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The plane itself is worth about 6 tons of gold
by ry0ohki 13y ago
The plane itself is worth about 6 tons of gold
- Tuna-Fish 13y agoSold where and how? 2 tons of gold are something that a reasonable person can actually expect to be able to convert into money without undue risk to his person. A stolen airplane isn't. People keep talking about how this needs so much sophistication that it's probably a state action. All I can see is something that one person with good planning could have done. That is, the pilot or the co-pilot waits until the other guy visits bathroom, climbs high enough and disables pressurization to knock out/kill the passengers and the rest of the crew, then disable communications, turn off transponder, sneak out of controlled airspace behind another plane, land anywhere with an unused strip with a truck waiting, abscond with the cargo. That requires sophistication and careful planning, but is not beyond the realm of the possible.
- donutz 13y agoa reasonable person can convert 2 tons of gold to cash without undue risk? Given that 2 tons of stolen gold can't be legally sold, I'd suspect that anyone with that kind of cash on hand might be the kind it would be risky to do business with...
- Tuna-Fish 13y agoA reasonable person can convert smallish amounts of gold to cash without undue risk, and gold can be easily worked and divided by basically anyone. If you stole a ton of gold, you could sell it piecemeal for the rest of your life and live like a king.