Boeing 727-200 · 223 MSN 20985

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History

Boeing 727-223, serial number 20985, line number 1123, first flight 18 Apr 1975. Delivered to American Airlines on 13 May 1975, registered N844AA. Owned by Conn 2.81/Marana 4 Apr 1994 TT53246, 35233 L/wfu 20 Nov 1995 total time (flying hours) 55597, 36614 Total landing (in combination with TT), owned by AA 4.01.96/ret 20 Jan 1996, withdrawn from use 30 Aug 2001, Tulsa 1 Sep 2001 total time 68490, 43392, arrived Mojave 22 Sep 2001. Operated by IRS on 28 Nov 2001. Sold Aerospace S and Leasing Corporation 28 Nov 2001, 3 Jan 2002, departed Mojave 28 Nov 2001 pax-config, for work Opa-Locka, seen 8 Dec 2001 basic ex AA-colours, two blue stripes, passengers seats removed, tanks installed for fuel deliveries to remote Angolan airfields. Operated by Irwin Air. Arrived Luanda registered in the USA Mar 2002, disputes about parking fees, AS and Leasing Corporation was planning to repossess it, when it repossessed 'mysteriously' left Luanda 25 May 2003 without passengers, request to land Seychelles, no sightings.See arcticle link. Worries and news items about it being used as missile or for illegal activities, one report as went to 3X-GOM or 3X-GDM, others to TL-ADY but see there, might have crashed or ditched into the ocean, remains mystery by 2025. Current status: scrapped.