Mystery Boeing keeps US spooks guessing [View All]

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http://www.rediff.com/us/2003/jul/07us2.htm

A Boeing 727 cargo plane, which has triggered panic among US intelligence agencies after mysteriously disappearing from Angola's main airport, reappeared last week in Guinea before vanishing again.

The plane, which was feared to be in the hands of international terrorists, was spotted on June 28 in Conakry, Guinea's capital, by Bob Strother, a Canadian pilot, The Guardian reported on Monday.

"There's absolutely no doubt it's the same aircraft, the old registration is clearly visible" said Strother by phone from Conakry.

"Whoever owns it must have some important friends to get it re-registered in two days: going by the book, the whole process usually takes a couple of months," he said. "We only saw it that one time, now its gone."

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