Malaysia cargo firm says it owns 3 jets left idle at airport

Left to right, two of the three abandoned planes with tail numbers, TF-ARM and TF-ARN are seen taxied on the tarmac of Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Malaysia’s airport operator has an unusual dilemma after three large Boeing planes were left abandoned at the country’s main airport for more than a year. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul) Left to right, two of the three abandoned planes with tail numbers, TF-ARM and TF-ARN are seen taxied on the tarmac of Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Malaysia’s airport operator has an unusual dilemma after three large Boeing planes were left abandoned at the country’s main airport for more than a year. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

By Associated Press December 11, 2015 1 min read

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – A new Malaysian air cargo company says it is the owner of three jumbo jets parked for more than a year at the country’s main airport.

Malaysia’s airport operator this week took the unusual step of posting photos in two newspapers of the three Boeing 747-200s, warning owners that the airport has the right to sell or dispose of the planes unless they are collected within 14 days.

Swift Air Cargo says it legally bought the planes in June and that the airport operator had demanded more documentation on the purchase.

Swift’s lawyer Syed Amir Syakib Arslan said Friday the company is “dumbfounded and perplexed” by the airport’s action.

The operator says the claim of ownership could not be satisfactorily verified.