Edison Chen
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Beijing bound Air Malaysia flight loses contact
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Police in Western countries sometimes use psychics in criminal investigations. No harm in making some people happy as long as their "leads" are corroborated by conventional means.
The Iranian man in question seems to be only an agent. He has bought several tickets in the past.
There is no reason yet to suspect that the stolen passport holders were Iranian, or that they had anything to do with the crash.
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Tomorrow (03.11) all China ships will arrive incident areas to join search action.
Twenty three other ships，including two submarine rescue vessels and one PLAN replenishment vessel，are on standby。
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Paper reveals Iranian-link in ticket purchase for passengers with stolen passports - Yahoo News
The Financial Times exclusively reported that a Thai travel agent who booked the tickets for the men said she had been asked to make the travel arrangements by an Iranian contact.
Travel agent Benjaporn Krutnait, booked the tickets through a business contact whom she only knew as "Mr Ali". She said that his first request to book cheap tickets to Europe for the two men was made on March 1.
She told The Financial Times that it was quite common for people to book tickets through middlemen who then retake a commission.
Ali had asked for the cheapest route to Europe for his clients and did not mention the specific booking Kuala Lumpur-Beijing - unlikely behaviour by would-be terrorists.
Benjaporn initially reserved one of the men on a Qatar Airways flight and the other on Etihad. But the tickets expired when Benjaporn did not hear back from Ali.
The Financial Times said when Ali contacted her again on Thursday, she rebooked the men on the Malaysia Airlines flight through Beijing because it was the cheapest available.
A friend of Ali paid Benjaporn cash for the tickets, the paper reported, adding that there is no evidence that Ali knew the two men were travelling on stolen passports.
Benjaporn made the bookings through a China Southern Airlines office in Bangkok.
The two passengers were supposed to fly from Beijing to Amsterdam on Saturday. The passenger travelling as "Luigi Maraldi" was to fly on to Copenhagen and "Christian Kozel" to Frankfurt.
The Financial Times exclusively reported that a Thai travel agent who booked the tickets for the men said she had been asked to make the travel arrangements by an Iranian contact.
Travel agent Benjaporn Krutnait, booked the tickets through a business contact whom she only knew as "Mr Ali". She said that his first request to book cheap tickets to Europe for the two men was made on March 1.
She told The Financial Times that it was quite common for people to book tickets through middlemen who then retake a commission.
Ali had asked for the cheapest route to Europe for his clients and did not mention the specific booking Kuala Lumpur-Beijing - unlikely behaviour by would-be terrorists.
Benjaporn initially reserved one of the men on a Qatar Airways flight and the other on Etihad. But the tickets expired when Benjaporn did not hear back from Ali.
The Financial Times said when Ali contacted her again on Thursday, she rebooked the men on the Malaysia Airlines flight through Beijing because it was the cheapest available.
A friend of Ali paid Benjaporn cash for the tickets, the paper reported, adding that there is no evidence that Ali knew the two men were travelling on stolen passports.
Benjaporn made the bookings through a China Southern Airlines office in Bangkok.
The two passengers were supposed to fly from Beijing to Amsterdam on Saturday. The passenger travelling as "Luigi Maraldi" was to fly on to Copenhagen and "Christian Kozel" to Frankfurt.
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the Malaysian need to stop wasting our time. If they know anything, tell us. If they are suspecting of anything, tell us. Are we really searching in the area that we are supposed to search? Tell us. Stop witholding information and wasting everyone's search effort.
Malaysia, are we really searching in the Gulf of Thailand or the Indian Ocean or the Pacific Ocean? Tell us
Malaysia, are we really searching in the Gulf of Thailand or the Indian Ocean or the Pacific Ocean? Tell us
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last press conference with the immigration and police chief have released the information on one of the two suspect passengers. He is an Iranian national and they have concluded that he was not part of a terrorist org and was just trying to get to Germany where his mother was waiting for him. No information was given of the second suspect passenger.
press conference was not very professional, too much joking and laughing, hope the grieving families didn't watch it.
“We have identified an Iranian by the name of Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad. He is 19 years old and he is an Iranian, we believe that he is an Iranian,” he said.
“We have been checking his background. He have also checked him with other police organisation on his profile and we believe that he is not likely to be a member of any terrorist group.”
“We believe that he is trying to migrate to Germany.”
last press conference from Malaysia’s inspector general of police
press conference was not very professional, too much joking and laughing, hope the grieving families didn't watch it.
“We have identified an Iranian by the name of Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad. He is 19 years old and he is an Iranian, we believe that he is an Iranian,” he said.
“We have been checking his background. He have also checked him with other police organisation on his profile and we believe that he is not likely to be a member of any terrorist group.”
“We believe that he is trying to migrate to Germany.”
last press conference from Malaysia’s inspector general of police
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Vietnam’s spy satellite, VNREDSAT -1 is scheduled to traverse Kien Giang’s Tho Chu island at 11.00am on March 11 and will transmit images to earth in the evening of the same day.
The two search areas for Vietnam
on a VN search helicopter
6 aircrafts and 7 ships are scanning the area...
The two search areas for Vietnam
on a VN search helicopter
6 aircrafts and 7 ships are scanning the area...
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1 An26 aircraft of Vietnam airforce is fueled before making an other flight over the seas off Vietnam.
Vietnam needs modern long range patrol aircrafts. I don´t know for how long this bird can continue to fly.
on the way...
Vietnam needs modern long range patrol aircrafts. I don´t know for how long this bird can continue to fly.
on the way...
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03.11 Vietnam government has allowed Two China Tu-154 planes into Vietnam airspace at Gulf of Thailand to search MH730. That Tu-154 belong to PLA intelligence gathering spy department, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) on board can receive weak SOS signal better to search wreckage and 'Black Box'. Two China Tu-154 planes left HaiNai airport, flying to Gulf of Thailand now.
