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Title: Abandoned cargo: Kuala Lumpur airport seeks owners of 3 unclaimed Boeing 747s
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URL Source: https://www.rt.com/news/325142-abandoned-plane-kuala-lumpur/
Published: Dec 9, 2015
Author: staff
Post Date: 2015-12-09 08:05:05 by Tatarewicz
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Views: 196
Comments: 10
RT... Malaysia’s main airport is looking for the “untraceable owner” of three abandoned “international” Boeing 747 airplanes. So, before turning the lights out tonight, make sure you check the garage for any missing jets. Operators of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) were forced to place an advertisement in a Malaysian newspaper calling on the owner of three 747-200F aircraft, including two passenger aircraft and one cargo plane, to come forward. If you find that you are, indeed, down three Boeings, contact KLIA immediately. The notice, which appeared in Malaysian publication The Star on Monday, said: “If you fail to collect the aircraft within 14 days of the date of this notice, we reserve the right to sell or otherwise dispose of the aircraft". Airport staff expressed confusion. "I don’t know why they are not responding. There could be many reasons. Sometimes it could be because they have no money to continue operations," Zainol Mohd Isa, general manager of Malaysia Airports told AFP. READ MORE: Dutch cop arrested on suspicion of selling MH17 crash items online If you’re thinking this is all just a genius parking ploy from someone with too many planes and not enough runways, you’re wrong. KLIA are seeking payment. The mysterious owner owes the airport landing, parking and other charges. If they do not receive financial compensation by December 21, the planes will be sold or auctioned off to cover the outstanding costs. Ironically, this is the same airport that lost contact with Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in March of 2014 with 239 passengers and crew on board. Part of the plane’s wing was found on the French island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean at the end of July this year. Poster Comment: Strange don't have log of arrival times, captains...
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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
Interesting ... my initial thought was the 9-11 planes
"Honest, April 15th is the real April Fool's Day". "The almighty Dollar ain't worth a buck". Doug Scheidt
Journalism missing in action: How'd they get to that airport and then get parked without any personnel noticing? Wouldn't it require some kind of coordination (e.g. secret) by a network of airport staff to bring them in and then stash them? Above all, how is it possible for an airport to go without noticing extra airplanes for any length of time, short or long? I don't believe they're known for keeping a fleet of them on the premises. Isn't there no registry of huge planes anywhere? They force licensing of cars worldwide.
Umm...the planes filed a flight plan and landed like any other cargo/passenger jet and then parked them. That's it. No conspiracy necessary, it's all right out in the open.
#2. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
#3. To: NeoconsNailed, cynicom (#2)
Journalism missing in action: How'd they get to that airport and then get parked without any personnel noticing? Wouldn't it require some kind of coordination (e.g. secret) by a network of airport staff to bring them in and then stash them?
-Alex Kurtagic
#4. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
Bizarre
A rainbow coalition against Jews doesn't require Whites or Pro-Whites. It can be just as brown or anti-white as you like.
#5. To: X-15 (#3)
That's exactly what I'm saying. How can there be any mystery who owns them? It doesn't add up. We keep getting news reports giving just the outline of a story, grossly deficient where the 5 (actually 6) Ws. I learned these at age 10 or 12 reading this book
#6. To: NeoconsNailed (#5)
The airport doesn't care about who owns an aircraft until they want a bill paid. If the plane was sold (sometimes more than once), then the airport is on the hook for an unpaid bill unless they can track down the current owner. Then the owner may balk at paying a bill that came with the aircraft sale. Plus, it's in 'that part of the world', shady deals abound and nobody wants to pay their bills anyway. In addition, the longer the aircraft sits the more maintenance ($$$) is necessary to make it airworthy again. At some point the aircraft might be declared abandoned and the airport will have to try and sell them just to recoup any bills/fee's that have accrued. If that doesn't work then they're sold for scrap. Third-world problems...... How can there be any mystery who owns them?
-Alex Kurtagic
#7. To: X-15 (#6)
And traffic controllers first and main concern is safety of planes or their job is on the line. Also, there may be a huge number of planes going in and out, some for refueling, maintenance; plus there's the matter of cost savings by not having a department registering landings, etc.
#8. To: Tatarewicz (#7)
Unless maybe their job is on the line if they don't send them into a warzone -- like MH17 and Iran Air Flight 655 (which was 4 miles west of the usual commercial airline route when shot down by the USS Vincennes: Ref.). The names of all those ATCs should have been reported by now. traffic controllers first and main concern is safety of planes or their job is on the line.
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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
#9. To: Tatarewicz, Cynicom (#7)
Umm....air traffic controllers are ONLY concerned about takeoffs and landings. They Are Not responsible for the aircraft being parked on airport property.
-Alex Kurtagic
#10. To: X-15 (#9) (Edited)
news.yahoo.com/company-st...ia-airport-075717666.html Company stakes claim to mystery 747s left at Malaysia airport AFP December 11, 2015 Boeing 747-200F planes with registration numbers as TF-ARM (L) and TF-ARN are seen parked on the tarmac at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang, on December 8, 2015 (AFP Photo/Mohd Rasfan) The head of an air cargo start-up said Friday his company had legally purchased three Boeing 747s left idle at Malaysia's airport and he was "stunned" by the airport's claim that their owner could not be found. Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) placed a bizarre newspaper advertisement this week saying the owners of the 747-200F aircraft were "untraceable", demanding that they step forward to claim the planes or they would be sold off. But Blue Peterson, CEO of Malaysia-based Swift Air Cargo, told AFP his company bought the planes from their previous owners in June and had been in contact with KLIA management over the aircraft for months. "I woke up on December 7 and was stunned to see they were searching for the owner" said Peterson, 55, an American former pilot for Malaysia Airlines. He said KLIA management has repeatedly refused to recognise Swift Air Cargo's possession of the planes despite presenting them with relevant paperwork including statements from the previous owner, whom Peterson declined to identify. Swift Air Cargo is awaiting a Malaysian permit before it can begin operations. AFP was not immediately able to obtain a response to Peterson's claim from relevant officials with Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), which manages KLIA and issued the notice on the planes. In a statement posted Thursday on Swift Air Cargo's website, the company insisted it "has not abandoned the aircraft!" "Swift is unable to fathom the reason for MAHB's declaration that it has taken 'exhaustive steps' without being able to find (the owner)... when all along, Swift was fulfilling its obligations," it said. Peterson speculated that the impasse might be a tactic by the airport to recoup overdue landing, parking and other charges run up by the previous owner of the aircraft. "It's probably a delay game. They want to sell off the planes to make up the parking fees owed by the previous owner, but I have told them many times that I am willing to sit down, negotiate and pay part of it," he told AFP. "Well, this is Malaysia. I have given them a lot of respect but I don't know what to do. I'll just let my lawyers handle it now." The airport has said that if payment for the various charges is not received by December 21, the planes will be auctioned off or sold for scrap. previous owner, whom Peterson declined to identify. Seems strange since likely previous owner would be id-ed if case ends up in court.
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