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[–] ileftreddit@piefed.social 184 points 2 days ago (12 children)

I remember when a business jet packed to the gills with cocaine crashed and when they investigated, it turned out to be owned by a CIA shell company and previously used to shuttle people to Guantanamo for torture after an extraordinary rendition

https://asnc.flightsafety.org/wikibase/321868

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 64 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I thought no fucking way they found over 7000lb of cocaine on a little business jet but yeah, that Gulfstream could probably barely take off with that much on board. That's one badass airframe.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago

Hi aplane, I'm dad.

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