Passenger Jet Crashes in Benin

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SPECULATION:

Key Terrorist Organizers die in flight on way to Islamic Home Base. Their Anti-US plans thwarted by CIA operatives. Note to Terriorists: "Plan to kill Americans using Aircraft...then you should avoid flying." Or as we say in the US..."People who live in Glass Houses shouldn't throw rocks".


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[Starrgaizr]

Looked like maybe an old 727.

[TomGuy]

I just typed what FoxNews reported (747). Always in these breaking news events, the information changes as details come in.

[Alas Babylon!]

Not a 747. That has four engines, two on each wing. Looks like a 727. Wasn't one stolen months ago in Africa?

[leadpenny]

The L1011 center is mounted a little differently.

[Rome2000]

747

Air Senegal?

[leadpenny]

Not a 727, imo. Definitely not a 747

[TomGuy]

Wasn't one stolen months ago in Africa?

The one stolen was retrofitted--passenger seating was replaced with bulk liquid tanks (fuel or chemical).

Last report I saw on it, it was supposedly somewhere in north Africa and "may" be being used for cargo transport.

[Rome2000]

Middle East Air, Air Senegal, or Bellview Airlines-$1948 roundtrip

[skraeling]

I'll go back to my original DC-9 or equiv. Looks like an engine side mount, not a tail IMHO.

[leadpenny]

Could be. It would be a long way for a DC-9 to Beirut from there I would think.

[lump in the melting pot]

Cannot be 747. I've flown into/out of Cotonou, the runway is nowhere near long enough for a 747. When landing, the AF Airbus?? I was on barely braked in time to avoid going off the end of the runway into the drink (my closest brush with a carrier-style landing (I hope)). Benin has a lot of Lebanese expatriates, they fled the ME to West Africa in the '80's, and now they are the 'merchant class' in those countries - i.e. they own/run most of the (non-government) business.

[nightdriver]

Right. That picture is of the center engine air intake of an older 727-100. Probably around 40 years old.

[fso301]

Something tells me whatever happened occured during takeoff.

[leadpenny]

MSNBC said it would go via Dubai. DC-9 kind of route?

[Pukin Dog]

Bingo. Clearly from both pictures an old 727. Were it a DC-10, there would be a larger ratio between cabin width and the engine intake, and the DC-10 has very large cockpit windows, whereas those on the crashed jet are smaller by comparison.

[MediaMole]

I'd almost guarantee it is a 727. The window configuration in the cockpit area in the crash photo is correct for a 727.

The other photo shows rear mounted engines. It is a 727.

[Rome2000]

I agree, the network is probably wrong on the 747:

Flight: Air Senegal Intl flight 701 on a Boeing 737-200 Jet

Flight: Bellview Airlines flight 259 on a Boeing 737 Jet

Middle East Air flight 572 on an Airbus Industrie Jet