The Mysterious Disappearance Of Flight 739

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1 May 2024

Airline disappearances have always captured the attention of the world

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In 1962, Flying Tiger Flight 739 (N6921C) disappeared without a trace with 96 soldiers, 11 crew members onboard during the Vietnam War 

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The aircraft, which had been chartered by the US Army, was transporting the soldiers from California to Vietnam's Saigon as part of a secret mission

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The flight departed Travis Air Force Base on March 14, 1962. However, it went missing after a refueling stop in Guam and never arrived at its next stop 

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Within a few months of the plane's disappearance, all 107 passengers were declared dead

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No trace of the plane or its passengers were ever found, despite the largest peacetime air-and-sea rescue mission that followed

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There were speculations that the aircraft had been hijacked or sabotaged, but no one found any evidence to support this theory

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The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) determined that Flight 739 probably exploded in-flight, though an exact cause could not be determined 

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For surviving family, the most popular theory has always been that the men were part of a secret military operation gone awry

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In late 2020, surviving family members constructed a monument in South Portland, Maine, honoring the servicemen of Flight 739

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