Shoplifting, carjacking, bank robbery.

These are all the small-minded matters of casual thieves with no imagination.

It takes a truly daring thief to go bigger.

Today I'll be sharing with you the people who went above and beyond,

pushing the boundaries to the absolute maximum of just what exactly can be pilfered.

Grab your loot bag and put on the balaclava as I explore some of the biggest things ever stolen.

You're listening. You're listening. You're be amazed.

On May 25, 2003, an entire Boeing 727 was stolen right off the runway of Quachro de

Fevoraro Airport in Luanda, Angola.

It did not have clearance to fly.

It did not communicate with air traffic control, and it has never been seen again. It just veered precariously onto the runway and took

off without any lights on. The FBI and the CIA searched the globe for years and couldn't find

so much as an in-flight peanut.

Two men were seen boarding the plane before it took off,

American pilot and flight engineer Ben C. Padilla

and a mechanic from the Congo named John M. Mutantu.

Neither of the men was even certified to fly a 727,

but both had been helping to carry out renovations on the plane in the months prior.

Padilla's sister has stated that she believes he was somehow coerced into stealing the plane and is now held against his will somewhere.

Others have speculated based on the fact that Padilla was previously found guilty of fraud

that the theft was a money-making scheme.

The mystery to this day remains unsolved.

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