8 Most Mysterious Air Crashes Of All Time

Unsolved Air Crashes:  On Thursday afternoon, an Air India plane crashed near the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The plane was boarded by 242 passengers, including two pilots and 10 cabin crew members. The reason for the crash is still unknown. In the brutal cash, many deaths are feared. However, that stats are also not known yet. This is not a one-of-a-kind incident. Aviation history is full of accidents that have baffled investigators and the public alike. These heartwrenching incidents remind us about the limitations of technology and the secrets of flight crashes across the globe. Here are eight of the most mysterious and unsolved air crashes of all time.

8 Most Mysterious Air Crashes Of All Time:

1. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (2014)

The disappearance of MH370 is undoubtedly the most heart-wrenching incident in contemporary aviation history. On March 8, 2014, the Boeing 777 went off radar on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers on board. To date, despite the biggest and most costly search operation in history, only scattered evidence has been retrieved, and the primary wreckage is still missing. Suspicions run from hijacking to technical malfunction, yet no conclusive cause has been proven over all these years.

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2. BSAA Star Dust (1947)

A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian, the Star Dust, vanished over the Andes on August 2, 1947. The crew's final transmission was the enigmatic Morse code "STENDEC." For more than 50 years, the status of the flight remained a mystery until some wreckage was discovered in the late 1990s, buried in glacial ice. What STENDEC means and specifically why the plane crashed are still mysteries, with speculations ranging from navigational mistakes to misguided coded messages.

3. Flying Tiger Flight 739 (1962)

This US Army transport plane disappeared over the Pacific Mariana Trench with 107 passengers aboard. There were no reports of distress, and a thorough search yielded no evidence of the plane. Witnesses on a nearby tanker saw a mid-air explosion. Suspicions have ranged from sabotage to accidental shoot-down to catastrophic failure, but the facts remain elusive.

4. Amelia Earhart's Disappearance (1937)

Although not a commercial crash, the disappearance of legendary aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan while trying to fly around the world is the stuff of legend. Their Lockheed Electra went missing over the Pacific, inciting decades of searches and speculation with possible navigation mistakes, crash landings, or even capture. No wreckage has ever been positively identified.

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5. EgyptAir Flight 990 (1999)

EgyptAir 990 crashed into the Atlantic off Massachusetts on October 31, 1999, killing all 217 people on board. The unsolved crash was confounded by duelling theories, first that the officials hinted at intentional action by the co-pilot, while Egyptians attributed mechanical failure. The absence of definitive proof and continuing controversy leaves the case clouded in mystery.

6. TWA Flight 800 (1996)

A few minutes into the flight from New York, TWA 800 burst into flames and crashed into the Atlantic, killing 230 passengers. Although the official explanation was a fuel tank explosion due to a short circuit, however, there are plenty of ongoing conspiracy theories about a missile attack or terrorism, fueled by eyewitness testimony and the sudden, disastrous nature of the explosion.

7. Flight 19, Bermuda Triangle (1945)

A flight of five US Navy bombers, Flight 19, vanished over the Bermuda Triangle on a training mission. A rescue aircraft dispatched to find them also disappeared. The event made the myth of the Bermuda Triangle popular, with speculations ranging from magnetic fluctuations to extraterrestrial abduction, but no evidence for the crash has ever been definitively located.

8. Japan Airlines Flight 123 (1985)

On August 12, 1985, JAL 123 exploded in mid-air and crashed into a mountain, killing over 520 passengers, including all crew members, which was the most disastrous single-aircraft accident. The crew held the damaged aircraft at minimum speed for 32 minutes, but the reason, a faulty repair, was found seven years after the crash. The delayed rescue and survival of a few of the passengers heighten the mystery of the tragedy.

There were many air crashes whose causes are still unknown and that have left a brutal mark on mankind. These unsolved air crash mysteries are a reminder of the need for better technologies and the careful use of existing technology.