It was a summer like any other in New York. It was 1955, more precisely on July 2, when the passengers of flight 914 bound for Miami, embarked with the idea of enjoying a pleasant vacation.
After 37 Years of Disappearance This Plane Managed to Land
What was supposed to be a normal and routine flight, would become one of the greatest aviation mysteries in history. What happened to this flight? We invite you to find out.
Pan American Flight 914
It all began on July 2, 1955, when the 57 passengers traveling to Florida were about to board Pan American Airlines Flight 914. Conditions were optimal and the captain told them over the loudspeaker before takeoff.
Pan American Flight 914
Everyone was happy and ready to spend a few beautiful sunny days on the beaches of Florida, although others were traveling to visit relatives and even to work. It was three hours to landing.
Normal Takeoff, Then The Mystery
Through the windows, the passengers watched the view from above. A few clouds sometimes cut across the landscape, but nothing troubled the travelers. Until the flight began to extend longer than planned.
Normal Takeoff Then The Mystery
Time went by and the airport to land did not appear. In Miami, both the staff and the families of those traveling began to worry. The airport control tower had not received any news of the 914.
Pilots Not Communicating
Because of the surprising delay, air traffic controllers decided to contact the tower in New York. The response they received chilled their blood: “” Flight 914 bound for Miami took off normally, but disappeared from radar mid-flight…”
Pilots Don’t Communicate
All attempts to make contact were in vain; the pilots did not appear. From both controls they insisted several times without getting a response. It was then that the strangest thing happened.
The Search is Launched
Without wasting a minute, the search teams were deployed to find the aircraft. But the exact position was impossible to determine. As quickly as the search was launched, the theories and assumptions began.
The Search is Launched
had the plane crashed, had it fallen into the Atlantic Ocean with all its passengers and crew? Although the Coast Guard conducted a full search, no wreckage of the plane was found. Several days of searching later, there was still no news.
Theory: Plane Crash
As the days went by, with no news on the situation, the frightening possibility of an accident began to become more real. Let’s not forget that 61 people were on the missing plane, including passengers and crew.
Plane Crash Theory
As no wreckage – nor human remains – could be found, it could not be stated that the plane had crashed. However, a few months later the official announcement was made. Everyone – flight attendants, pilots and passengers – was considered dead.
Case Closed Or Not?
Without certainty as to what exactly happened to the flight, the families and friends of the alleged fatalities fell into unbearable uncertainty. Devastated by the official statement, they lived 37 years without being able to mourn properly.
Case Closed Or Not
Nobody saw the final outcome coming, and it came too many years later. Almost four decades passed with absolutely no news, until one day the unthinkable happened. People all over the world were shocked by the facts.
Surprise On The Radar
Thirty-seven years have passed. It is 1992, and the morning goes by smoothly at Simon Bolivar Airport in Caracas, Venezuela. Like every morning, Juan, the acting air traffic controller, began his day with coffee in hand.
Surprise On The Radar
Among his tasks was to check that all scheduled flights were arriving in the correct conditions. While everything was proceeding normally, Juan suddenly had to put down his coffee: there was an unidentified spot on the radar.
what kind of plane is that?
Juan couldn’t get out of his stupor as the situation was out of all normal parameters. The air traffic controller kept looking at the radar, hoping that the situation would resolve itself, since he did not know how to proceed in such an eventuality.
What Type Of Airplane Is That?
“Have I made a mistake?” he asked himself over and over again. He then decided to call his colleagues for a second opinion to make sure he wasn’t crazy. They all saw the same thing he did.
An Airplane From Other Times
A few moments later they had some information about the mysterious spot on the radar. It was an airliner, but it had some disturbing peculiarities. The propeller type was old, and had not been seen on a commercial flight for years.
An Airplane From Other Times
The controllers began to conjecture, but decided to see the object with their own eyes from the tower windows. Suddenly, the phone rang. It was a call from the plane.
where are we?
Everyone fell silent around the speaker. “Where are we?” asked an anxious voice. Unable to calm down, Juan was the only one who managed to answer, “Caracas Airport, where are you headed?”. The pause that followed lasted seconds but felt eternal.
Where we are
The answer made their blood run cold: “Flight number 914, Pan American Airlines from New York to Miami. 57 civilian passengers and 4 crew members”. In the control tower everyone was completely stunned.
In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time
The air traffic control team couldn’t get over their amazement. They wondered what this plane was doing so far away from Florida, its original destination. They wondered about the aircraft’s antique appearance. They did not understand how it had arrived in Caracas.
In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time
Communication with 914 continued. The pilot of the Pan Am plane said, “The flight was originally scheduled to arrive in Miami on July 2, 1955 at 9:55 AM.”
