[asylum_souljah]

On the evening of May 25th, 2003 the 28 year old Boeing aircraft too off from DeFevereiro Airport in Angola, Africa with authorisation from the tower and without informing anyone where its proposed destination was.

Later in 2003 many people believe the plane was seen on a tarmac in New Guinea; with another possible sighting being that the aeroplane that crashed off West Africa early in 2004 was infact the missing 727 with a new tail number. Neither of these theories have panned out, and the plane - with at least two people onboard remains missing.

The plane, which used to fly for American Airlines but had been sold was converted to carry fuel. At the time it disappeared it had been sitting idle for some great time, and was in the process of being repossessed by its American Owners, the Aerospace Sales & Leasing Co. Indeed, the American believed to have been piloting the plane when it took off was employed by the company to oversee restorations and mechanical checks before the jet was to be returned. His name was Ben Padilla Jr.

Not only are the reasons for the aircrafts disappearance dubious, but it seems that since leaving the use of AA, the plane had a series of uses and owners with dubious intentions. It has not been proven that anything illegal had happened deliberately concerning the take off and disappearance, however during that time there were major terrorism fears due to 9 11, and the worst was initially projected.

However, there has been nothing, no confirmed plane sightings, no contact with Padillas family and no one has taken ownership as being behind the mystery.

The real question is, where do you hide a 153-foot, 200,000-pound aircraft - and why?




Further reading:
http://www.iasa.com....disappears.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N844AA
http://www.charleypr...adilla_ben.html
http://www.freerepub...s/1050706/posts

[Sasqwatcher]

It sure sounds like some kind of smuggling operation to me.

[asylum_souljah]

Do you think they killed the two men suspected of being onboard Camp? Padilla and the mechanic Mutantu are suspected of being the only men onboard, although others could have been there.

Padilla's family say he would have contacted them if he could - so he could be dead or being held captive. Would they hold anyone captive so long do you think?

[Sasqwatcher]

They were either killed or were in on it.

[lovingsoul]

I havent heard of this before. Interesting. Sound like what Camp said...killed or where in on it.