In 2003, two men stole a parked Boeing 727 from Luanda International Airport and flew off, prompting a global search by intelligence agencies. Both the men and the plane literally vanished.

In July 2003, a possible sighting of the missing aircraft was reported in Conakry, Guinea, but was conclusively dismissed by the U.S. State Department.

The plane and the men who stole the aircraft remain missing to this very day.