Every Plane That's Disappeared Since 1948

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Every Plane That's Disappeared Since 1948

During last year's search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the Bloomberg Visual Data team created this map of the 80+ large aircraft declared missing since 1948. "Large aircraft" is defined as "planes capable of carrying more than 14 people." There are more yellow dots on here than I expected, and that includes 11 lost planes since 2005.

The Afternoon Map is a semi-regular feature in which we post maps and infographics. In the afternoon. Semi-regularly. Thanks to Dave Merrill and Bloomberg Visual Data for this one.

July 11, 2015 - 4:45pm

http://mentalfloss.com/article/55607/every-plane-thats-disappeared-1948