Nearly seven months after its disappearance, officially, what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370) remains almost as much of a mystery as in the wee hours of March 8th.

Theories about the Boeing777-200s losson a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing continue to proliferate. Yet it may still go down as one of commercial aviations worst unsolved tragedies.

Over the decades, however, ; including:

The Star Tiger and Star Ariel Bermuda Triangle disappearances

On a stormy, windy afternoon in late January 1948, an Avro York Tudor IV aircraft dubbed Star Tiger departed Santa Maria in the Azores for a 2000 mile trip to Bermuda. The flight was operated by British South American Airways (BSAA), a post World War II offshoot of U.K. national carrier BOAC that served Latin America from Britain. And the Star Tiger was simply on the second leg of a scheduled journey from London to Havana. It disappeared with a crew of six and 26 passengers on January 30th.

Pan American World Airways Boeing 377 Stratocruiser N1033V Clipper Seven Seas arriving at London (Heathrow) (Credit: Wikipedia)

But because the Star Tiger was reportedly flying at only 2000 feet to avoid high winds, that doesnt give you that much room to maneuver if theres a problem, Bob van der Linden, Chairman of the Aeronautics Department at the Smithsonians National Air and Space museum told Forbes. The lower cruising altitude would have also made the aircraft susceptible to burning fuel at an accelerated rate.

According to the official U.K. Accident report at 3.15 am the next morning; a radio bearing was given from Bermuda and acknowledged by the Star Tiger when she was 340 nautical miles [out]. But thirty-five minutes later, the aircraft couldnt be raised.

In a storm, theres really no visible horizon, so you are really off instruments anyway, said van der Linden. It also sounds like their radio was out.

Van der Linden says its also possible high winds simply blew the Star Tiger so far off course they had no recourse. As he points out, after Bermuda, there was nowhere to divert.

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