R (N41453)	1	Un­known	North Atlantic Ocean (E. of Palm Beach, FL)	Disappeared en route from Lantana airport in Palm Beach to the Bahamas. A 24 hour search failed to turn up any trace of the plane or any debris. On April 8, 2019, the body of the pilot washed up on the Bahamas coast, but the aircraft and the passenger remain unaccounted for.
April 9, 2019	F-35A (JASDF 79-8705)	1	Unknown	North Pacific Ocean (Near Aomori Prefecture, Japan)	Some small pieces of the aircraft's tail were found, but the plane is still marked as missing. Contact was lost about 135 kilometers east of Misawa Air Base.
September 13, 2019	MBB Bo 105	3	Unknown	Russia (Yakutia Region, Lake Ayama)	Missing en route.

2020–present

Date	Aircraft	People missing	Type of incident	Location (assumed)	Remarks
April 2, 2022	Piper PA-28R-200-2 (G-EGVA)	2	Weather (Lost in "highly convective clouds")	English Channel, approximately 20 nmi (37 km) west of Le Touquet	G-EGVA was one of seven aircraft flying from Wellesbourne Mountford Aerodrome to Le Touquet in France. As they approached the middle of the English Channel, the aircraft reported that they were in the clouds. The flight was operating under visual flight rules and neither pilot was qualified to fly in cloudy conditions. Shortly after transmission report, the plane disappeared from radar and has never been found, despite extensive searches by both UK and French authorities.

External links

• Dodds, Laurence (March 9, 2015). "Mapped: One year on from MH370, all the planes which have disappeared since 1948". The Telegraph.