The Unsolved Mystery of This Plane's Disappearance (Faucett Perú 727) DISASTER BREAKDOWN

It is rare that a plane goes missing. It’s rare for a fatal air accident to occur in the first place but a disappearance of a plane can be very much shrouded in mystery. Without a plane or its wreckage to examine and extract data from, it can be unclear how events unfolded on flights that fall into this category.
We’re going to look into one of those incidents today, that of a plane taking a repositioning flight that went missing in September of 1990 leading to the presumed deaths of 16 people. When we look at this incident it is always important to remember that the wreckage of the plane has never been found, we don’t know exactly what happened. Everything I am about to present to you should be treated with as much caution as any form of speculation.

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NOTICE TO VIEWERS
Just a quick note about this video. A small section of about 20 seconds of this has been removed.
Basically after a few people came forward about one thing I mentioned in the video, I made a mistake by conflating VOR and ADF. My apologies for this mistake. I slipped on the information and got it wrong. I have trimmed a small section out of the video to remove false context to viewers. I don't want to conflate these instruments again so I will make sure to do better going forward.
Thanks for your time.

[utca]

I would love to see your perspective on MH370. All the news stories and reports are at least mildly sensationalist. I'd be very interested in your calm and known-fact-oriented approach.

[napoleonbonaparte]

Never heard about this case before in thousands of Air Crash investigations available online, thanks for uploading.

[refutonefandus]

Something else to consider with INS -- it requires a period of alignment when starting the plane. The aircraft has to remain stationary for a period of time on the ground for it to come into alignment, and any rushing of this time or moving before it's done increases the margin of error significantly. If they didn't take the proper alignment time, that would explain why they're off course.

[J_Money]

At this point, You could literally make up a plane investigation and I would still watch it 😂 😂

[potatopilot]

Thank you for bringing attention to these lesser-known aircraft incidents/accidents which I think more pilots/people should know about.

[robertop.]

Great video, congrats. A Boeing 707 freighter operated by Varig, with 6 highly experienced crew members on board, also vanished in the air while flying from Tokyo to LAX, in 1979. Not a single piece has been found. Insane.

[sarahalbers]

You out did yourself on this one. A true aviation mystery that I have never seen on any other channel. Thanks for the outstanding work!

[redmanish]

Damn it would be awful to know my plane was going to crash into the cold ocean and likely kill all of us, but knowing my family was also onboard would be especially horrifying.

[chillidogkev]

Always very well researched, superbly measured and informative delivery and the feeling at the end is always 'can't wait for the next one'. I really would love you to cover the Malaysian disappearance but you'll do it when you're ready and you feel it's right I'm sure. Keep up the great output.

[anu.]

these videos are always so interesting and well executed, thank you. i haven’t heard of this before, and being peruvian it’s always interesting when these videos involve your country

[charcharbinks]

This incident was new to me. I really appreciate your videos. They are thoughtful and so well made. I would love to see a breakdown of what is currently known about MH370. Cheers!

[lilyrrichard]

I haven't heard of this disappearance. Have you heard about the 2003 Angola 727 disappearance? That's an odd one also. I found the story about it while reading up on this one. Thanks for the excellent and informative videos.

[sunnyfon]

I’ve been searching for a YouTube video about this disappearance since last year. Finally someone uploaded a video about this mystery. Thanks to the owner of this video.

[SimLiskaNistaFista]

As always great video! I had no idea about this flight at all.

I think a video on MH370 would be more interesting if there is new info about the disappearence, as a lot of people have already discussed it. Perhaps talk about aspects that are usually overlooked? If there is such a thing with that flight XD

Also a fun fact! Keflavik is pronounced "Keplavik" or "Keblavik" in Icelandic! Its not a criticism of your pronounciation as I don't expect people to say it "correctly" Its just a fun fact :D

[hectorpalmatellez]

I had never heard of this one, but since it's from the year I was born, I don't think it's that weird. Please make more mysterious disappearances. I love the analysis of what could have happened and the mention of the tech available at the time.
Thanks again for the well crafted content!

[kevinbarry]

I never heard this story and I was in college at the time. GPS was barely a thing at the time. Only for military use and only part of the day as the system wasn't fully operational yet.

[MissMusicQueen]

I would definitely be interested in a video on the Malaysian flight that disappeared in relatively recent history

[zacktong]

I recall this accident very well as reported in the New York Times. Apparently this flight was attempted non stop between Malta and Gander which would seem to be beyond the range of capability. There was no mention of Milan or London landings. Even if they had stopped in Shannon Ireland that should have been sufficient from a fuel capacity standard. The article made no mention of navigational issues or capabilities. I do not recall if any sighting of wreckage was made by air rescue aircraft sent out from Newfoundland but given shut down of all three engines the rate of descent would have been great.

[kvarner]

Does anyone know whether Reykjavik is far enough north for magnetic/true north to be an issue in the navigation of this plane? I know an issue like this happened in either Canada or Alaska, which resulted in a crash.