Posted on 05/05/2014 7:12:47 PM PDT by dynachrome
My wife loves Mangosteens - normally not very explosive until too many at once pass through her digestive tract!
And 0 knows but isn’t talking - what a surprise.
So you're saying that this is a documented case of butt dialing?
Does your village know their idiot is missing?
I have a tough enough time texting intelligibly with fat fingers. That must’ve taken more practice than I really care to dwell upon.
Snakes?
That is what is known as 'ballast'.
Well he apparently removed the cell phone from his buttocks prior to sending the text...The thread was removed before it got to crazy...lol
I found this:
Carlo and Marguerite Mangosteen
234 East Appleton Way
Cornfield, Iowa.
I think they are in the potato chip business
mmm...my curiosity got the best of me.
Decoding the manifest’s page 5:
DGD = “Dangerous Goods”
STC = “Said to Contain”
DIMS = “Dimensions”
CM = “Centimeters”
PMC = Aluminum freight pallet, see below
http://satco-inc.com/satco-products/air-cargo-pallets/pmc-—96-in-x-125-in-standard/
and
http://www.searates.com/reference/pmc/
Consol = “Consolidated Cargo”
PI 965 = “Packing Instructions”, International Air Transport Association (IATA) Dangerous Goods Regulations, specifically for Lithium Ion Batteries. See below
http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/dgr/Documents/Lithium-Battery-Packing-Instructions-965-970-EN.pdf
You can track the Air Waybill Number here
http://www.nnrpowernet.com
And see the results. If they come up missing for whatever reason, FReepmail me and I’ll upload my capture.
Note that the tracking results state “200 pieces” with a gross weight of “2453.00”.
Summary of the Air Way Bill (for what it’s worth, since these details seem lacking in all reports):
A Consolidated PMC pallet ‘Said To Contain’ (STC) by Malaysia Airlines (MH) 133 ‘Packages’ (PKGS), and ‘LOOSE’ 67 ‘Packages’ (PKGS) with ‘Dimensions’ (DIMS) in ‘Centimeters’ (CM) of:
60 x 26 x 22 (58 pieces) and 42 x 36 x 19 (8 pieces)
If you do the math on the 67 pieces, the average weight ‘per’ is in the 6-7 kilogram range. We all know the average weight of cell phone Lithium Ion batteries these days, plus the fact that since the Air Way Bill stated “SHIPPER DECLARATION FOR DGD NOT REQUIRED” (again, DGD = Dangerous Goods) and “LITHIUM ION BATTERIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECT II OF P.I. 965”.
P.I. 965 Section II States:
“Lithium metal or lithium alloy cells and batteries offered for transport must meet the General Requirements of this packing
instruction and:
1. for cells, the lithium content is not more than 1 g; and
2. for batteries, the aggregate lithium content is not more than 2 g;”
If you quantify that with the amp-hours designated for ‘dangerous goods’ and that those numbers don’t apply to this shipment (again, if properly labeled), those are NOT cell phone batteries, or any other type of Li-ion ‘Cell’ of any type I’m aware of.
So whatever was in these boxes, they were NOT required to be declared dangerous (assuming they were labeled properly, of course).
So, without regard to the ‘mysterious cargo’ and just the batteries alone…from the Air Waybill, the point-of-origin for the AWB shipment was Penang International.
There is ONE Lithium Ion Battery manufacturer in Penang:
Centurion Wireless Components Sdn. Bhd.
See below
http://energy.sourceguides.com/businesses/byP/batP/batt/btora/bType/lion/byB/manufacturers/byGeo/byC/Malaysia/Malaysia.shtml
and
http://cspor.en.ec21.com
“Our company is a wholly owned US based company with design centers in US, China, Sweden & Malaysia.” (that’s Penang)
So, I haven’t established a concrete connection, but Centurion appears to be a component of Laird Technologies. As Laird’s website states:
“In addition to the handset market, Centurion supplies a full range of antenna and battery solutions for two-way radios, in-building wireless networks, telematics applications and wireless devices such as industrial portable terminals and consumer grade WLAN access points.”
They do list Lithium Ion batteries as part of their product line
http://www.lairdtech.com/Products/Power-Products/Li-Ion/#.U2hlMnAtEaR
Does all this matter? Hell, I don’t know. I just couldn’t stand looking at a Manifest with unidentified acronyms and identifiers. However, I still cannot identify the designation “5871” after the pallet identifier “PMC”. It may very well be an inventory code for “MH” handling for calculating ‘gross weight’ for both balanced loading and for freight charges. Who knows.
I think it’s incumbent upon the Malaysians to specifically identify this mysterious cargo for which they’re on record as stating,
“Even though the MAS said the batteries weighed 221 kg, a company spokesman said they weighed less than 200kg. He, however, did not say what the remaining 2.253 tonnes of cargo was.
“I cannot reveal more because of the ongoing investigations. We have been told by our legal advisers not to talk about it,” he was quoted as saying by the daily.
He said he could not name the company which manufactured the batteries.”
Excellent info. thanks!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.