Missing Plane Mystery
In 1947 a passenger plane vanished without trace, only to reappear 53 years later
Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service
March 24, 20149m 4s
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Show Notes
In 1947, passenger plane Star Dust vanished without trace over the Andes, after sending a cryptic final message via Morse code. Its disappearance sparked rumours of espionage and alien abduction, but the truth of its fate was finally revealed in 2000. Hear from the relatives of those on board.
(Photo: A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian aircraft. Credit: BA Speedbird Heritage Centre)