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McAuley, an Australian adventurer best known for mountaineering and sea kayaking in remote parts of the world, is presumed to have died following his disappearance at sea while attempting to kayak 1,600 km (990 mi) across the Tasman Sea. A recovered memory stick on the kayak records him attempting to make a distress call. [260] 20 April 2007
List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea; List of people who disappeared mysteriously: pre-1910; List of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1910–1990; List of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1990–present; List of solved missing person cases: pre-1950; List of solved missing person cases: 1950–1999
Cheok disappeared at sea after making two dives that day. Although Cheok was classified as a missing person at first, the police re-classified Cheok's disappearance as murder after it was found that Ang had notified several insurance companies that Cheok was dead and demanded for insurance compensation worth $450,000.
The mysterious circumstances surrounding her disappearance on the property, and later the unsolved killing of her father, indicates she might've been the victim of a homicide. In 2023 her former boyfriend and another man were indicted on charges related to the case; police also announced the recovery of a gun possibly used in her father's death.
The next day, at 4:20 a.m., the ship’s chief engineer, Fred Gilbert, sounded the alarm that the ship was sinking, and the crew, afraid for their lives, abandoned the ship, getting off — and to ...
Disappearance of Royal Marine Alan Addis; Bas Jan Ader; Eddie Aikau; USS Albany (1846) June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt; Theodosia Burr Alston; José Salvador Alvarenga; HMS Anacreon (1813) James Roy Andersen; Anna (1790 ship) Ikegusuku AntÅ; Geoffrey Appleyard; Francisque Arban; HMS Ardent (1782) Vasco de Ataíde; David Atcherley; Erhart ...
From 1960 to 2004, there were a reported 24 disappearances from the remote, isolated town of Nome, according to the FBI. An investigation was launched amid fears of a serial killer.
Many disappearances occurred before wireless telegraphy became available in navigation applications in the late 1890s, which would have allowed crew to send a distress call. Sudden disasters such as military strike, collision, rogue wave, or piracy could also prevent a crew from sending a distress call and reporting a location.