Iranian man bought tickets for stolen passport pair on missing Malaysian Airlines jet

Mirror ^ | 3/10/14 | Andy lines

[barmag25]

FBI are after Iranian who bought tickets for flight and say Chinese Martyrs Brigade is a red herring.

A mystery Iranian called “Mr Ali” bought tickets for two passengers who used stolen passports on the missing Malaysian plane, it has been revealed.

“Mr Ali” purchased them - in cash - from a travel agent after insisting he wanted “cheap” flights.

[gaijin]

1. Fuel enough for 9,000 miles of flight

2. NO wreckage found at all

3. Ticket buyer was Iranian

EQUALS:

777 stolen for future use in dramatic Iranian terror attack...???

[elpadre]

is there a treaty involved? or just a friendly nation relationship?

[Fitzy_888]

It’s hard to believe the Iranian state would sponsor terror against an alley, which is very much what China is to Iran. Iran sells oil in anything BUT the US dollar and China is thier biggest buyer. Both have thier own vested interest in the death of the petro-dollar.

There is however now “good” and “bad” Al Quida. Good Al Quida are the freedom fighters Obama supports in Syria. Bad Al Quida is what we’ve otherwise known for two decades. Is there a real difference? Probably none. Are they allied to anyone beyond some immediate strategic goal? No?

Creating a fracture between China and Iran is a goal of “good” Al Quida and just coincidental coincidence it is US policy.

[Mat_Helm]

What is a lone Boeing 777-200 doing on an Iranian airbase near Konarak Iran northeast of Chabahar Bay at coordinates 25deg 16’ 15.75” N / 60deg 22’ 45.35” E.

Google earth image 3/3/2013. From last year but appears to be a 777-200 in Iran of coast near Straights of Hormuz.

[barmag25]

Mine always gets scanned at check in and then once at security and once more when boarding.

[Paisan]

plane diverted to a remote airfield?

According to my Chinese wife who regularly peruses Chinese Web-Sites, some of the people awaiting friends and family have called the cell phones of the missing. The phones ring, but no one answers...

If the phones were wet or destroyed, would they ring?

[Veto!]

Pretty good article on phone technology here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/03/10/technology-tracks-our-every-move-how-can-an-entire-plane-go-missing/?hpid=z3

[bunster]

Scanned passport:

Does scanned mean putting thru some kind of computer or machine — would NOT a canceled/stolen passport show up in a “scan”?

Also — my original question — What happens at Arrival a/p —do they do the same “scan”?

I think after 9/11 the US was especially wary of anyone who booked one-way, AND paid cash — guess we were the only ones — but I would think Europe would be extra vigilant.

[ottbmare]

According to my Chinese wife who regularly peruses Chinese Web-Sites, some of the people awaiting friends and family have called the cell phones of the missing. The phones ring, but no one answers... If the phones were wet or destroyed, would they ring?

Yes. The caller hears ringing, but it's just an electronic convenience the cell carrier provides to let the caller know there's an effort to connect. I have called a cell that is dead and hasn't been used in six months, and I hear a ringing noise. Means nothing. As long as the bill is paid, there is going to be a ring.

[no-to-illegals]

Never have flown internationally. Have another link on this story only ... http://news.yahoo.com/stolen-passports-probed-malaysian-plane-mystery-174324605—finance.html;_ylt=An1u9GImY7r28XfxiJj_.VYJVux_;_ylu=X3oDMTFyMXFzaGNjBG1pdANBVFQgSG9tZSBUb2RheSBNb2R1bGUgMTEyMTEzBHBvcwM3NwRzZWMDTWVkaWFDZHRUb2RheVYy;_ylg=X3oDMTFkcW51ZGliBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3BtaA—;_ylv=3

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Funny how the Chinese have been very quiet about this.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Yes it would ring. lol

[Defiant]

Mr Rahman also noted that five passengers who checked in to fly on the missing airline had not boarded the plane, despite checking in baggage. He said Malaysia Airlines had removed the baggage once it learned they did not board the plane, in line with standard procedure. "This happens all the time," said one aviation expert who asked not to be named. "People get lost in Duty-Free, or in the airport and they just don't make their flight".

Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet article

They are either part of this, or the luckiest bastards in the world. Either way, I'd like to know who they are.

[Rapscallion]

The aircraft may re-appear as a carrier for Iran’s nuke to Israel or Washington.

[PA Engineer]

Good summary. I am also curious about the five that checked in and did not board. Granted their luggage was removed, but what items could they have taken into the boarding lounge. The carry on liquids could very well have been used for binary explosives. Were these five passengers in contact with the two on stolen passports? Many questions.

[Jet Jaguar]

Interesting

[no-to-illegals]

Last report I read said the five are being investigated.

[bunster]

re: the 5 are be3ing investigated

by who? Reading the Yahoo article where it is well known and just accepted fact that “often people fly with fake passports” — an investigation by these people does not make one confident of any answer they come up with.

[no-to-illegals]

Inside link at post #30 states the five are being investigated but does not name by whom. Am just repeating what have read inside the link.

[barmag25]

Scanned when checking in, but I don’t know if airlines are scanning Interpol. I think it may just be looking at the no fly list.

When I arrive in most countries it doesn’t get scanned. Just returning back to to the U.S.