Episode 472: ON HIATUS REPLAY -- Ben Charles Padilla

Unfound

Ed Dentzel

True Crime

4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Ben Charles Padilla was a 50 year old from Pensacola, FL. He was a licensed aircraft mechanic, flight engineer, and pilot of small airplanes. He was on a job in Luanda, Angola, overseeing the refurbishing of a 727. On the evening of May 25th, 2003, with the job almost completely done, an assistant and he went to the plane to test its engines. Minutes later the 727 rolled down the runway and took off. Neither the plane nor the men were ever seen again. Link to TheUnfoundPodcast: https://theunfoundpodcast.com/2020/04/07/ben-charles-padilla-the-darker-side-of-aviation-ep-6/ Link to Tim's article: http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/the-727-that-vanished-2371187/?no-ist Charley Project link: http://charleyproject.org/case/ben-charles-padilla-jr Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Boeing_727-223_disappearance If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Ben Charles Padilla and N844AA, please contact the FBI at (202) 324-3000. Unfound supports accounts on Podomatic, iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. --Please join us on Wednesday nights at 9pm ET for the YouTube Live Show. --Contribute to Unfound at Patreon.com/unfoundpodcast. And at Paypal: [email protected] --that is also the email address. Please contact about missing person cases, press inquiries and speaking engagements. --the website: https://theunfoundpodcast.com/ Unfound NOW: https://theunfoundpodcast.com/unfound-now/ - --Merchandise: --The books at Amazon.com in both ebook and print form. --don't forget the reviews. --shirts at myshopify.com/unfound-podcast. --cards at makeplayingcards.com/sell/unfoundpodcast --And please mention Unfound at all true crime websites and forums. Thank you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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