On May 25th, 2003, 2 men stole a Boeing 727. Neither the plane nor the two men have been seen since.
Incident Shortly before sunset on May 25, two men are believed to have boarded the plane, one of them being American pilot and flight engineer Ben Charles Padilla. The other was a hired mechanic from the Republic of the Congo. Neither man was certified to fly the Boeing 727, which normally requires three aircrew. Both men had been working with Angolan mechanics to get the plane flight-ready. Padilla is believed by U.S. authorities to have been at the controls. The aircraft began taxiing without communicating with the control tower. It maneuvered erratically and entered a runway without clearance. The tower tried to make contact, but there was no response, and the tracking transponder was turned off. With its lights off, the aircraft took off, heading southwest over the Atlantic Ocean. Neither the plane nor the two men have been seen since. |
2003 Boeing 727-223 disappearance
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