Many Doubts And Few Certainties
Of course the first reactions of the crew in the control tower were panic. They were so confused that no one spoke. Juan later said that for a moment he doubted whether he was awake or in a very strange dream.
Many Doubts And Few Certainties
Questions accumulated in their throats as the plane approached the runway. At that moment, it dawned on Juan to clear the runway for an unexpected landing.
A Fundamental Doubt
On the runway, specialized personnel were ready to accommodate the crew and civilian passengers. Fortunately, the landing went smoothly. Once he saw that the plane and its passengers were safe, Juan breathed a sigh of relief.
A Fundamental Doubt
Now it was time to deal with the doubts. He contacted the cabin crew again and asked an innocent question, “Do you know that today is May 21, 1992?”
A Very Serious Mistake
After Juan’s words, another awkward silence followed. At that moment, the air traffic controller knew he had made a grave mistake. The pilot spoke, this time noticeably confused. Meanwhile, the troops were approaching the plane from the ground.
A Grave Mistake
The shout was deafening: “What the hell are you talking about? Juan heard something in the pilot’s voice that made him uncomfortable. He decided that it was urgent and necessary that the evacuation of the plane be done as soon as possible.
Panic In The Cockpit
The control tower radio clearly emitted the panicked screams coming from inside the plane. They could hear the pilot ordering everyone to stand still. “We are leaving right now” he said before cutting the communication.
Panic In The Cockpit
The control tower radio clearly emitted the panicked screams coming from inside the plane. They could hear the pilot ordering everyone to stay put. “We are leaving right now” he said before cutting the communication.
“Please Stop!”
The flight controller used all his tools as a speaker to convince the pilot to stop. He told him about the dangerousness of the maneuver and how it was terrible that they were leaving without signaling. As Juan spoke, the plane continued on its way to the runway.
Please Stop
It was all in vain. Juan gave up and everyone in the cockpit froze. The plane continued to increase speed, flying away from the Caracas airport in Venezuela.
was any of this real?
Juan’s companions and Juan himself followed the dot on the radar with their eyes. It was still there. Seconds later, however, it disappeared completely. Everyone was overwhelmed by the situation and could not figure out what was going on.
Some of It Was Real
The feeling was one of astonishment and uneasiness. Everyone had seen with their own eyes the whole situation: a plane arriving and then disappearing over the horizon. Later, the situation would become known and shock the world.
what Really Happened to Flight 914?
From that day until today, nothing is known about the flight that landed that day in Caracas. Some believe it was a collective hallucination, and the story began to lose credibility as the days went by. In the press, the news began as a great event that lost interest.
What Really Happened With Flight 914
From the front page, the event gradually diminished in importance until it became a small text on the curiosities page. The questions were never answered.
back In New York?
More than a few people were interested in this curious story. Historians, the curious, scientists, journalists, all wanted to understand what had happened. But there was no trace other than the testimony of the alleged witnesses.
Back In New York
In the United States, some media began to claim that the plane had returned to New York, the city from which it had taken off in 1955, and that the passengers had not aged. But this story could never be verified.
Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theorists soon became experts on the story. They came up with their own explanation for this event. A wormhole was the answer, in their view.
Conspiracy Theories
A wormhole is a kind of “shortcut” through which one travels faster than the speed of light in space. If the plane encountered one of these, it could have moved through space and time without noticing it.
The Bermuda Triangle Again
Again the Bermuda Triangle came up as a possible explanation for a strange phenomenon. If you don’t know what we are talking about, the Bermuda Triangle is a space southeast of Florida in which ships and airplanes have disappeared.
Bermuda Triangle Again
As in all the cases attributed to it, there is no conclusive evidence that the disappearance-disappearance and disappearance of flight 914 is related to this. Were the investigators that far from the truth?
Different Theories
As time went by, new theories and stories began to appear about the case of Pan American Flight 914 from New York to Miami. Everything started to become more and more confusing, and the truth was far from being discovered.
Different Theories
Everything began to be questioned, including the calendar that had been found on the airstrip. The theories diversified and there was no shortage of those who blamed extraterrestrial beings for what happened.
Unearthing The Truth
The story was published in the Weekly World News along with a photo of Juan and made the front page. The date was strange: the story first appeared in 1985, seven years before the plane landed in Caracas.
Unearthing The Truth
In 1992 the story “repeated itself” and the same newspaper again published exactly the same thing, but this time the photo of Juan was different. All indications were that the newspaper was lying.
No Witnesses
Let’s remember that witnesses did not exist and neither did any kind of evidence. In addition, the Weekly World News was known for presenting false or exaggerated news, and for manipulating headlines to increase the paper’s circulation.
