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It left Marana at about 1:30 in the afternoon, and after circling around several times, it appears to head to California - where it reportedly was supposed to land at Travis Air Force Base.
Instead the plane went the opposite direction to New Mexico and then landed in Marana again just after 5 p.m.
"It could have been an aircraft that had some special equipment on board that they were checking out to find out whether or not that equipment was working properly..." said Jim Tilmon, an aviation expert.
Southern Air didn't return a call for comment, but the company's website states that it does work with the US Military to help deliver cargo.
It left Marana at about 1:30 in the afternoon, and after circling around several times, it appears to head to California - where it reportedly was supposed to land at Travis Air Force Base.
Instead the plane went the opposite direction to New Mexico and then landed in Marana again just after 5 p.m.
"It could have been an aircraft that had some special equipment on board that they were checking out to find out whether or not that equipment was working properly..." said Jim Tilmon, an aviation expert.
Southern Air didn't return a call for comment, but the company's website states that it does work with the US Military to help deliver cargo.
It left Marana at about 1:30 in the afternoon, and after circling around several times, it appears to head to California - where it reportedly was supposed to land at Travis Air Force Base.
Instead the plane went the opposite direction to New Mexico and then landed in Marana again just after 5 p.m.
"It could have been an aircraft that had some special equipment on board that they were checking out to find out whether or not that equipment was working properly..." said Jim Tilmon, an aviation expert.
Southern Air didn't return a call for comment, but the company's website states that it does work with the US Military to help deliver cargo.
The answer, according to officials from Pinal Airpark near Marana - is simple.
Turns out the private Boeing jet is owned by a cargo company called Southern Air out of Connecticut. It hadn't been flown since 2003, according to flightaware.com.
So the company took the recently refurbished jet, out on a test flight.
Originally posted by g0dhims3lf
Weird flight path, military ties, no call backs.... all the makings of a good conspiracy in this one.
It left Marana at about 1:30 in the afternoon, and after circling around several times, it appears to head to California - where it reportedly was supposed to land at Travis Air Force Base.
Instead the plane went the opposite direction to New Mexico and then landed in Marana again just after 5 p.m.
"It could have been an aircraft that had some special equipment on board that they were checking out to find out whether or not that equipment was working properly..." said Jim Tilmon, an aviation expert.
Southern Air didn't return a call for comment, but the company's website states that it does work with the US Military to help deliver cargo.
It left Marana at about 1:30 in the afternoon, and after circling around several times, it appears to head to California - where it reportedly was supposed to land at Travis Air Force Base.
Instead the plane went the opposite direction to New Mexico and then landed in Marana again just after 5 p.m.
"It could have been an aircraft that had some special equipment on board that they were checking out to find out whether or not that equipment was working properly..." said Jim Tilmon, an aviation expert.
Southern Air didn't return a call for comment, but the company's website states that it does work with the US Military to help deliver cargo.
It left Marana at about 1:30 in the afternoon, and after circling around several times, it appears to head to California - where it reportedly was supposed to land at Travis Air Force Base.
Instead the plane went the opposite direction to New Mexico and then landed in Marana again just after 5 p.m.
"It could have been an aircraft that had some special equipment on board that they were checking out to find out whether or not that equipment was working properly..." said Jim Tilmon, an aviation expert.
Southern Air didn't return a call for comment, but the company's website states that it does work with the US Military to help deliver cargo.
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Southern Air didn't return a call for comment, but the company's website states that it does work with the US Military to help deliver cargo.