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No one in their right mind would attempt to transport 25 tons of gold on a commercial passenger flight.
by jdimov 13y ago
No one in their right mind would attempt to transport 25 tons of gold on a commercial passenger flight.
- pedalpete 13y agoHow do you transport 25 tons of gold across land and sea? My guess is air freight is the safest method, does it matter if it goes on a DHL 777 or a Commercial 777? Either way, the plane could be hijacked. But I suspect you'd have somebody with an insurance claim for $1 billion in gold, and an insurance company going bankrupt as a result.
- jdimov 13y agoYes, but Malaysia PM said there's only mangosteens in the cargo.
- gambiting 13y agoInsurance companies have insurance as well. It's a long chain of interlinked companies.
- qq66 13y agoYou'd probably charter a cargo airliner with armed security. And send maybe less than 25 tons of gold per flight.
- Nanzikambe 13y agoIt does happen, security by obscurity is actually quite prevalent outside of Infosec: if nobody knows it's there how can it be stolen? Search for "Heathrow Runway Robberies", etc. There were a number of documentaries on the subject, IIRC there were several gangs that specialized in jacking crap off planes in airports. It's possible (however unlikely) that some graduated beyond the airport.