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Cocaine smuggling Boeing ?

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Old 16th Nov 2009, 18:51
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Cocaine smuggling Boeing ?
AFP News report

Wonder if it could be the 727 which disappeared from Africa a few years ago (obviously with some extra tanks) ?
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Maybe, maybe not! If they could count the engines and let us know..............

Another report from Javno.

Venezuelan drugs Boeing crashed in Mali - World - Javno

Interesting that no accident web sites have reported it yet.
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Not the 1st Boeing to do it as there was the infamous 707 at Southend 1 month after 9/11.

http://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-1849.html
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Wonder why moved here... if this is not rumors & news I don't know what qualifies...
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Could be that rogue 727. Depending on load weights , would it make the trip from South America to Africa in one hit or would it need refuel , say , at Cabo verde ?

Bearing in mind its "mission"....I would think stopping en-route would be last resort. Also...does ATC have it tracked trans-atlantic if it IS...the rogue 727 ? Interesting story for sure...
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If I recall correctly, that 727 was outfitted as a tanker. So perhaps they're able to take advantage of that and avoid any fuel stops.

In any case, it's all pure speculation because we don't even know if it's the same plane....
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You would have thought they would have "sniffed" it out by now.
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BBC have now picked up the news, so should be solved soon. No bodies found!

BBC NEWS | Africa | Sahara cocaine plane crash probed
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Venezuela denying any knowledge of plane?

Venezuela to probe drug plane crash - *MSN ZA News
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Apparently it was a 727

Still in the opinion this should qualify for R&N
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Sure that the readers of this forum would appreciate pictures and the ID of the 727 involved. Anybody able to fill the gaps here...?
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In Spanish but it appears they've got some ID for it.

Noticiero Digital :: Ver tema - Boeing de Mali: Jet con cocaína pasó por Zulia
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Hummmm...strange indeed...J5-CGU on one hand is a Lovely old 707, that recently was made "Aerial" again at SHJ/FJR »»»

MyAviation.net - Aviation Photo Gallery

By another hand its a nice 727 »»»

JetPhotos.Net - The Friendly Way to Fly!

However here in this link/pic comment we see the story in a diferent perspective»»»
Photo Untitled Boeing 707-321C J5-GGU
J5-GGU c/n 19372. ex J5-CGU, and seeing it todays morning, the 25th, at Mombassa...Kool

According JetPhotos aircraft CGU was last seen at Fortaleza»»»
[Aircraft Sighting Entry #1860595 - Manual
Registration : J5-GCU
Aircraft : Boeing 727-200
Airline : Unknown
Location : Fortaleza Pinto Martins Intl - SBFZ
Country : Brazil
Date : August 12, 2009
Spotter :...........]

Well, at least around FOR someone or "somewho" must have in hands the Owner, Serial Nr, etc of this old flying lady...

Weirrddddd....But the story is nice as hell...
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I thought that missing 727 was the one use in the attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea and was impounded in Zimbabwe? I could be wrong though.
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after all this lousy speculations, now there are photos of the wreckage:

AFP: Burnout Boeing, a clue in African drugs trade

Im a bit pessimistic to tell the aircraft ID from these pics...even for experts.
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While Mali authorities are investigating, so is Interpol. "The enquiry should progress very quickly," said the officer.
The cocaine plane abandoned far off in the Sahara desert could soon reveal its secrets.

Can't wait for the answers! What other 'prohibited' goods do you think the plane could have been carrying?
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Danger
After almost an half year, there is some light »»»

http://yorkshire-ranter.********.com...ali-farka.html
mystery jet update: Malian 727 Alternate Seat of TYR
Signs of new Saharan drug trade raise fears - The National Newspaper
JournalDuMali.com: Nord Mali Air "cocaïne" volait avec de faux papiers
Sur les traces de l'avion de la cocaïne

And pics as well on some links above of the crashed ill-fated 722...
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