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	ASN Aircraft accident description Boeing 727-223 3X-GDO - Cotonou Airport (COO)
		On December 25, UTA Flight 141 departed Conakry, Guinea for a scheduled flight to Beirut, Lebanon with a planned intermediate stop at Cotonou, Benin and a planned technical stop at Kufrah, Libya.
		The co-pilot was discussing his concerns with the UTA executives, reminding them of the importance of determining the precise weight of the loading of the airplane.
		As the roll was beginning, a flight attendant informed the cockpit that passengers who wanted to sit near their friends were still standing and did not want to sit down.
	aviation-safety.net /database/record.php?id=20031225-0 (861 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| Airliner crash kills 135 in Benin
		Most of the victims of UTA Flight 141 are thought to have been Lebanese nationals going home for Christmas.
		It is reportedly controlled by Guinean and Lebanese owners, and is unrelated to the former French airline UTA.
		UTA Flight 141 originated in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, and had stopped in Freetown in Sierra Leone, before landing in Cotonou.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/3348109.stm (413 words)

	Airliners.net forum: Plane Crashes On Way From Benin To Beirut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The UTA flight operated with a B727 was scheduled to land at BEY at 23:00H.
		Was the flight going back from COO to BEY?If so,where was it planned to stop on the way back because I very much doubt a 727 has the legs to do it non-stop especially with a load of 140 people.
		The MEA flight that went there to help out the survivors had to make 2 go-arounds, they were able to land on the 3rd try.
	www.airliners.net /discussions/general_aviation/print.main?id=1320533 (2915 words)

	Aircraft crashes into sea off West Africa - www.theage.com.au
		It was not immediately known how many people were on flight UTA 141.
		Witnesses said that as the flight began its delayed departure, its landing gear failed and the plane skidded down the runway, smashing into a building.
		Technical problems delayed the UTA flight, which originated in the Guinean capital Conakry and stopped in Freetown in Sierra Leone before Cotonou, officials said.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/12/26/1072308677844.html?from=storyrhs (502 words)

	RTE News: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yesterday's crash is the third this year in Africa in which planes have plunged to the ground shortly after takeoff.
		It was not immediately known how many people were on flight UTA 141, which could carry 141 passengers and crew.
		The flight originated in Conakry, Guinea and picked up passengers in Freetown, Sierra Leone and Cotonou before heading on its way to Beirut.
	www.rte.ie /news/2003/1226/print/benin.html (320 words)

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		Departure schedules of many flights are to be adjusted depending on weather condition, said the source adding that all domestic fights are running with additional precaution during landing and take off.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/01/04/front.htm (7702 words)

	Ben Charles Padilla Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ben Charles Padilla (born 1952 in Pensacola, Florida) is a small airplane pilot, and a jet airplane mechanic who was lost, on May 25 of 2003, in the African country of Angola.
		Padilla was in Angola because an airplane leasing company had sent him there, to participate as an in-flight mechanic during a ferry flight of a Boeing 727 airplane to the company's headquarters.
		After the crash of UTA Flight 141, on December 25 of 2003, rumors spread that the jet-liner used for that flight could in fact, be the airplane that Padilla was supposed to be flying in when his (and the plane's) mysterious disappearance occurred.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Padilla_Ben_Charles.html (249 words)

	Doomed UTA Flight 141 May Have Been Stolen Angolan Boeing 727 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The doomed UTA Flight 141 may have been a Boeing 727 that was stolen from Luanda airport in Angola in May, or a U.S.-registered aircraft that had undergone an exterior makeover at Beirut International Airport, where its technical worthiness had been questioned.
		As more intrigues unfolded in the case of the Christmas Day crash of the Beirut-bound flight from Benin, the last batch of Lebanese victims were buried on Tuesday in Lebanon heart-breaking scenes across the country.
		I can't determined who purchased this specific plane from American Airlines, and the fact that it was run by UTA doesn't actually mean that UTA owned it, it could be leased from the actual owner.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1049752/posts (4365 words)

