8 aviation mysteries |
- 8 aviation mysteries
- No word of loved ones
- Transponder's fate
- Plane search expands to Indian Ocean
- Surreal sunken art in Maldives
- Sometimes plane is never found
- F1's weird trip into the unknown
- 6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes in sea off Japan
- Taliban splinter group claims responsibility for reporter's slaying
- Canada pulls military out of Afghanistan
- Crowdsourcing search for plane goes viral, but no luck so far
| Posted: 13 Mar 2014 06:23 PM PDT While such situations are rare, the puzzling disappearance of Malaysia Flight 370 is not the first time a plane has vanished without a trace. Here are nine cases of mysterious plane disappearances and disasters. Some remain unsolved, decades later.  |
| Posted: 13 Mar 2014 06:23 PM PDT New Zealanders Danica and Paul Weeks are no strangers to disaster. The couple's eldest son, Lincoln, was born in the midst of an earthquake in Christchurch in 2010. Just over three years later, in December 2013, they were in a car accident after moving to Australia.  |
| Posted: 13 Mar 2014 06:23 PM PDT As investigators search for clues to what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the answer to one question may prove key: Why did the transponder in the Boeing 777-200ER stop transmitting information?  |
| Plane search expands to Indian Ocean Posted: 13 Mar 2014 06:26 PM PDT A U.S. official says the vanished Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 plane could be at the bottom of the Indian Ocean.  |
| Surreal sunken art in Maldives Posted: 13 Mar 2014 06:22 PM PDT Submerged fantasy exhibit from Viennese artist Andreas Franke draws on "Sleeping Beauty" and "Little Red Riding Hood."  |
| Sometimes plane is never found Posted: 13 Mar 2014 06:22 PM PDT Sylvia Adcock says sometimes, the crash site is never found. The search area for the Malaysia Airlines flight continues to expand — which experts say does not bode well for finding the plane.  |
| F1's weird trip into the unknown Posted: 13 Mar 2014 12:16 PM PDT Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton sums up the dawn of a new Formula One era in three juicy words -- weird, mind-blowing and challenging.  |
| 6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes in sea off Japan Posted: 13 Mar 2014 10:42 AM PDT A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck early Friday in the sea that separates three of Japan's main islands, about 100 miles southwest of Hiroshima, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.  |
| Taliban splinter group claims responsibility for reporter's slaying Posted: 13 Mar 2014 01:58 AM PDT A radical Islamist group has claimed responsibility for the murder of Swedish journalist Nils Horner. The Fidai Mahaz group said on its website Tuesday that it had "targeted" the correspondent on the Wasir Akbar Khan 15 Road in Kabul.  |
| Canada pulls military out of Afghanistan Posted: 13 Mar 2014 01:20 AM PDT After more than 12 years and under a blanket of security in Kabul, Canadian military operations in Afghanistan came to a formal close this week. As the Canadian flag was lowered at NATO headquarters in a low-key ceremony, officials looked back at a mission that began in 2001 and cost the country 158 military lives.  |
| Crowdsourcing search for plane goes viral, but no luck so far Posted: 12 Mar 2014 09:56 PM PDT More than 115,000 volunteers have joined the crowdsourcing search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane by going to their computers and reviewing satellite photos of the open ocean to find signs of the aircraft, a sponsor said Wednesday.  |
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