Airport wants the owner of three abandoned 747s to pick them up at lost and found

I don't know that I've ever successfully retrieved a forgotten item from an airport's lost and found, but like many of you out there, I'm sure I've contributed plenty of my belongings over the years — a glove here, a book there. But, in terms of size, a carry-on bag has got to be the biggest thing accidentally left behind, right?

Well, apparently not. At least not according to this advertisement in Monday's issue of The Malaysia Star's classified section. The Kuala Lumpur International Airport would very much like the owner of the three Boeing 747-200F aircraft that it found abandoned on its tarmac to please come fetch their planes. The classified reads:

Notice is hereby given to the untraceable owner of the aircraft, details of which are set out in the schedule below, that the aircraft is to be collected subject to payment of our charges at Malaysia Airports (Sepang) Sdn Bhd, KL International Airports 64000 Sepang.

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.

According to Bloomberg, the three jets have been sitting on the KLIA tarmac for more than a year. Zainol Mohd. Isa, general manager of Malaysia Airports (Sepang) Sdn., which operates the international air terminal, told Bloomberg:

“We have been in communication with the so-called owner, but they have not been responding to take away the aircraft. That’s why we go through this process to legalize whatever actions we want to take."

RWV reached out to the airport requesting more information, but the airport declined to comment.