No wonder no one ever heard of that one. A company airplane with just a crew and maybe one passenger. Still, a 727 is not a small airplane. However, if it crashed in the jungle, it could explain why it has not been located. They are still finding WWII bombers in New Guinea.
Maybe the pilot went total bizzaro and tried to fly all the way to Antarctica, lands the plane on a glacier and then starts praying outside at -80F.
I would be laughing my ass off forever if it was found that AQ and its devout ROP members sent a ship with fuel to some tabular glacier, set up beacons, landing lights, a hut or even an enclosure for the 777, all the right gear to get it warmed up later and back in the air.
A polar base, just like something out of a Nazi sci fi thriller.
Muslims on ice, ouch I am already feeling like busting a gut about the total absurdity of it, and also fully aware that the ROP is so desperate it will seriously attempt such a scheme if it promises a place with 72 virgins.