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  • Mystery of the missing 727

    09/29/2003 7:47:53 PM PDT · by JustPiper · 42 replies · 771+ views
    WND ^ | 9-29-03 | N/A
    Was it stolen for parts or to make a flying bomb? How could a Boeing 727 just disappear without a trace? You might think in this age of satellite surveillance and sophisticated air-traffic controls, it would be near impossible for a jetliner to be stolen, flown away and not seen again for more than four months. Yet, that's just what has happened in a daring feat that has governments around the world fearing the jetliner may be in the hands of terrorists, just awaiting its final suicide mission. The story began May 25, when two men climbed aboard an idle...
  • Family of Possible 727 Pilot: He Is Not A Terrorist

    06/19/2003 9:05:47 AM PDT · by ewing · 92 replies · 612+ views
    ABC News Exclusive ^ | June 19, 2003 | Invesigative Team staff report
    The family of a man believed to have been piloting a Boeing 727 that mysteriously took off and disappeared from an Angolan runway last month told told of their angiush as international authorities fear the jetliner could be used for a terrorist act.In a baffling vanishing act, workers at the Luanda Airport in Angola watched dumbfounded on May 25 as the Boeing 727 taxied down the runway and took off- without permission.The plane -which ABC News has learned was refitted to haul diesel fuel tanks, making it a potential flying bomb-has not been seen since. The man the United States...