2003 Angola Boeing 727 disappearance

2003 Angola Boeing 727 disappearance
N844AA, the aircraft involved in the disappearance, when still in service with American Airlines in 1981
Disappearance
Date25 May 2003 (2003-05-25)
SummaryDisappearance; presumed theft, but whereabouts unknown
Site
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 727-223
OperatorAerospace Sales & Leasing
RegistrationN844AA
Flight originQuatro de Fevereiro Airport, Luanda, Angola
Occupants2 (unconfirmed)
Passengers0
Crew2
Missing2

On 25 May 2003, a Boeing 727-223 airliner, registered as N844AA, was stolen at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Luanda, Angola on the west-central coast of Southern Africa, prompting a worldwide search by law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the United States. No trace of the aircraft has ever been found.