Disappeared planes and ships. Missing planes. Mysterious cases. Flight Kuala Lumpur - Beijing
Have you ever heard about mysterious cases during which passengers on planes and ships went missing? In the best case, people were found within a few days, and in the worst, news about their fate never appeared again. No remains, no debris...
Sometimes a long-awaited vacation seems like a real fairy tale, from which you really don’t want to return home and to work, but be careful what you wish for, because sometimes they turn into real disasters. Here is a list of the 10 most mysterious cases mass disappearance of people.
10. Amelia Earhart's plane
Our first paragraph is dedicated to one of the most notorious disappearance cases in the history of American aviation. In 1937, brave Amelia Earhart set out to do something unimaginable - fly around the globe in her Lockheed Electra, starting the journey from sunny Florida and planning to follow the equator. The girl went on such a long and dangerous journey with her partner, Fred Noonan. The ship disappeared, flying somewhere over Pacific Ocean. All searches for the plane were unsuccessful, which gave rise to many different theories about what exactly happened to the brave couple of pilots.
In 2017, a version emerged that Amelia and Fred actually survived, but were captured by the Japanese military in the Marshall Islands. This assumption came about thanks to old photograph, filmed in 1937. The photograph showed a barge towing an unidentified aircraft. The frame also included a man of European appearance, reminiscent of Fred, and someone’s female figure from the back. This version has not been confirmed in any way, but the most amazing thing is that even almost 80 years later, people are still trying to find the answer to the question of the fate of the travelers who disappeared so long ago and completely without a trace.
9. The ship "Madagascar"
In 1853, "Madagascar" set off on its next voyage on the route Melbourne - London. It was an ordinary ship carrying passengers and cargo. The ship disappeared without a trace, was never seen again, and not even the wreckage was found! Like any other missing ship, the Madagascar also attracted public attention. There are many theories about what exactly happened to this ship, but there is something special in this story - the events that occurred right before the voyage departed from the Australian port are of interest.
Before the ship disappeared, 110 passengers boarded the ship and loaded containers of rice and wool. However, the most valuable cargo turned out to be as much as 2 tons of gold. Three passengers were arrested just before departure, an incident that led experts to believe there may have been more criminals on board the ship than police realized. Perhaps, at sea, the attackers decided to rob the Madagascar and killed all the passengers so as not to leave witnesses. However, this does not explain why investigators were never able to find the ship itself.
8. Airplane "Stardust"
In 1947, British South American Airways' Stardust took off on schedule and took off through the famous Argentine Andes. A few minutes before disappearing from radar, the pilot of the aircraft sent a strange message encrypted in Morse code. The message read: "STENDEC". The disappearance of the plane and the mysterious code have greatly puzzled experts. Rumors even spread among the people about abduction by aliens. After a full 53 years, the mystery of the missing Stardust flight was finally solved.
In 2000, climbers discovered the remains of a plane and the bodies of several passengers on a remote peak in the frozen Andes at an altitude of almost 6,565 meters. Investigators believe that the plane crash could have triggered a powerful avalanche that covered the body of the aircraft and hid the traces of the remaining victims, which is why they were never found. As for the mysterious word STENDEC, the most likely version is considered to be an error in the typing of the STR DEC code, meaning a common abbreviation for the phrase “starting descent.”
7. Steam yacht “SY Aurora”
The history of the ship "SY Aurora" clearly demonstrates the power of such ships, but its ending still turned out to be quite tragic. A steam yacht is generally considered to be a sailboat with an additional primary or secondary steam engine. This yacht was originally built for whaling, but later it began to be used for scientific trips to Antarctica. There were a total of 5 such expeditions, and each time the ship proved itself to be reliable. vehicle, capable of withstanding the harshest weather and successfully protecting crew members from northern frosts. Nothing could break his power.
In 1917, the SY Aurora disappeared while en route to the shores of Chile. The ship was carrying South America coal, but he never managed to complete his mission and deliver the cargo to its destination. Historians believe that the yacht could have become a casualty of the First World War. The wreck of the ship was never found, so experts can only guess about true reasons disappearance of the ship.
6. Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
Unlike several previous stories, this plane did not just crash and disappear into oblivion... Several crew members survived and went through a real nightmare until they were found by rescuers. In 1972, Flight 571 was en route from Argentina to Chile with 40 passengers and 5 crew members on board. The charter was supposed to bring a team of athletes, their relatives and sponsors to the city of Santiago. The aircraft disappeared from radar somewhere in the Argentine Andes. During the crash, 12 passengers died immediately, and the rest had to fight for survival for another 72 days in the harshest conditions, which without special equipment practically incompatible with life. Although it would be more accurate to say that 72 days turned out to be too long for most of them...
It is impossible to imagine how scared all these people were. In the first days of the disaster, another 5 people died from cold and severe injuries. One of the following days, a powerful avalanche covered the group of survivors, killing another 8 people. The freezing passengers had a faulty radio with them. It made it possible to listen to rescuers' conversations, but could not transmit messages from victims. So the people who survived the plane crash learned that their search had been stopped, and the victims themselves were declared dead in absentia. This deprived them of almost their last hope, although the thirst for life is almost impossible to kill. Desperate and exhausted athletes and pilots were forced to eat the frozen bodies of their friends, and in the end, out of 45 people, only 16 survived. For 2 and a half months, these people were in a real ice hell!
5. USS Capelin
This time we will not be talking about an airplane or a ship, but about a submarine. The submarine USS Capelin was in service with the American Army during World War II. On its first military voyage, the submarine sank a Japanese cargo ship, after which it was sent to the Australian shores for repairs and maintenance before its second mission. On November 17, 1943, the submarine set off on its second mission and has not been seen since.
As far as experts know, the ship’s route ran through a real sea minefield, so the most likely version is associated with the explosion of a submarine. However, the wreckage of the USS Capelin was never found, so the version with mines will remain just a guess. When the warship set off on its final mission, there were 76 crew members on board, whose fate their families never learned anything about.
4. Flying Tiger Line Flight 739
In 1963, Flight 739 was a Lockheed Constellation passenger aircraft. There were 96 passengers and 11 crew members on board, all of whom were heading to the Philippines. Flying Tiger Line was the first American cargo and passenger airline to fly regular flights. After 2 hours of flight, communication with the pilots of the ship was interrupted, and nothing more was heard from them. Probably, the crew did not have time to transmit any message, because the incident was too sudden, and the pilots simply did not have time to send a distress signal.
A tanker from an American oil corporation was sailing in the same area that day. The crew of this ship claimed that their members saw a flash in the sky, and they immediately decided that it was an explosion. According to one theory, there was sabotage on board the missing plane, or they tried to hijack it, which led to the most tragic consequences. However, the plane's wreckage was never found, leaving investigators left to wonder what really happened to Flying Tiger Line Flight 739.
3. The ship "SS Arctic"
In 1854, the American ship SS Arctic collided with a French steamship. After the strike, both ships remained afloat, but the incident still ended rather sadly. Almost 350 people died during this accident, and for some reason only men survived on board the American ship, while all the women and children died during the collision. In addition, the stricken SS Arctic continued on its way to shore, but never made it.
As it turned out, the American ship was still too damaged to continue safely, and it was because of this that it sank on the way to land. A monument was subsequently erected in Brooklyn in honor of those killed that day.
2. Malaysian Airlines Flight 370
In 2014, a Malaysian Airlines plane took off for Beijing with 239 people on board. An hour after takeoff, contact with this aircraft was lost, but no distress signal had been received before. Before Flight 370 disappeared, radar showed that the plane had lost its course - for some reason it was heading west instead of northeast.
After the disappearance of the airliner, numerous rescue teams were sent to search for it, which carefully combed the suspected crash site in the Indian Ocean. Only a small fragment was found. The search was also resumed in 2018, but again to no avail, despite all the efforts and resources expended. What exactly happened to this flight - so far big mystery.
1. SS Waratah
Since November 2008, the SS Waratah began operating regular voyages from England to Australia via South Africa. The ship could carry up to 700 passengers and had hundreds of first-class cabins. In July 2009, on the way back to Europe, the liner disappeared without a trace and was never seen again.
