United sought an aircraft for high-altitude ... due to a demand to fit in even more passengers per flight, Boeing produced the 727-200, which is 20 feet longer and can hold a few dozen more ...

Star Alliance carrier United Airlines took to social media ... The aircraft was a Boeing 727-200 model registered N7635U. According to records from the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ...

The hostages' release on the day before Trump's inauguration harkens back to the Iranian hostage release in 1981.