Why airlines are physically cutting open older planes to give them a second life as freighters

It's usually more cost-effective for cargo airlines to buy used planes then to order from Boeing or Airbus.
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Pilot who tried to cut engines after taking mushrooms pleads guilty

A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger aircraft after taking psychedelic mushrooms has been convicted after pleading no contest to state charges against him, and ...