The last port the ship was in was Durban, South Africa. After this stop, the ship was supposed to sail to Cape Town, but it never appeared there. Experts have determined that the weather turned very bad during the voyage from Durban to Cape Town, and they believe that it was a storm that caused the supposed sinking and mysterious disappearance of the SS Waratah.
While the fate of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 continues to capture the world's attention, it is worth noting that there have been several similar flights in aviation history that never reached their destination. Because no bodies or debris were found in all of these cases, the circumstances surrounding their disappearances continue to remain a mystery.
1. The fate of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 continues to remain a mystery, as no traces of the plane carrying 239 people have been found.
Pilot suicide. Mechanical failure. Capture. New theories about the fate of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared on March 8, 2014, continue to emerge every day.
What we know so far: The Boeing 777, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members, disappeared from radar approximately an hour after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. The plane, bound for Beijing, China, was reported missing by the Malaysian government five hours after takeoff. It was last recorded flying at its normal cruising altitude of 10,668 meters, approximately 225 kilometers southwest of southern province Vietnam.
Four days after the flight disappeared, Malaysian officials released evidence that the plane had turned toward the Malacca Strait, putting it on the opposite side of the Malacca Peninsula, away from its intended route.
Given that the Boeing 777 changed its altitude, which initially stood at 13,716 meters, then dropped to approximately 7,010 meters, and may have been flying for as long as six hours after the last official report was received, investigators believe it was a catastrophic failure. technology is a highly unlikely scenario, and that the change in direction was in fact deliberate.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been confirmed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, west of Perth, Australia. Some debris was seen in the area, but it has not yet been identified as being part of Flight 370.
2. Boeing 727 hijacked from the airport in Luanda, Angola
On May 25, 2003, a Boeing 727-223 aircraft was hijacked from International airport Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Luanda, Angola.
The former American Airlines plane was owned by a Miami company called Aerospace Sales & Leasing and was being leased to TAAG Angola Airlines at the time of its disappearance. Ben Charles Padilla, a certified flight engineer, aircraft mechanic, and private pilot, and assistant John Mikel Mutantu worked with Angolan aircraft mechanics to return the Boeing 727 to operational status after a commercial transaction. did not take place. Neither of them could fly a Boeing, Mutantu was not a pilot, and Padilla only had a private pilot's license. Flying a Boeing 727 requires three highly trained crew members.
After Padilla and Mutantu boarded the plane, it began to taxi and maneuver erratically without any communication between the crew and the control tower. The Boeing 727 took off with its transponder and lights off. Neither the plane nor the two men were ever seen again.
While most believe Padilla was at the controls, some members of his family claim he was hired to repossess the plane for non-payment because Air company Angola has failed to make payments, while others fear he was being held against his will.
3. A plane carrying military personnel disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in the early days of the Vietnam War.
On March 16, 1962, the US military set course for Flight 739 to transport Army personnel and soldiers from South Vietnam from Travis Airforce Base in California to South Vietnam. There were 96 passengers and 11 crew members on board the turboprop jet, called the Super Constellation.
After refueling in Guam, the plane headed to Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines, but never reached it. It fell somewhere in the Western Pacific Ocean. However, no debris or bodies were ever found. An hour after Flight 739's last radio contact, the Standard Oil tanker reported an explosion in the sky.
Was this sabotage? Rocket? Engine problems? No one can say for sure, but the Committee civil aviation concluded in his report on the incident that "it can be reasonably assumed that what happened to Flight 739 happened suddenly and without warning."
4. A popular leader of a large jazz band disappeared while flying over the English Channel.
On December 15, 1944, the leader of a large jazz band named Glenn Miller was scheduled to fly from an RAF base in England to Paris to give a concert. His plane, a Scandinavian C-64 (Norseman), never arrived.
Miller joined the war effort in 1942, at the height of his popularity as a musician. At 38, he was too old to be drafted, but he signed up for the army in hopes of leading his group. The Army accepted him and he was promoted to major in 1944.
