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Boeing 727 crashes in Nigeria today

Old 10-29-2006, 07:14 AM
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Old 10-29-2006, 10:06 AM
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Africa. The place where old airplanes go to die. If you want to see old stove pipe DC-8's, 727's, and DC-9's go to Africa. Unfortunately, they sometimes take a bunch of people with them. We are sure to see many more crashes in Africa through out our careers.
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Africa. The place where old airplanes go to die. If you want to see old stove pipe DC-8's, 727's, and DC-9's go to Africa. Unfortunately, they sometimes take a bunch of people with them. We are sure to see many more crashes in Africa through out our careers.
What about those water tank 707's?
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Originally Posted by mike734 View Post
Africa. The place where old airplanes go to die.
While the 727 is out of production, the crash aircraft was reported to have come off the line in '83 which made it one of the newest 727's flying. Of course the not-so-strict regulatory environment in Africa any thing could happen.
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The report said it was a 737 not 727
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The report said it was a 737 not 727
Don't confuse me with the facts! Had it been a 727, it would have been "new"
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Sam Adurogboye, an Aviation Ministry spokesman, said the 23-year-old Boeing 737-2B7 crashed just one minute after takeoff.

What's a 737-2B7?
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Originally Posted by vagabond View Post
Sam Adurogboye, an Aviation Ministry spokesman, said the 23-year-old Boeing 737-2B7 crashed just one minute after takeoff.

What's a 737-2B7?
A B737-2B7 Looks like this?

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Old 10-29-2006, 02:15 PM
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Here's the another one.

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The only African Airline I'd feel comfortable flying on would be South African Airways. They're just awesome...
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