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At least 19 aircraft have gone missing in the 21st century, with the latest potential case involving a Bering Air Cessna 208 Caravan that disappeared on February 6. This incident is part of a broader pattern of primarily small aircraft vanishing in remote locations worldwide.
One notable disappearance occurred in May 2023 when a Boeing 727 vanished from an Angolan airport. Smithsonian Magazine reported that the aircraft, registered as N844AA, taxied onto the runway and departed Quatro de Fevereiro Luanda International Airport (LAD) with its transponder turned off, leaving no trace behind. American Airlines operated this Boeing 727 between May 1975 and August 2001 before it was briefly owned by IRS Airlines, a now-defunct Nigerian carrier, eventually ending up in Angola.
Other cases include an Antonov An-26 disappearing in Angola in 2000 and a British Aerospace 125 private jet operated by Senegalair going missing after a possible mid-air collision in 2015. The list of missing aircraft also features incidents involving various models such as Beechcraft King Airs, Piper PA-31s, and Embraer EMB 720s across different locations like Australia, Guyana, and Brazil.
