This list of missing aircraft includes

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that have disappeared and whose locations are unknown. According to ''Annex 13'' of the

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, an aircraft is considered to be missing "when the official search has been terminated and the

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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

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, 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).

Legend

* * *

19th century

20th century

1901–1919

1920–1939

1940–1959

1960–1979

1980–2000

21st century

2001–2019

References

External links

* {{cite news , url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/aviation/11456181/Mapped-One-year-on-from-MH370-all-the-planes-which-have-disappeared-since-1948.html , title= Mapped: One year on from MH370, all the planes which have disappeared since 1948 , publisher= The Telegraph , first= Laurence , last= Dodds , date= 9 Mar 2015 , url-access=subscription Dis Dis

Aircraft An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines ...