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A ghost plane (a term sometimes used interchangeably with ghost flight) may refer to:

Rendition aircraft, an aircraft used by national governments to move prisoners internationally
Ghost flight (commercial aviation), an empty or near-empty flight carried out to preserve a landing slot
Regarding an aviation accident, a "ghost plane" or "ghost flight" occurs when the plane, already in the air, suffers some type of accident that has incapacitated the crew and passengers but continues to fly until it runs out of fuel and crashes
- A Cessna 441 which crashed in 1980 carrying Bo Rein
- 1999 South Dakota Learjet crash, of golfer Payne Stewart's Learjet
- 2000 Australia Beechcraft King Air crash, Queensland
- Helios Airways Flight 522, 2005
- A Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III which crashed into the Gulf of Mexico in 2012
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a passenger flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing that disappeared in the Indian Ocean on 8 March 2014.
- 2022 Baltic Sea Cessna crash, a Cessna 551 which crashed into the Baltic Sea near Ventspils in 2022
- 2023 Virginia plane crash, a Cessna Citation which crashed near Montebello, Virginia on June 4, 2023
"Ghost Plane", an episode of Canadian TV series Mayday about Helios Airways Flight 522; see List of Mayday episodes
Ghost flyers, mysterious aircraft, which occurred in the 1930s in Sacandinavia [1], [2]

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 '''A ghost plane''' (a term sometimes used interchangeably with '''ghost flight''') may refer to:
 * [[Rendition aircraft]], an aircraft used by national governments to move prisoners internationally
-* An empty or near-empty flight carried out to preserve a [[landing slot]]
+* [[Ghost flight (commercial aviation)]], an empty or near-empty flight carried out to preserve a [[landing slot]]
-* Regarding [[air crash]], a "ghost plane" or "ghost flight" occurs when the plane, already in the air, suffers some type of accident that has incapacitated the crew and passengers due to [[Hypoxia (medical)|hypoxia]] (lack of oxygen), but the aircraft continues to fly thanks to the autopilot until it runs out of fuel and ends up crashing, after getting out of its flight path. These types of accidents are usually caused by [[Uncontrolled_decompression#Gradual_decompression|slow uncontrolled decompression]], which affects [[cabin pressurization]]. There have been no survivors in this kind of accident and it is very possible that even landing the plane intact, the damage due to lack of oxygen would be irreparable for those on board. Examples include:[[File:Helios522.png|thumb|250px|Recreation of two Greek fighters [[F-16]] inspecting [[Helios Airways Flight 522]] in the air.]]
+* Regarding an [[aviation accident]], a "ghost plane" or "ghost flight" occurs when the plane, already in the air, suffers some type of accident that has incapacitated the crew and passengers but continues to fly until it runs out of fuel and crashes
-** A Cessna 441 which crashed in 1980 carrying [[Bo Rein]]<!--<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/03/what-happens-on-a-ghost-flight-5-case-studies.html|title=What Happens on a Ghost Flight? 5 Case Studies|work=Daily Intelligencer|access-date=2017-12-24|language=en}}</ref>-->
+** A [[Cessna 441]] which crashed in 1980 carrying [[Bo Rein]]<!--<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/03/what-happens-on-a-ghost-flight-5-case-studies.html|title=What Happens on a Ghost Flight? 5 Case Studies|work=Daily Intelligencer|access-date=2017-12-24|language=en}}</ref>-->
 ** [[1999 South Dakota Learjet crash]], of golfer Payne Stewart's Learjet
 ** [[2000 Australia Beechcraft King Air crash]], Queensland
 ** [[Helios Airways Flight 522]], 2005
 ** A [[Cessna 421|Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III]] which crashed into the Gulf of Mexico in 2012
+** [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]], a passenger flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing that disappeared in the Indian Ocean on 8 March 2014.
-** [[2022 Baltic Sea Cessna crash]], a [[Cessna 551]] which crashed into the [[Baltic Sea]] near [[Ventspils]] in 2022<!--<ref name=":0" />-->
+** [[2022 Baltic Sea Cessna crash]], a Cessna 551 which crashed into the Baltic Sea near Ventspils in 2022
+** [[2023 Virginia plane crash]], a Cessna Citation which crashed near Montebello, Virginia on June 4, 2023
 * "Ghost Plane", an episode of Canadian TV series ''Mayday'' about Helios Airways Flight 522; see [[List of Mayday episodes|List of ''Mayday'' episodes]]
+* Ghost flyers, mysterious aircraft, which occurred in the 1930s in Sacandinavia [https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/7oedye/a_historical_mystery_the_ghost_fliers_of_the/?rdt=58120], [https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kummituslentokoneet]
+{{disambiguation}}
-====== United Kingdom Ghost Flights- ======
-Since the beginning of 2019, over 5,000 planes have flown to and from United Kingdom airports with no passengers. In addition, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) confirmed that over 35,000 flights during this time had less than 10% of passenger capacity<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Over 5000 empty 'ghost' flights have flown to and fro UK since 2019. All you need to know |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/uk/over-5000-empty-ghost-flights-have-flown-to-and-fro-uk-since-2019-all-you-need-to-know/articleshow/94517167.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2022-10-28}}</ref>. The reason for these low capacity/empty flights is unknown. The Heathrow airport, the United Kingdom's largest airport, has been reported to account for the over 10,000 of these ghost flights<ref name=":0" />.
-====== Climate Issue Surrounding Ghost Flights- ======
-Carbon emissions- Airlines are not required to publish data explaining pollution practices. Air travel causes more carbon emission in an hour than any other consumer activity. These emissions contribute to an estimated 2.4% of the annual CO2 amount globally<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=2022-04-06 |title=How much does air travel warm the planet? New study gives a figure |url=https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/how-much-does-air-travel-warm-the-planet-new-study-gives-a-figure/ |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=Mongabay Environmental News |language=en-US}}</ref>. Research has found that aviation also contributes 4% to human-induced global warming. At this rate, warming is to increase 0.2 degrees Fahrenheit (0.1 degrees Celsius) by the year 2050 as aviation continues to grow post pandemic<ref name=":02" />. Although the pandemic put a pause in the emissions, the CO2 emissions from past flights are still playing a role in global warming. The pandemic slowed the warming rates by about 5 years <ref name=":02" />.  {{disambiguation}}