Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
On 8 March 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 left Kuala Lumpur for Beijing and vanished; satellite handshakes and later Indian Ocean debris never produced a located wreck or a cause.
Mary Celeste
The Mary Celeste (1872): found under sail near the Azores with cargo intact and no one aboard — public salvage record, not a thriller ranking.
| Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 | Mary Celeste | |
|---|---|---|
| Notoriety | 96 | 82 |
| Mystery | 90 | 94 |
| Scale | 78 | 28 |
| Evidence | 48 | 45 |
| Legal impact | 55 | 22 |
| Culture | 88 | 80 |
Public-record encyclopedia. Not legal advice. Not a how-to. Graphic detail is withheld. Wars belong in a separate atlas.