Earlier in the week I posted about how Kuala Lumpur Airport took out ads in newspapers to find the owners of three 747s which have been parked at Kuala Lumpur Airport for more than a year. The airport claimed that parking fees hadn't been paid for the planes, and that "exhaustive steps" had been taken…
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Well, you're not going to be paying the parking fees if there's still a dispute over whether you own the planes... it's just one more chip for leverage. You get past this paperwork and let us collect our planes, then we'll pay the parking. But why would we pay for parking if you don't think they are our planes?
The long chain of signatures and endorsements sounds like a Nigerian 419 e-mail scam.
...or they're proving ownership with the sole aim of selling the planes as-is-where-is to a scrapper for pennies on the dollar.
No need to get your knickers in a knot - this is simply how Malaysia operates.
The legal intricacies sound like the Malay version of the much beloved leftovers of the British Raj in India; much certifying, declaring (statuary and otherwise), notarising, stamping, signing and sealing of documents. All takes time don't you know!
For anyone who still cares, aircraft ownership is formally recorded and is of public record. No one buys a plane and doesn't record their ownership since the consequence of that sort of negligence is that, in fact, you're not the owner insofar as the world is concerned. In the US, for example, ownership is recorded at the FAA records office in Oklahoma City.
Think of it as a glorified registry of deeds, only it's for airplanes and (believe it or not) their engines.
This stuff just isn't that complicated, trust me.
So this little story seems to be missing some important elements. Still.
Another similar ad has popped up: wonder whether it is the same or different 747s
So many unloved 747s
Two Boeing 747 jumbo jets sold in China Taobao auction - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-42076373