No Witnesses
We believe that nowadays something like this could not happen. The speed and magnitude of the internet would make it difficult for people to miss a repeated news item.
what If It Was True?
In 1992 the story had much more impact than in 1985. People bought into the fantasy and word of mouth did its thing. With the growth of the internet, the story reappeared a few times in the years that followed.
And If It Was True
People who tend to cling to conspiracy theories chose to believe the story, so they made it grow over the years and added some details. “Scientists” also came along and presented evidence.
Aliens Involved
One of the YouTube channels that specialize in investigating paranormal and supernatural phenomena was determined to find an answer to the mystery. The researcher made an effort to find evidence about what happened to Pan Am flight 914.
Aliens Involved
Although he found the story hard to believe, he found fascinating details from various sources, such as the calendar, flight reports and other documents related to the disappearance of Flight 914…
An Eternal Mystery
This strange event marked by the disappearance, appearance and finally definitive loss of the trail of flight 914, has never been properly proven. All the contradictions surrounding the case make us think that it is a complete hoax.
An Eternal Mystery
Something makes the stories of airplanes, whether downed or missing, generate a particular interest in people. As a consequence, there are many aviation stories with mysterious circumstances and details that are often hard to believe.
The Most Surprising Survival Story
One of the most incredible airplane crashes with a survival story happened many years ago in the Andes Mountains, a mountain range that divides Chile and Argentina. 54 passengers were traveling from Argentina to the neighboring country on October 13, 1972.
The Most Amazing Survival Story
Among the crew, an entire rugby team was on its way to Santiago for a match. Their presence and sporting values would be fundamental to the final outcome of the story.
Turbulence, Panic and Accident
Not long after takeoff at the airport in Buenos Aires, all the passengers were shaken by heavy turbulence. Believing it to be normal, everyone remained calm until the situation became truly unbearable.
Turbulence Panic And Accident
The screams of terror began and panic took over even the air inside the plane. Pilots, stewardesses and everyone else saw death in their eyes. Finally, plane, luggage and crew fell into the void.
A Hope of Survival
Of all the people on board, only 16 survived the tremendous fall. Some were injured, but alive. The moment of discovering that the people who had been alive until seconds before were no longer breathing was devastating.
A Hope For Survival
In any case, the impulse of life took hold of them. Even though they were in the middle of the mountain range, they would do everything to return alive. But the temperature was too low and hopes were beginning to dwindle.
Wines And A Little Food
No, it’s not the plan for a romantic dinner. It’s the only thing the survivors found in the wreckage. The rations would not be enough for much, and food and drink would have to be carefully rationed.
Wines And A Little Food
No, it’s not the plan for a romantic dinner. It’s the only thing the survivors found in the wreckage. The rations would not be enough for much, and food and drink would have to be carefully rationed.
The Search Is Over
After the vain effort to find at least the wreckage of the plane, the authorities decided to call off the operation. Rescue teams had flown over the area numerous times without success. Hopes were dying day by day, until everything was terminated.
The search is over
Those familiar with the matter assumed that the bodies of the deceased crew members would begin to appear in the summer months, which in this area runs from December to March.
An Impulse of Courage
remember we told you that rugby players were on the flight? Two of them had the courage to leave the improvised camp in search of help, taking a huge risk because they did not know where they were and it was very cold.
An Impulse of Courage
However, there was no other way out but to take the risk. Two months after the accident, the young men set out on their journey in search of help. By this time, some of the survivors were ill.
Last Chance to Save Themselves
The young men had trekked through the mountains for more than ten days. Tired, malnourished for two months and without strength, they just kept going, motivated by the desire to see their families again.
The Last Chance To Save Themselves
The survivors left in the camp were beginning to lose hope. Sick, weak and hopeless, they lived the worst days of their lives. They were motivated by the thought that the two brave adventurers would get some kind of help and come back for them soon.
So Close And So Far From Help
Meanwhile, the young men who set out into the snow were physically and mentally exhausted. They had no food or water, and their bodies were beginning to complain despite their athletic fitness and youth.
So Close And So Far From Help
Suddenly, the unthinkable. Were they seeing right? Were they really watching those three men on horseback cross a mountain river? They began shouting for help. One of the men shouted “tomorrow.” They simply could not believe it.
A True Survival Story
72 days after the accident, 16 survivors were rescued. Some were sick and injured. Unlike the Pan American Airlines tragedy, this story does have evidence. Survivors have told their story over and over again in documentaries and books.
A True Survival Story
For its part, Flight 914 remains a huge mystery despite all attempts to explain its fate. Alien abduction? Bermuda Triangle? What do you think happened?