What "Horizon" 17-th episode about
On August 2nd 1947, a British civilian version of the wartime Lancaster bomber took off from Buenos Aires airport on a scheduled flight to Santiago. There were 5 crew and 6 passengers on board the plane - named 'Stardust'. But Stardust never made it to Santiago. Instead it vanished when it was apparently just a few minutes from touchdown. One final strange Morse code radio message - 'STENDEC' - was sent, but after that nothing more was heard from the plane. Despite a massive search of the Andes mountains no trace of the plane was ever found. For 53 years the families of those who disappeared have not known what happened to their loved ones.
Episode number: 17
Episode name: "Vanished: The Plane That Disappeared"
Episode release date: 2 november 2000 at 21:00
Status: aired