IN official version about Miller's disappearance it was said that his plane was hit bad weather over the English Channel, but there were many rumors about this. Some believed the plane was shot down by a German death squad, while others believed it made it to Paris but was killed by a Parisian deputy. However, the craziest theory put forward by a German journalist in the 90s was that Miller died of a heart attack in the arms of a French prostitute and the US military hid the truth.
Another explanation, and perhaps the most plausible, was that put forward by Royal Air Force navigator Fred Shaw, who claimed to have seen Miller's plane come under "friendly fire" while dropping bombs. after the failed raid on Germany.
5. Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while trying to fly around the world
The disappearance of aviation pioneer and author, Amelia Earhart, is perhaps the most memorable and well-known in aviation history.
Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. On June 2, 1937, her Lockheed Electra plane disappeared during an unsuccessful attempt to circle the globe. She and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared near Howland Island in the central Pacific Ocean.
The Navy and US Coast Guard launched an active search, as did Earhart's husband, George Putnam, but no trace of her or her plane was found. The US government has officially concluded that Earhart and Noonan were unable to find Howland Island and simply ran out of fuel, but as with Malaysian Flight 370, various rumors still circulate about this. Some believe she was a secret agent who crash-landed on a Japanese-occupied island and was captured. Others believe she moved back to the US, changed her name and lived a quiet life.
However, there is compelling evidence that Earhart and Noonan crash-landed on desert island called Nikumaroro and remained isolated. A group called the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) has been investigating the island since 1989 and has collected artifacts that may have belonged to Earhart and were on her plane. Among them were human bones, a compact women's makeup set, pieces of shoes and a jar that once contained freckle cream. The investigation is ongoing.
6. A squadron of five aircraft disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle 
Artist's depiction of the five missing TBM Avengers, December 5, 1945, five Avenger torpedo bombers Navy US Flight 19 departed from Ft Lauderdale Naval Air Station for an overwater navigation training flight. All five planes and the 14 men on board disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle.
Two hours after takeoff, Flight 19's squadron commander reported that his compasses were not working and that he was unable to determine his position. Other aircraft also reported similar problems. After another two hours of confusing messages, the squadron leader called on his men to jump out of their planes because they were running out of fuel.
An hour later, the Mariner aircraft set off on a search and rescue mission for Flight 19 with 13 crew on board. He also disappeared. A tanker sailing off the coast of Florida at the time reported seeing an explosion 20 minutes after the Sailor took off.
Hundreds of ships and aircraft scoured thousands of square kilometers of the Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico and even remote parts of Florida, but no trace of Flight 19 or Sailor was found.
7. A Brazilian cargo plane carrying $1 million worth of art has gone missing. 
A Varig Boeing 707-379C similar to the one involved in the accident.
In 1979, a Varig Brazilian Airlines cargo plane disappeared from radar half an hour after taking off from Narita International Airport in Tokyo.
The Boeing 707 flying to Rio was carrying 153 paintings by artist Manubu Mabe, worth a total of $1.2 million. The plane, paintings and six crew members remain missing. Mid-air robbery or just engine failure? Nobody knows for sure.
8. DC-4 carrying US military personnel goes missing near Anchorage
A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-4 went missing en route from Vancouver to Tokyo on July 21, 1951.
Ninety minutes after the plane took off from its stopover in Anchorage, Alaska, it was flying as scheduled but soon encountered bad weather. It was raining heavily, it was freezing cold, and visibility was only 152 meters. This message was the last; nothing else was heard from the plane and, although an extensive search was carried out, nothing was ever found.
On board the plane were 6 Canadian crew members and 31 passengers - some were military personnel, others were civilian employees of the US military.
9Plane Flight From Central Pacific to Los Angeles Disappears After Reporting Engine Problems 
In 1964, a DC-4 transport plane carrying nine passengers went missing en route to Los Angeles from Wake Island in the central Pacific Ocean.
The plane's last radio transmission, in which the pilot reported engine problems, was sent from a location 804 kilometers southwest of Los Angeles.
