KK Lee 5 Report post Posted December 6, 2015 Opportunity for Maswinger to start air cargo company, jumbo jet hotel or keep a 747 in the backyard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenny Sing 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2015 must be a way beyond restore item, from reg it belongs to Air Atlanta Icelandic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2 Report post Posted December 7, 2015 How is it untraceable? I would think the registration is more than enough to trace who owns it right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Y. J. Foo 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2015 Highly doubt these are worth anything other than scrap metal value these days , especially considering these are less efficient planes that have been idle for a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2015 Had a check with Irish aircraft registration database. All three aircraft have been struck off registration. Air Atlanta Icelandic no longer owns them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V Wong 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2015 Something to light up your day : http://www.themalaymailonline.com/projekmmo/berita/article/milik-siapakah-pesawat-ini-tuntut-atau-kami-jual-kata-klia Resident experts please tell us the owner(s) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alif A. F. 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2015 I always thought airport authorities know every single flying machines (with current owner always positively identified) parked within the facility. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenneth Chong 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) Edited December 7, 2015 by Kenneth Chong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaTan 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2015 MASKargo leased at one point... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amirul Mazlan 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2015 Personally have flown and know one of the captain who flew one of the trio's last flight. And it's to KUL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaTan 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2015 Isn't the one at the cargo area has it's engines gutted? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2 Report post Posted December 8, 2015 If only I have the money, I'd buy one of the planes & convert it into a house like this - http://davidhertzfaia.com/747-wing-house/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waiping 12 Report post Posted December 8, 2015 What price range are we looking at? For personal usage might be difficult to get loan but Jumbo hotel or restaurant might be able to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alberttky 0 Report post Posted December 8, 2015 Donation? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KK Lee 5 Report post Posted December 9, 2015 (edited) Out of production since 1991, even the youngest models from the -200F line would fetch only pennies on the dollar. A freighter from that year has a market value of about $13.1 million -- and a 1978 version would be worth only about 1/10th that sum, according to prices compiled by aviation consultant Avitas. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-08/did-you-forget-your-planes-airport-takes-out-ad-to-locate-owner Just in case anyone is interested in the value and intended to buy. Edited December 9, 2015 by KK Lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radzi 2 Report post Posted December 9, 2015 "In December 2015, three former Air Atlanta Icelandic Boeing 747 registered TF-ARH, TF-ARM and TF-ARN were reported abandoned at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Air Atlanta Icelandic senior vice president of sales and marketing Baldvin M. Hermannsson said that the three aircraft did belong to Air Atlanta, but were returned to their owner in 2010. [6][7][8]" From Wikipedia. Those planes were operated by Air Atlanta, which leased them to MasKargo back then. But the real owner is probably unknown as most likelyit was owned by some one-dollar company owning one plane at one time. This is just like looking at ownership certificates of MH aircrafts, they are actually owned by companies with names like "MSN-12345 aeroplane" bwsed in Delaware or Cayman Islands or Tokyo whatsoever. This is just like our cars, actually owned by the bank until you finished paying the loan. Anyway those B742s, 2 were scrapped earlier and those 3 will most likely be scrapped in the near future. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vicknesh PS 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2015 From the MalaysianInsider "The owner of the three Boeing 747 planes left unclaimed at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport has come forward to say that they have been in consistent contact with Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB), The Star reported. Captain Blue Peterson, chief executive of Swift Air Cargo reportedly said the three planes were owned by the company since June 8 this year. - See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/owner-of-unclaimed-planes-in-constant-contact-with-airport-operator-say Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jahur 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2015 Website for the current owner of the 747s. Idling there for years are the airframe's airworthy?http://swiftaircargo.com/Newsroom.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radzi 2 Report post Posted December 11, 2015 Captain Blue Peterson, chief executive of Swift Air Cargo reportedly said the three planes were owned by the company since June 8 this year. - There was an American by the same name working as a B734 captain with MH in the late 90s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Firdaus Bolong 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2015 Really strange that if they've got business plan for the 742s, letting them rot under the sun and rain... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johan Z 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2015 Exactly my thought. Should be cheaper to send it to some boneyard than leaving them at the airport. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Firdaus Bolong 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2015 I believe they owe MAHB lots of money because of parking the unused planes at KLIA for so long?really wonder if the planes are usable after so long idling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waiping 12 Report post Posted December 12, 2015 Guess nobody is monitoring the parking charges? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amirul Mazlan 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2015 Things like this, are always negotiable probably the owners will ask for discounts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Azizul Ramli 2 Report post Posted December 14, 2015 This news is apparently becoming very popular worldwide, some with very nice video reports: TO THE joy of newsites everywhere keen for something quirky to report over the Christmas period (mea culpa), last week Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) admitted that it could not trace the owners of three jumbo jets that had been parked on its tarmac for over a year. In a newspaper advert, the operators of the airport appealed for the owners of the “untraceable” 747s to come forward, otherwise it would sell them and use the proceeds to pay for the accrued parking charges and the like. - The Economist The Economist: http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2015/12/plane-not-simple?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/planenotsimplehasthemysteryofkualalumpurairportsuntraceablejumbosbeensolved BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35043937 CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/08/aviation/malaysia-aviation-airport-abandoned-aircraft/index.html Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-08/did-you-forget-your-planes-airport-takes-out-ad-to-locate-owner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites