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TIL that on 25 May 2003, a Boeing 727-223 airliner, was stolen at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Luanda, Luanda, Angola,prompting a worldwide search by law enforcement intelligence agencies in the United States. No trace of the aircraft has since been found.

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