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Craig (Beachbum)
Junior Member
Username: Beachbum
Post Number: 133
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 11:36 pm: | |
going with Martin on this one, somebody probably has an unairworthy 727 and they are switching the parts over as we speak, next to the 707 the 27's are one of the most dependable commercial aircraft ever built, damn things are built like tanks, if youve got the parts to keep them going the airframes go on almost indefinetly |
Andrew-Phillip Goalen (Andrewg)
New member
Username: Andrewg
Post Number: 33
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 2:44 pm: | |
I'tll probabley turn up in England loaded to the gunwalls with "assylum" seekers!! |
Fred (I Luv 4REs) (Iluv4res)
Member
Username: Iluv4res
Post Number: 427
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 9:58 am: | |
If they can loose a plane, now I don't feel so bad if I missplace my keys. |
Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member
Username: Miami348ts
Post Number: 4798
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 9:47 am: | |
Somebody stole that baby.
Not too uncommon in thse parts of the world.
It is standing in some bush runway and being dismanled probably. |
Dan (Bobafett)
Member
Username: Bobafett
Post Number: 705
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 5:12 pm: | |
Sean,
Thanks. I realize there isn't a world order of airline authority (or is there?), and so the option to turn it off is probably a given. Seems self-defeating, as far as the funtionality of the box, though.
--Dan |
Ken Thomas (Future328driver)
Member
Username: Future328driver
Post Number: 360
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 4:57 pm: | |
Also, if it was a privately owned aircraft based in Africa it probably also has a missile warning system on board. Very common for privately owned jet aircraft and expensive piston twins in Africa since shoulder launched anti-aircraft weapons are very common. |
Sean F (Agracer)
Junior Member
Username: Agracer
Post Number: 194
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 4:51 pm: | |
There's not exactly a lot of radar stations all over Africa.
Dan, all planes have an IFF transponder that can be switched off or on. It is an electronic box that sends out an identification signal while in flight. I'm sure this one's was turned off when it left the airport. |
Ralph Koslin (Ralfabco)
Junior Member
Username: Ralfabco
Post Number: 181
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 4:08 pm: | |
A 727 does not exactly
have the latest RAM on
board. "radar absorbing
material" ie... Stealth.
Smuggling operation ? |
William Huber (Solipsist)
Intermediate Member
Username: Solipsist
Post Number: 1071
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 2:22 pm: | |
" The privately owned Boeing 727 did not have a flight plan or tell the control tower its final destination, said the official, who asked not to be identified."
I'm certain that it was plained, who knows if will be converted to a flying bomb of mass destruction. Damn, I sometimes hate these modern times we live in.
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Dan (Bobafett)
Member
Username: Bobafett
Post Number: 698
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 2:12 pm: | |
I'm completely uneducated about this, but aren't there tracking systems on larger planes like this? Or radar 'logs' or something?
--Dan |
Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member
Username: Jordan747_400
Post Number: 1230
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 1:55 pm: | |
Well, If it is used for an attack, I highly doubt it will be on the US --my guess is the middle east somewhere or Europe. The 727 just couldnt get from Africa or Europe to the US --especially without being noticed.
I sure hope they find it soon before they crash that thing into some religious site in Israel or major european city. |
John A. Suarez (Futureowner)
Member
Username: Futureowner
Post Number: 692
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 1:31 pm: | |
Sounds extemely odd to me because a 727 is a big bird. |
Dave (Maranelloman)
Intermediate Member
Username: Maranelloman
Post Number: 1880
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 11:46 am: | |
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20030612/ts_nm/africa_plane_usa_dc |