727 Still Missing

I received an odd email yesterday (actually a posted comment) regarding a post I wrote last June about the Boeing 727 that went missing from Angola.   The email was from Joseph B. Padilla Sr., who is a brother of the aircraft mechanic/pilot who was last seen in the 727 before it took off from Luanda Airport without takeoff authorization.  Evidently, the Padilla family believes that the aircraft was hijacked with their relative aboard, and that he was probably killed by the hijackers.    Joseph Padilla has been emailing bloggers around the world in the hopes of gathering more information regarding the fate of his brother.

An interesting update on the search for the plane appeared in the WaPo last month.