The 727 that Vanished (2010)

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49 pointsjackgavigan4 comments

For anyone else struggling to read this article on mobile, here's the Wikipedia page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N844AA

> It is the largest aircraft ever to have disappeared without a trace.

The article is dated September 2010. Flight MH370, a Boeing 777-200ER, that went missing in March 2014 is quite a bit larger in every dimension than N844AA, a Boeing 727-223.

Length and wingspan:

N844AA: 153x108ft or 47x33m [1]

MH370: 209x212ft or 64x65m [2]

[1] http://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/boeing-727-223 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777#Specifications

Parts of MH370 have since been found.

http://www.newsweek.com/pieces-mh370-found-reunion-island-36...

MH370 did hold the record for "the largest aircraft ever to have disappeared without a trace" for over a year.

But since a trace of MH370 has indeed been found, I guess we should say that the title for "the largest aircraft ever to have disappeared without a trace" has reverted back to N844AA.

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