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Old 9th Mar 2004, 18:54
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Post Some snippets ..

Here are some snippets from Newsgroups all over the World

The CAA (SA) states that the aircraft apparently departed illegally from Wonderboom on a cross border flight.
Incidentally, wonder if there is any connection between this apparently sinister 727 operation and the US-Regd 727 which was stolen and flown out of Luanda last year?

According to Dutch newspapers, Dodson states that they sold this aircraft to
a South African company named Logo one week ago. Logo wasn't available for
comments...
intelligence sources
said the plane could have been on its way to West Africa, perhaps
headed for a threatening coup in Equatorial Guinea, a small
former-Spanish colony wedged between Cameroon and Gabon.

Its capital, Malabo, is on an island off Cameroon's coast. Oil was
recently discovered in its waters.

Technical

The newspaper also indicated that the elderly cargo plane originated
in South Africa and may have been forced to land in Harare because of
a technical problem.



Pilots: xxxx and xxxx (names withheld although it appeared in newspapers) = Can not believe they are so stupid to do a coup as mickey mouse as this ? EDITED : Why I feel like this is because of the SA Mercenary laws. Sh&t like this does nobdy good that wants to earn an honest living in Iraq or wherever without being cited as a mercenary


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