Mystery of Vanished Jumbo Jet
Pierre Thomas writes in abcnews.com that U.S. intelligence has launched a secret search for a Boeing 727 passenger jet that mysteriously disappeared in Africa three weeks ago.”When an aircraft of this size has been missing for so long it does raise some questions as to where it is and what it’s being used for,” says Chris Yates, editor of Jane’s Civil Aviation Security. “It’s extraordinarily troubling that you can literally disappear off the face of the Earth once you are airborne and fly across a continent like Africa.” The Boeing 727 is hard to miss: it’s 153 feet long and weighs 191,000 pounds.
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