Pa Meyi 25, 2003, ndege ya Boeing 727-223, yolembetsedwa ngati N844AA, idabedwa ku Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, Luanda, Angola, ndipo mwadzidzidzi idasowa pamwamba pa nyanja ya Atlantic. Kusaka kwakukulu kunachitika ndi United States 'Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ndi Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), koma palibe ngakhale chimodzi chomwe chapezeka.
Atagwira ntchito kwa zaka 25 ku American Airlines, ndegeyo idakhala pansi ndipo idakhala ku Luanda kwa miyezi 14, ikusinthidwa kuti igwiritsidwe ntchito ndi IRS Airlines. Malinga ndi malongosoledwe a FBI, ndegeyo inali yopaka utoto wa siliva wokhala ndi utoto wa buluu-yoyera ndipo kale anali mgulu la ndege yayikulu, koma mipando yonse yokwera anthu idachotsedwa kuti idakonzedwa kuti inyamule mafuta a dizilo .
Amakhulupirira kuti patatsala pang'ono kulowa dzuwa pa Meyi 25, 2003, amuna awiri otchedwa Ben C. Padilla ndi a John M. Mutantu adakwera ndege kuti akonzekere ulendowu. Ben anali woyendetsa ndege komanso woyendetsa ndege waku America pomwe John anali makina olembedwa ntchito ochokera ku Republic of the Congo, ndipo onse anali akugwira ntchito ndi makina aku Angola. Koma palibe ngakhale m'modzi mwa iwo amene adatsimikizika kuti ayendetsa ndege ya Boeing 727, yomwe nthawi zambiri imafunikira oyendetsa ndege atatu.
Ndegeyo idayamba taxi popanda kulumikizana ndi nsanja yoyang'anira. Linayendetsa molakwika ndikulowa mndege popanda chilolezo. Oyang'anira nsanjayo adayesa kulumikizana, koma sanayankhidwe. Magetsi atazima, ndegeyo idawuluka, kulowera chakumwera chakumadzulo kunyanja ya Atlantic kuti asadzawonekenso, kapena amuna awiriwa sanapezekenso. Pali malingaliro ambiri pazomwe zidachitikira ndege ya Boeing 727-223 (N844AA).
Mu Julayi 2003, ndege zowonongera ndege zomwe zidasowa zidanenedwa ku Conakry, Guinea, koma izi zidakanidwa ndi Dipatimenti Yadziko ya United States.
Banja la a Ben Padilla amakayikira kuti Ben akuyendetsa ndegeyo ndikuwopa kuti adakakumana kwinakwake ku Africa kapena akumangidwa mosemphana ndi chifuniro chake.
Malipoti ena akuwonetsa kuti panali munthu m'modzi yekha amene anali m'ndege panthawiyo, pomwe ena amati mwina panali oposa mmodzi.
Malipoti ambiri atulutsa akuti aboma aku United States adasakira ndegeyi mobisa pambuyo pa zochitikazo popanda chotsatira. Kafukufuku wapansi adachitidwanso ndi akazembe omwe amakhala ku Nigeria kuma eyapoti angapo osawapeza.
Akuluakulu onse kuphatikiza mabungwe ang'onoang'ono komanso akuluakulu oyendetsa ndege, atolankhani komanso ofufuza pawokha sanathe kupeza mayankho okhudza komwe kuli ndegeyo, ngakhale atafufuza komanso kufunsa mafunso anthu omwe amadziwa zambiri zakusowa.
Ndiye, nchiyani chomwe chidachitika ndi kubedwa kwa American Airlines Boeing 727-223 ??
