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		taknil on March 10, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 2003 Boeing 727-223 disappearance In 2009 a boing 737 originating out of Venezuela was purposefully crashed landed in the sahara desert to transport massive amounts of cocaine. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8364383.stm It is rumored that more planes were landed in the desert for similar purposes. Maybe the 727 was used as a one-way drug plane thereafter too?

cc439 on March 10, 2014 [–]

It seems like they landed it fine but either crashed trying to take off again or just went overboard in demolishing it (when they had 10 tons of cocaine I think they might have been a bit exuberant): http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i6w-doyje...

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