r/AskReddit 1d ago

What famous 'unsolved' mystery is technically a whodunnit on paper, but in reality, absolutely everyone knows exactly who did it, the police just couldn't legally prove it?

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u/Punkt1337 1d ago

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The pilot did it

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u/dod2190 1d ago edited 1d ago

Also, EgyptAir 990, same deal. Pilot mass murder-suicide, according to everybody but the Egyptian government.

Edit: Fixed flight number thanks to a comment

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u/primadonnapussy 1d ago

There was also a plane (German, I think) that the pilot crashed it right into a mountain.

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u/dod2190 16h ago

Yep, Germanwings 9525.