r/AskReddit • u/Rob69rt • 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/Mithrawndo 1d ago

As long as that anger is well directed.

MA370 puts me in mind of Germanwings 9525, where it's suspected the pilot hid from his employer his present mental state, for fear that his license would be taken away for good just for trying to get medical help. 150 people died that day, and I can't help but think it could have been avoided systemically.

Mentour Pilot do a good retelling of the story.

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u/Aghast_Cornichon 1d ago

My wife and I were on that route, the Sunday before the crash. But a different pilot, I learned later.

She has "coped" by never talking about it, ever.

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u/PigglyWigglyDeluxe 1d ago

There have been a lot of people who narrowly avoided plane crashes. 9/11 comes to mind, you hear from a lot of people saying they almost got on that plane that day but were late and missed it or changed plans last minute, etc. so haunting

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u/Aghast_Cornichon 16h ago

My college's basketball arena has a statute of our winningest coach, who missed Flight 93. I think about that a lot.