Reuters
British air traffic control quashes plane rumour
Wednesday August 4, 10:39 am ET
LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Market rumours that a commerical aircraft flying from London to either Washington or New York had gone missing are untrue, British air traffic controllers said on Wednesday.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040804/britain_plane_1.html
Here is another one:
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British, U.S. Officials Quash Plane Rumor
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LONDON (Reuters) - Market rumors that a commercial aircraft flying from London to either Washington or New York had gone missing are untrue, British and U.S. air traffic controllers said on Wednesday.
"There are no reports of any aircraft in difficulties. As far as we know, everything is normal," a spokesman for Britain's National Air Traffic Services told Reuters.
"We've checked with everyone, including our Canadian and European counterparts, and no one has heard anything," said the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (news - web sites)'s Glenn Godfrey, operations manager at the FAA (news - web sites)'s air traffic command center near Washington D.C.
The rumor swept through equity and money markets, becoming a talking point, but prices were largely unaffected.
British Airways, whose shares were down around two percent on the day, said it had checked its flights and everything was normal. (Additional reporting by Mark Egan in New York)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=3&u=/nm/20040804/ts_nm/britain_plane_dc
There actually is a 747 which took off from a city in Africa about 6 months ago. It was never found, though searches were done extensively.
Africa's a BIG continent, tho ... wish I could remember more specific info.