The Flight That Vanished Without a Trace: OB-1303's Final Call

Aviation Survival Stories · Jul 22, 2026 · 18m

The Flight That Vanished Without a Trace: OB-1303's Final Call

A sudden emergency call at 13:50 on September 11, 1990 reported fuel nearly gone and altitude dropping through 10,000 feet - then the frequency fell silent and nothing of the Boeing 727 was ever found. Sixteen people aboard, roughly 44,000 pounds of fuel loaded at Keflavik, and a last-known position hundreds of miles southeast of St. John’s - how did a fully fueled ferry flight disappear without a trace?

In this episode, we tell what the flight record and witness accounts record about OB-1303’s final hours, who was on board, the…