Date: 16 Aug 99 22:28:17
From: Dean Wilkinson <razor@micron.net>
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And often instead of parting out an older plane, it is sold to a third
world country where it continues to operate in airspace that is not
controlled by a strict agency like the FAA or the CAA. I read an amusing
story of a Nigerian air cargo 707 that landed in Amsterdam, and was found
to be in such poor condition that the local authorities impounded it and
ordered its destruction to ensure it could not be flown in their airspace
again.
