Career Mode: Search and Rescue (Plane) missions stopped appearing after crash

Yep — I’ve seen Career Mode get “stuck” after a CTD right as a new mission type is unlocked. On Xbox it’s usually either (a) a filter/state issue, (b) Quick Resume leaving Career in a bad session, or (c) local reserved space/cached data needing a reset.

Try these in order

1) Kill Quick Resume / do a proper cold start
Even if you “closed” the sim, Quick Resume can keep weird state around.

1. Home button > highlight MSFS > Menu button > Quit.
2. Hold the Xbox power button on the console ~10 seconds until it shuts down.
3. Unplug power for ~60 seconds.
4. Boot up, launch MSFS fresh, go straight into Career > World Map and check SAR (Plane).

2) Double-check Career World Map filters
After a crash, the map can end up hiding a category without it being obvious.

1. Career Mode > World Map.
2. Look for any mission/category filter controls and make sure Search and Rescue (Plane) isn’t unchecked.
3. If you see anything like a reset/default option for filters, use it.

3) Force a mission “re-roll” by changing where/when you’re looking
Sometimes it won’t repopulate in the same area after a bad write.

1. Back out to the main menu.
2. Go back into Career Mode.
3. Pan to a completely different region on the world map (not just the next airport over) and look for SAR (Plane) there.
4. If other mission types appear, try selecting/starting a different mission type once, then return and re-check SAR.

4) Clear MSFS Reserved space (Xbox-side cache) if it’s still missing
This is the usual “fix it for good” step when one mode starts acting like it’s holding corrupted local data.
Note: this can clear local cache and the sim may rebuild things on next launch.

1. Xbox Settings > Storage.
2. Microsoft Flight Simulator > Manage game and add-ons.
3. Saved data.
4. Clear Reserved space only (leave your profile/cloud save alone).
5. Reboot the console, launch MSFS, then check Career again.

5) Confirm the unlock didn’t get rolled back
If the crash happened during the progress write, the game can end up in an in-between state where the UI says one thing but the mission feed behaves like it’s still locked.

1. Go to your Career progression/unlocks screen.
2. Confirm Search and Rescue (Plane) is still shown as unlocked.

A few quick questions so we can narrow it down

1. Which Xbox model are you on (Series X / Series S / Xbox One via cloud)?
2. Do other Career mission types still show up normally, and it’s only SAR (Plane) that’s missing?
3. Does SAR (Plane) still show as unlocked in the progression screen right now?
4. Were you using Quick Resume when you went to start mission #2 (or had MSFS suspended in the background)?

Reply back with those details and I’ll point you at the most likely “this will stick” fix based on what you’re seeing.