This Wouldn't Be The First Time A Plane Mysteriously Disappeared Into The Indian Ocean

As navies and media outlets from around the world converge on the Indian Ocean in search of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, some may recall another flight that ended tragically in the same waters. On the evening of Nov. 27, 1987, the crew of South African Airways Flight 295 radioed air traffic control to alert them about smoke on the flight deck. Flight 295, a Boeing 747-244B Combi, christened the Helderberg, was nine hours into a flight from Taipei to Johannesburg. Just 19 minutes after the init...