Individual thefts

robbery of a Royal Mail train heading between Glasgow and London

art collection in Zurich, Switzerland

international incident between Saudi Arabia and Thailand

On August 10, 2018, a Horizon Air De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 was stolen from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (Sea–Tac) by 28-year-old Richard Russell, a Horizon Air ground service agent with no piloting experience. After Russell performed an unauthorized takeoff, two McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighters were scrambled to intercept the aircraft. Sea–Tac air traffic control made radio contact with Russell, the sole occupant, who described himself as a "broken guy ... got a few screws loose, I guess." About 1 hour and 15 minutes after takeoff, Russell successfully executed a barrel roll before purposely crashing the aircraft on the sparsely populated Ketron Island in Puget Sound with the intent to die by suicide. There were no collateral human injuries; Russell was the sole fatality.

burglary of jewellery

one of the largest star sapphires in the world

4th century BC Geto-Dacian helmet

1990 art theft in Boston

Notable robbery in Belgium

heavily jewelled star and badge regalia of the Sovereign and Grand Master of the Order of St. Patrick; stolen from Dublin Castle in 1907, and never recovered since

100.32-carat star ruby

destruction wrought by stolen tank

gemstone discovered in Eagle, Wisconsin in 1876

historic saber

purposed hand of a yeti found in Nepal