List of missing aircraft

According to Annex 13 of the International Civil Aviation Organization, an aircraft is considered to be missing "when the official search has been terminated and the wreckage has not been located".

[1] However, there still remains a "grey area" on how much wreckage needs to be found for a plane to be declared "recovered".

This list does not include every aviator, or even every air passenger that has ever gone missing as these are separate categories.

The make of aircraft, although not necessarily a unique identifier, is also provided where appropriate.

Aircraft registrations began to be used in the early 20th century for individual identification, so this is also included in the later tables (in parentheses).

Amelia Earhart's missing modified Lockheed Model 10 Electra
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is officially the flight with the most missing people (239 missing), although remains of the plane have been found in the Indian Ocean .