FTL 739
16 Mar 1962 · Unsolved & Under InvestigationFLYING TIGER LINE FLIGHT 739
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation · Flying Tiger Line · Image: Wikimedia Commons
Why it happened
Vanished over the Pacific — never found
Unknown
Mid-Pacific communication gap
Search & rescue limits
Aircraft
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Flying Tiger Line
Route
Travis AFB (SUU), California, USA
→ Saigon (SGN), South Vietnam
People
107 on board
107 fatalities
Date
16 Mar 1962
Category
Unsolved & Under Investigation
The cases with no final answer.
THE STORY
A troop transport carrying 93 soldiers vanished over the western Pacific. A tanker crew reported a vapor trail and explosion — no wreckage was ever found.