I will today focus on  aircraft that just disappeared , with an in-depth analysis on Malaysian Air 370, a Boeing 777-200ER, that vanished on 8March2014.   There have been  242 incidents  when a flying object with at least one passenger disappeared, going back to 1857.  There is a Cuban expression,  Voló como Matías Pérez , meaning he flew like Matias Perez, which became popular since Matías Pérez in a hot air balloon over the North Atlantic Ocean never was found. A particularly notable loss was the Lockheed Electra 10E with Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan in 1937 over the Central Pacific Ocean. They were on an around-the-world flight. The U.S. government searched for 16 days with nine vessels and around 4000 crew members, including the aircraft carrier Lexington, and 66 aircraft. Several films were produced: 1943 with Rosalind Russell as Earhart, 1976 with Susan Clark, 1994 with Diane Keaton and 2009 with Hilary Swank. There have been numerous private a...

I've lived on the largest ocean, the Pacific, for virtually all my life.  I'm now on my longest cruise, across the Pacific Ocean from Sydney to Honolulu.  Almost 71% of the Earth's surface is completely covered by water, representing 96.5% of the water on this planet. There were once seven seas.  These became  five oceans. #1  Pacific Ocean Area:60,060,700 square miles. Average depth:  13,215 feet. Greatest depth:  Mariana Trench 36,198 feet. Has 25,000 islands. Is home to 50% of the world's ocean waters, although  another source  says 46.6%. Is the scene of the most nuclear bomb tests.  The Marshall Islands are more radioactive in some regions than Chernobyl. #2  Atlantic Ocean Area:  41,105,000 square miles. Average depth:  12,880 feet. Greatest depth:  Puerto Rico Trench 30,246 feet. #3  Indian Ocean Area:  26,469,500 square miles. Average depth:  13,002 feet. Greatest depth:  Sunda Trench 24,46...