Navy searchers discovered an oil slick and some claimed to have seen the plane's tail plunge into the ocean, but no trace of the DC-4 or its occupants was found.
10. 58 people on board the DC-4 disappeared in the waters of Lake Michigan
In June 1950, 58 people died when Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 went missing over the waters of Lake Michigan en route from New York to Minnesota.
Boats and planes searched the lake for a week after the disaster, but other than a small amount of debris and human remains floating in the waters of Lake Michigan, no debris was ever found. The cause of the plane crash has also not been established.
Operating the flight Malaysia Airlines MH370, attracted the attention of millions of people from all over the world.
The search for the plane and passengers is still ongoing.
what happened with 293 passengers and crew, after the plane took off from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia to Beijing on March 8, 2014?
No one can answer this yet.
The plane disappeared from radar about an hour after takeoff, being 220 km off the coast of Malaysia.
However, this is not the first case of a mysterious disappearance of this kind. Although it is quite rare for an aircraft to disappear without a trace, there have been several such examples in the history of aviation.
Here are some half-solved or unsolved mysteries.
Amelia Earhart
One of the most famous incidents in aviation history is the disappearance of an American female pilot. Amelia Earhart. Amelia disappeared in her twin-engine monoplana "Electra" near Howland Island over the Pacific Ocean in 1937in an attempt to fly around the world.
Earhart became known as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean by herself.
Theories concerning her fate, still worries researchers. Some say that she simply fell into the ocean, others that she was captured, others that she changed her name and is still alive, and others that she was abducted by aliens.
No trace of her plane was ever found, despite numerous attempts, and Amelia Earhart was officially declared dead in 1939.
Bermuda Triangle
A number of disappearances have been linked to the so-called Bermuda Triangle, a huge area of ocean between Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda.
On December 5, 1945, five planes disappeared without a trace, where the legend began Bermuda Triangle. The training mission of five torpedo bombers, led by an experienced instructor, took off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
An hour and a half after the start of the mission, the pilots reported that they had lost direction and can't recognize landmarks.
In radio communications, Instructor Taylor reported that both of his compasses were out of order. P favorable conditionsworse, they could not find the shore and tried to land on the water.
Even stranger, one of the planes sent to find the lost training mission had also disappeared.
More two passenger aircraft disappeared from this area in 1948 and 1949 year and more than 51 people disappeared.
Star Dust and the mysterious Morse code
August 2, 1947 aircraft B.S.A.A. Star Dust, flew from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile disappeared, leaving behind several unanswered questions.
Airplane owned by the company British South American Airways(BSAA), was heading towards the Andam Mountains. He never reached his destination, but the radio operator managed to send the last mysterious message using Morse code "STENDEC", after which he disappeared.
There have been several theories regarding what happened to the plane and the meaning of the latest message, including alien attacks, sabotage, and deliberately blowing up the plane to destroy diplomatic documents.
Most likely, the plane crashed into a nearly vertical wall of snow, causing an avalanche that buried the wreckage.
The Star Dust plane was found only 50 years later, when two Argentine climbers found fragments of an engine and scraps of clothing.
Aircraft disappearances during flights have rarely occurred in the history of aviation. One of the most mysterious cases of missing aircraft is the case of the Boeing 707-323C, which disappeared without a trace in 1979.
Official data
On January 30, a cargo Boeing of the Brazilian company Varig flew flight RG-967 on the route Tokyo - Los Angeles - Rio de Janeiro. After takeoff, the plane remained in the air for only half an hour. Then he seemed to disappear into the airspace over the Pacific Ocean. An extensive search was undertaken by Varig itself and the rescue services, but the plane was not found.
There were also no traces of his fall, debris, pieces of equipment - absolutely nothing. To this day, this case is considered one of the most mysterious in the entire history of air cargo transportation and aviation in general. There were 2 crews of 3 people each on board that day. It is noteworthy that commander Gilberto Araujo da Silva had already survived one serious accident 4 years earlier - the Boeing crash near Paris (flight RG-820).
