List of missing aircraft
1980–2000

List of missing aircraft

Section Title: 1980–2000
Table Section Text: None

Date	Aircraft	People missing	Type of incident	Location	Remarks

October 3, 1980	Douglas DC-3 (C-47A-35-DK) (ECT-025)	2	Unknown	Mediterranean Sea (presumed) en route from Madrid to Perpignan, France (intended onward flight to Frankfurt)	This aircraft had been previously decommissioned with a provisional and limited airworthiness certificate. The intention was to eventually ferry this aircraft to an aviation museum, but this was cut short by an unauthorized take off.

April 21, 1981	Douglas C-53-DO (DC-3) (F-BJBY)	4	Unknown	Mediterranean Sea, 24 km off Port d'Andratx, Mallorca en route from Oran, Algeria to Toulouse, France

August 9, 1981	Cessna 210M (VH-MDX)	5	Unknown	Barrington Tops National Park, Australia

February 13, 1983	Learjet 35A (N482U)	6	Unknown	Straits of Malacca c. 20 km off Kuala Selangor, Malaysia en route from Kuala Lumpur–International to Colombo–Katunayake, Sri Lanka	Operated by Upali Air. On February 19, a survival pack was found that was apparently from aircraft.

July 30, 1983	Cessna 172K ZK-CSS	4	Unknown	Lake Tekapo (town), New Zealand

September 2, 1983	Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander (C-GIPF)	7	Unknown	Near Smithers, BC, Canada	Notable lost passengers include George Cogar.

October 31, 1984	Douglas C-47B-1-DL (RP-C138)	4	Unknown	Off Davao, Philippines en route from Davao to Manila	Cargo flight

September 16, 1985	Pitts S-2 (N13AS)	1 (Art Scholl)	Unknown	Pacific Ocean, off Carlsbad, California	Accident occurred during filming for Top Gun (1986). The aircraft involved entered into a fatal flat spin, but the cause was never determined.

March 25, 1986	Antonov An-32 (K2729)	7	Unknown	Indian Ocean, 450km off Jamnagar, India	Delivery flight operated by Indian Air Force.

August 3, 1986	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (LIAT Flight 319)	13	Unknown	Caribbean Sea, on approach to the E. T. Joshua Airport. St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Operated by LIAT.

December 4, 1987	Britten-Norman BN-2A-6 Islander (C-GOMC)	4	Unknown	Near Mount Waddington, BC, Canada

January 17, 1989	Douglas C-47A-75-DL (CP-1418)	5	Unknown	Near La Paz, Bolivia en route to Apolo, La Paz

August 25, 1989	Fokker F27 Friendship (Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404)	54	Unknown	Himalayan mountain range	Probably crashed into the Himalayan mountains, no wreckage was ever found.

January 10, 1995	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 6715)	14	Unknown	Molo Strait, Indonesia en route from Bima Airport to Satartacik Airport, Ruteng

November 8, 1997	Cessna 180 ZK-FMQ	1	Unknown	Waiatoto River, New Zealand

December 22, 1997	Antonov An-72 (ER-ACF)	5	Unknown	S Atlantic en route from Port Bouet Airport, Côte d'Ivoire to Rundu Airport, Namibia	Cargo flight.

Sentence(s)

Upali Air disappeared while flying over the Straits of Malacca.

final_sentence: Upali Air disappeared while flying over the Straits of Malacca.