The baffling disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines aircraft has been the focus of global attention for four days now, but there have been quite a few such incidents in the past when planes have vanished without trace.
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Amelia Earhart, probably the most famous pilot among the missing, whose twin- engined aircraft disappeared while she was flying solo over the Pacific in 1937 attempting to circumnavigate the globe. A massive search effort was abandoned and she was officially declared dead two years later. [Photo/dfic.cn] |
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