After the disappearance of the Boeing 707-323C in 1979, all 6 crew members were considered missing. This aircraft was released by The Boeing Company in 1966. For 8 years the airliner faithfully served American Airlines, after which it was sold to the Brazilian company Varig.
Event details
On the sad day of his disappearance, he was supposed to deliver an expensive cargo to Rio de Janeiro. These were 153 paintings by Manabu Mabe, a painter of Japanese-Brazilian origin. In addition to works of art worth a total of $1.24 million, there was also industrial cargo on board. The plane was loaded to capacity.
The weather that day was not particularly favorable for the flight. There was a thick fog hanging over Tokyo and it was cloudy. Takeoff took place at Narita Airport at 20:23. After about 20 minutes, the captain of the ship reported that everything was fine, the flight was proceeding as usual. The next message from the plane was supposed to arrive at 21:23. But there was no further news from the crew.
The search for the missing Boeing 707-323C began shortly thereafter; but they were not immediately brought to their logical conclusion. It got dark, so the rescue services had to take a break for 12 hours. The alarm signal was transmitted to 70 sea vessels located near the possible site of the disaster. They searched for the plane for 8 days. To no avail.
What could have happened to Brazilian Boeing
There are several main versions of the unexplained disappearance:
1. Depressurization could occur in the cabin after takeoff. As a result, the crew lost consciousness, and the airliner continued to fly for some time under autopilot control. When the fuel in the tanks ran out, the Boeing could have crashed somewhere in the Alaska region. Because of this, he was not found in time, and then the plane simply sank.
2. The airliner could have been attacked. Connoisseurs of Manabu Mabe's work could well have ordered such an action. This version has few supporters, because none of the paintings that disappeared with the plane have ever turned up in any private collection in the world.
3. The Brazilian Boeing could have ended up over the territory of the USSR, which in 1979 would have been perceived as a threat to national security. If the airliner really went off course and flew into air space Soviet Union, he was probably shot down.
4. The latest version has a strong shade of scandal. The missing Brazilian airliner could have carried spare parts for the Soviet MiG-25 fighter, which was hijacked to Japan by Soviet pilot V. Belenko 3 years earlier. There could also be secret information stolen from the USSR. For this reason, the Boeing 707-323C was shot down by the Soviet Air Force in neutral waters.
Whatever the real reason for the disappearance, it has sunk into oblivion along with the plane itself.
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Mysterious disappearances. Mysticism, secrets, clues Dmitrieva Natalia Yurievna
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Where did the DB-A N-209 plane disappear to?
In 1937, on August 12, the DB-A N-209 aircraft took off from the Shchelkovo airfield in Moscow. On board was a crew consisting of the commander of the ship, Hero of the Soviet Union, Sigismund Levanevsky, co-pilot N. Kastanaev, navigator V. Levchenko, radio operator N. Galkovsky, flight mechanics G. Pobezhimov and N. Kastanaev. They had a trans-Arctic flight on the route Moscow - Arkhangelsk-Barents Sea - Fernbex (Alaska). From Fairbanks, after refueling, it was planned to fly to New York. The DB-A N-209 aircraft was a new type of heavy bomber with four engines, increased payload capacity and an improved landing gear. In addition, he was specially prepared for this flight, equipped with all the equipment necessary under these conditions.
The first radiograms from the plane indicated that the flight was successful. However, on August 14, Levanevsky reported that they were flying in strong winds and dense clouds, the cabin windows were covered with frost, and one of the engines was damaged. After this, communication with the crew was lost. At this time the plane was in the Alaska region. The last radiogram said that audibility was poor. All radio stations in the world and radio amateurs tried to find at least some traces of the plane on the air, but they found only snatches of conversations that were very difficult to make out.
Pilots from the Soviet Union, Canada and the USA took part in the search for Levanevsky’s plane. From the Soviet side, M. Vodopyanov, A. Alekseev, V. Molokov took part. General management was entrusted to M.I. Shevelev, head of the Polar Aviation Department. Under his command there were 15 aircraft, including N-170, N-171, N-172. On August 25 they were already on Rudolf Island. Earlier, on August 14, the icebreaker Krasin delivered flight crews, aircraft, fuel, warm clothes and dog sleds to Cape Schmidt. Pilot Zadkov tried to fly towards the pole, but his plane was covered in ice. People managed to escape. A detachment commanded by B. G. Chukhnovsky, an experienced polar explorer, also took part in the search for N-209. On the American side, pilots G. Wilkins and Kenyon took part in the search and rescue operation.
