Top 5 most mysterious plane crashes in history

The mysterious disappearance of Boeing 777 of Malaysia Airlines on March 8 this year is still a mystery for the secret services of a dozen countries involved in the search. Meanwhile, history knows many cases when planes disappeared from radar screens and the further development of events is comparable only with the plot of a fantastic film.

In today's selection we offer Top-5 most mysterious air crashes in the history of .Some of them years later formed the basis for screenplays and autobiographies.

5. Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

Amelia was the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic. In 1973, Earhart on a light twin-engine Lockheed Electra was preparing to make a round-the-world trip. However, in the center of the Pacific Ocean the car went missing. Versions of the disappearance of Amelia were many - from abduction by aliens to capture by Japanese military. However, the mystery of the Erhart disaster remained unsolved.

4. Disappearance of American bombers

This mysterious story occurred in 1945 in the infamous Bermuda Triangle. Bombers of the US Navy disappeared from the radar in a calm sea and clear weather. The press got rumors that the negotiations of the pilots were about the fact that the ocean looks extremely unusual. None of the debris from the five missing aircraft was found.

3. Capturing the linerCooper

In November 1971, a passenger named Cooper captured a liner from Portland. The hijacker demanded $ 200,000 and several parachutes. Cooper allowed the landing of the aircraft in Seattle for refueling, in the same place on board were transferred money and parachutes. A couple of minutes after takeoff the hijacker opened the tailgate and silently jumped out of the plane. The FBI could not find either himself or a bag of money. Five years later, on the bank of the Columbia River, dirty banknotes were found worth $ 6,000 with serial numbers that coincided with those issued to Cooper.

2. Flight crash No. 800

In 1996, the Trans World Airlines liner performed a flight on the popular New York-Rome route. A couple of minutes after take-off, the plane exploded in the air, killing 230 people. Among the versions discussed was the seizure by terrorists, but no one took responsibility for the disaster. According to another version, the plane was shot down by mistake with a missile from a US Navy vessel. However, according to the official version, the cause of the accident was a short circuit.

1. Catastrophe in Uruguay

In 1972, a plane carrying 45 people abruptly disappeared from radar during a flight over the Andes. For 72 days the fate of the ship remained unclear. However, later, 16 survivors were found who managed to survive on the icy highlands, only feeding on the dead bodies. The story formed the basis of the film "Alive".