2003 angola 727 disappearance reddit

But what would make them even WANT to do that in the first place? For two non trained guys it must’ve been really hard. And apparently there was a contact requesting permission to land in the Seychelles but I’ve not found this info anywhere else and the sources do not work.the plane had taken 14,000 lbs of jet fuel for an engine test - not sure how far that will take youAnd apparently there was a contact requesting permission to land in the SeychellesDistance from Seychelles to Luanda about 2500 nautical miles: this is in range, assuming favorable winds, well running engines, and full fuel. There are many dirt runways long enough in central Africa that could land a plane of this size but it has been searched.There has not been any wreckage recovered, oil slicks or anything of the sort following the accident and to date the location of Ben, the plane or john Mutantu Is unknown.Additional- According to the charley project site- the plane had taken 14,000 lbs of jet fuel for an engine test - not sure how far that will take you. On 25 May 2003, a Boeing 727-223 aircraft, registered N844AA, took off from Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Luanda, Angola. (Read "Airframe", by Michael Crichton--not one of his better known books. But the mechanic also new how to fly. It maneuvered erratically and entered a runway without clearance. Not such an unusual action, except that nobody knew for certain who was at the controls. In fact, the airport probably welcomed the mechanic thinking they were finally going to get the plane out of their airport. Using shitty parts in servicing a 747 almost brings it down. The plane had been at Angola air port for… Clearance for takeoff was not requested or given. A recent aviation related mystery made me dig back up one that I can’t move on from.Tl;dr- American mechanic tasked with making an abandoned plane airworthy again, disappears after plane takes off without any clearance or pilot aboard and never seen again.Ben Padilla, an American mechanic, flight engineer and pilot (yet not certified to fly a 727) was brought in with another mechanic from Congo(John Mutantu-a mechanic, no pilots license) to repair an airplane that had been sitting at the Luanda airport in Angola. There were $4M in penalties on that plane. Now, we don’t know anything about him. The 727 and the two men have not been seen since.”This is following 9/11 in America and the fbi and cia were on high alert and the thought of a missing jet liner was a huge concern and attempts to locate the aircraft were unsuccessful.There are all kinds of theories on this but the fact that some of the most sophisticated intelligence agencies in the world were unable to find any trace of the aircraft despite their best efforts.Some say there may have been someone waiting on the aircraft and forced Ben against his will to takeoff. Just what DB Cooper needed to parachute with his loot into the forest of Washington State, or what Epstein needed to throw 13 year old Ukrainian girls out of, while 10,000 feet over the North Atlantic. Is there any personal info on the two men?? )It either has been stripped for parts or they crashed.Given that plane hadn't flown in about four years, they took off at night (that's a dumb ass move in a plane just out of mothballs), and they may have flown out over the ocean to avoid being seen by people on the ground, I agree, I think it crashed in the ocean.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castA subreddit dedicated to the unresolved mysteries of the world. It's hard to steal a plane as large as a 727 because it has to land somewhere, and be able to take off again.Considering neither were certified to fly the plane it's very likely they crashed somewhere. It's pretty much at the plane's max range.In July 2003 a possible sighting of the missing aircraft was reported in Conakry, Guinea,[14][15] and subsequently conclusively dismissed by the United States Department of State. That much fuel won’t get you very far.

The tower officers tried to make contact, but there was no response. It has a name, death spiral.Insurance fraud.

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