A pretty interresting read.

[Highflyinpilot]

I thought this to be quite interesting. Something to kill 20 minutes anyways.

http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-f ... ished.html

[iflyforpie]

Thanks for that. Interesting for sure...

I worked on a couple of 727s for Air Gemini, the other Angolan carrier mentioned in the story. Our experience with the customer rep pretty much confirmed the T.I.A. principle was alive and well even though we were in Canada.

[robbreid]

An unknown B727 crashed in Mali last year and is quite possibly the missing N844AA.
The UN or NTSB/FAA have never released any further information on the identity of the aircraft???

http://aviation-safety.net/database/rec ... 20091105-1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8364383.stm

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[robbreid]

Seems the article has also sparked a thread on pprune, and note the writer of the
article also also entered some posts.

http://www.pprune.org/african-aviation/ ... 844aa.html

You can also google; 3X-GOM, or 3X-GDM for a lot more confusion information on this saga!!

[Airtids]

WOW!!
That's why I've taken to reading non-fiction: It's always WAAAYYY more interesting!