In the 30s XX in the Soviet Union achieved great success in the field of polar aviation. Then the first scientific station was landed on a drifting ice floe; Valery Chkalov, and after him Mikhail Gromov, made the world's first flight to the United States via the North Pole.
The search for the missing plane continued for a year. However, neither human bodies, no plane wreckage, or even any small objects were found.
Several versions have been put forward in connection with the disappearance of the N-209 aircraft. According to one of them, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing in the area mountain range Endicott, Alaska. This version is confirmed by the stories of local residents - Eskimos. According to them, on August 21, a plane appeared five miles from the coast, which soon disappeared. American pilot G. Wilkins examined the area, but found nothing.
According to another version, the crew landed safely at 88–86° N latitude. along the 148th meridian, but the drifting ice floe, along with the plane and people, began to move towards Atlantic Ocean. Therefore, it is possible that S. Levanevsky and his group are located in the area between Greenland and Franz Josef Land. To confirm this version, the Soviet pilot Ya. Moshkovsky flew over this area on March 31, 1938, but did not find any traces of either the plane or people.
There is another option to explain what happened. Several Eskimos, on the 20th of August 1937, saw an object whose outline resembled an airplane. This object fell into the water near Tatis Island. Locals We clearly heard the noise of the engine, and a day later a large oil slick appeared in this place. It is reliably known that no motor boats was not nearby at the time. In addition (this became clear a little later), Eskimo children saw individual pieces of aluminum washed ashore. Then a survey of the area was undertaken, but the search yielded no results.
It is believed that Levanevsky had to make an emergency landing to repair a failed engine. They then took off, expecting to land in Alaska. Apparently they ran out of gas on the way because most of it was used up during an emergency landing. It is possible that some other breakdown occurred. And then the plane fell into the ocean and sank very quickly, and the crew was unable to get out (the plane floats on the water for no more than 5 minutes) and escape.
A year after the disappearance of the DB-A N-209 aircraft, the search for it was stopped. The pilots were officially declared dead.
In memory of Levanevsky and his crew, several geographical objects in those places they are named after them: Levanevsky Island, Cape Galkovsky, Cape Levchenko, Pobezhimov. A monument was erected in Moscow to the fallen pilots.
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From the book Mysterious Disappearances. Mysticism, secrets, clues author Dmitrieva Natalia YurievnaDisappearances in the Black Bamboo Hollow In the southwestern part of China is the Black Bamboo Hollow, which is called the “Valley of Death.” Mysterious events, disappearances of people and animals constantly occur in it. It is easier to explain the disappearance of animals - they got lost, became
From the book Mysterious Disappearances. Mysticism, secrets, clues author Dmitrieva Natalia YurievnaDisappearance of ancient civilizations
From the book Mysteries of Russian History author Nepomnyashchiy Nikolai NikolaevichCause-and-effect relationships in the disappearance of liberea The most authoritative researcher of the fate of liberea, inherited by John IV from his descendant relatives, continues to be the late historian, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences M.N. Tikhomirov (1893–1965). He is the one in
From the book Tsar's Gold author Kurnosov Valery Viktorovich“The unusually strange fact of the disappearance of key documents” The arrival of foreign treasure hunters and the opportunity to obtain gold increased the interest of representatives of the Soviet state in the recovery of jewelry. December 5, 1929 to the manager of the Kazan office of the State Bank
From the book Two Perspectives on Time in the History of Richard III author Stratievskaya Vera Izrailevna42. The mystery of the disappearance of the princes Brecon was exactly the place where rumors about the murder of his nephews by Richard began to spread. And just at the very time recorded by historians - immediately after Buckingham’s return from Pamfret at the end of August, 1483. Moreover,