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BSAA airliner Star Tiger vanishes on the Azores-Bermuda leg

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A British South American Airways Avro Tudor IV airliner parked on an airfield
A BSAA Avro Tudor IV, the same type and airline as the lost Star Tiger RuthAS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

British South American Airways Tudor IV Star Tiger disappeared with 31 people aboard on its flight from the Azores to Bermuda. A UK public inquiry could not determine the cause, and the unexplained loss was later folded into Bermuda Triangle lore.

Sources

  1. OfficialMissing B.S.A.A. Aircraft (HC Deb 19 January 1949, vol 460)UK Parliament (Hansard) / 1949-01-19
  2. Press'Plausible Solutions' To Bermuda Triangle MysteriesBernews / 2011-01
  3. OtherReport on UK Civil Aviation 1948-49 (extract on BSAA), Ministry of Civil AviationMinistry of Civil Aviation (transcription hosted by flywiththestars.co.uk) / 1949

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How the story came out

Happened 30 Jan 1948. First made public 27 years later (1975).

  1. 30 Jan 1948It happened (this event)
  2. 1975Larry Kusche publishes 'The Bermuda Triangle Mystery--Solved' - first made public

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