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  What is the Mary Celeste   The fate of the 10 people aboard remains a mystery. Mary Celeste, formerly Amazon, American brigantine that was found abandoned on December 5, 1872, some 400 nautical miles (740 km) from the Azores, Portugal . The ship was built in 1861 at Spencer’s Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, and named the Amazon. The Mary Celeste, however, was damaged beyond repair, and it was left on the reef, where it deteriorated. In his account, a revenge-seeking former slave killed the passengers. The ship underwent significant structural changes over the next several years, and it was eventually sold to a group that came to include Capt. On board were 10 people, including Captain Briggs, his wife, and their two-year-old daughter. When the vessel failed to sink, authorities discovered his scheme. G.C. In addition, there was no evidence to support the claim that an explosion caused by alcohol fumes caused the ship to be abandoned. A more likely scenario is that Captain Brigg...

The panic on Transat Flight 236 - Mystery Cases How  did Air   Transat Flight 236 land WITHOUT fuel? Crash with No   fatalities  e xplained On August 24, 2001, flown by Captain Robert Piché and First Officer Dirk De Jager, the flight ran out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean with 306 people aboard. The flight crew managed to glide the unpowered aircraft to a successful emergency landing in the Azores with no loss of life. The 291 passengers and 13 crew aboard Air Transat Flight 236 were having breakfast thousands of metres above the Atlantic yesterday when flight attendants rushed to gather their dishes. The twin-engine Airbus A330-200, headed for Lisbon from Toronto, was about to end its flight in a Tire - bursting emergency touchdown in the Azores, about 1,300 kilometres from its destination, with both engines dead. A voice from overhead speakers told them to remove their shoes and grab the lifejackets beneath their seats. Oxygen masks fell from the ceiling....