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		While we were waiting our plane at SFO, CNN was busy carrying the story of a woman of Arab descent who was removed from Delta Flight 43 in Paris because the jacket she was wearing contained wires and a battery used to heat the coat.
		Despite that her jacket was merely a jacket the woman was nonetheless detained and placed on a separate flight.
		Let’s assume you’re aboard Delta Flight 43 and are given an F-16 “escort.” There is one and only one purpose for this escort—the complete and utter destruction of the plane being escorted.
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		As many as 200 passengers and crew were on UTA Flight 141 bound for Beirut from Cotonou, Benin's capital, when the plane went down at 2:55 p.m., said Jerome Dandjinou, a senior airport security official.
		Airport officials in Beirut said 140 people were on the Guinean-owned plane and at least 60 people died.
		At Beirut airport, the flight was still appearing on the screen, with an arrival time of 11 p.m.
	www.11alive.com /news/news_article.asp?storyid=40883 (364 words)

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	CNN.com - Plane crashes on coast of Benin - Dec. 25, 2003
		In Beirut, people waited anxiously at the international airport for word of survivors on UTA Flight 141.
		Some relatives watched news of the crash on television sets in the airport.
		Others glanced at other Lebanese, some clutching welcome bouquets and waiting for happy reunions with relatives arriving on other flights.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/africa/12/25/benin.crash.reut/index.html (557 words)

	International Assessment and Strategy Center > Research > Hezbollah’s External Support Network in West Africa and ...
		The donations are often in cash, as the Lebanese community businesses often do most of their business in cash and seek to avoid financial scrutiny by avoiding the formal banking system.
		Because the Lebanese Shi’ite community regularly charters aircraft to fly from different West African capitals directly to Beirut, and the flights undergo a minimum of scrutiny, flying money by courier is an easy and accessible way to move the cash.
		On Dec. 25, 2003, a charter flight UTA 141, scheduled to fly from Cotonou, Benin, in West Africa to Beirut, crashed on takeoff, killing all the passengers.
	www.strategycenter.net /research/pubID.118/pub_detail.asp (3338 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 210 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		His dazed 75-year-old mother was sill reluctant to believe the truth and pestering the family members with requests to go to the airport to receive his son.
		Arefin, the most senior officer among 15 Bangladeshis, took the UTA 141 flight, which smashed into the sea on Thursday after clipping a building as it took off at the West African nation's Cotonou's airport, for home to see his ailing son and mother.
		Arefin and the Bangladesh officers were on leave and dreaming of happy family reunions back home.
	www.thedailystar.net /2003/12/28/d3122801066.htm (348 words)

	111 Dead In Benin Plane Crash
		Police officials charged with investigating the disaster took photographs around the damaged airport building on Friday, and also prepared to photograph bodies and interview survivors.
		The doomed flight originated in Conakry, Guinea, and picked up passengers in the Sierra Leone capital Freetown and Cotonou before setting off for Beirut.
		The deputy superintendent at Conakry Airport said the Lebanese man who chartered the plane was on board with his wife and child.
	news.airwise.com /stories/2003/12/1072435370.html (567 words)

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		Example 5: A 727-223 with UTA (Union des Transports Aeriens de Guinee) crashed shortly after take off in Totonou, Benin on 25 December 2003.
		The landing gear failed to retract, one set of landing gear struck a building and the plane crashed into the sea.
		After ejection and a brief flight the bolts would explode seperating the case into 4 - 12 pieces.
	www.letsrollforums.com /forums/viewtopic.php?p=52082 (3296 words)

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	Airliner Crash in West Africa Kills 60 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		BEIRUT, Lebanon -- More than 60 people, mostly Lebanese, were killed Thursday when a passenger plane bound for Beirut crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from the west African nation of Benin, Lebanese airport officials said.
		UTA Flight 141 from Cotonou, Benin's capital, was carrying about 140 passengers, including crew members.
		Television images showed bloodied people sitting on a beach and pieces of the plane lying in the surf: shorn-off landing gear, pieces of a wing, the cockpit and the rear part of the fuselage, along with an engine.
	www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2003/12/25/131645.shtml (252 words)

	EXECUTIVE Business Magazine Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lebanon is a long way off achieving the much coveted position of being a regional transportation and trans-shipping hub
		Lebanon's transport industry should take heed of observing safety standards, especially after the crash of UTA flight 141
		Idle for three years, the container terminal at Beirut's Port is finally to open
	www.executive-magazine.com /57/section.php?s=SS (234 words)

	Luchtzak Aviation - Fifty killed in Benin air crash
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		The plane had been heading for Beirut, carrying members of the long-standing Lebanese communities in West Africa.
		Next article: Air France will resume US flights normally on Friday
	www.luchtzak.be /article2560.html (453 words)

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