Someone left three Boeing 747s on tarmac in Kuala Lumpur and forgot about them

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Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd. placed an advertisement Monday in the nation’s best-selling English daily asking for the “untraceable” owner of three Boeing Co. 747-200F planes to come and collect them. The planes are parked at three separate bays at KLIA in Sepang, outside the Malaysian capital, the Star newspaper ad showed.

“If you fail to collect the aircraft within 14 days of the date of this notice, we reserve the right to sell or otherwise dispose of the aircraft pursuant to the Civil Aviation Regulations 1996 and use the money raised to set off any expenses and debt due to us under the said regulations,” the notice read.

Out of production since 1991, even the youngest models from the -200F line would fetch only pennies on the dollar. A freighter from that year has a market value of about $13.1 million -- and a 1978 version would be worth only about 1/10th that sum, according to prices compiled by aviation consultant Avitas.

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