Someone has abandoned 3 Boeing 747s on a Malaysian tarmac

Did you accidentally leave your collection of Boeing 747s in Malaysia? If so, the Kuala Lumpur International Airport would really love if you'd come and pick them up. According to Bloomberg, the Malaysian airport has had three Boeing 747-200Fs sitting abandoned on their tarmac for more than a year, and, understandably, they're getting a little ticked off that the enormous aircrafts haven't been removed.

In an English language advert in Monday's Star newspaper, Malaysia Airports Holdings went as far as to run an advertisement seeking the "untraceable" owner of the planes, begging him or her to kindly remove them ASAP. "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 regulation," the advertisement says.

To be fair, the planes are taking up a lot of valuable space. "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. We want to clear the area, we want to utilize our parking bay," Zainol Mohd Isa, the contact person listed in the ad, told Bloomberg.

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