Ever since the advertisement ran on media, this news of three unclaimed air freighters has created quite a stir around the globe

As these ads ran in the local print media about three Boeing 747 jets sitting in on the tarmac of Kuala Lumpur airport for more than a year, unclaimed, the world suddenly became evermore interested into knowing about these mysterious jets.

Although this kind of planes are extensively in use to deliver cargo to Africa and rest of the world on daily bases but do they present any sort of threat to the world? Why has no one come to claim them in all this time?

Swift Air Cargo, a Malaysia based cargo company ended all these speculations by stepping forward to tell the whole world that they own these three air cargo carriers, and they have been trying to retrieve them ever since they bought them in this June. The hurdle has come from the Malaysia’s Airport Authority due to a dispute over the paperwork.

When asked, Malaysia Airports answered it has identified ‘multiple owners’ of the planes and they need to be sure of the ownership before they handover the jets to anyone. Having said so, the authorities haven’t said anything about Swift Air’s claim of ownership yet.

Blue Peterson, chief executive officer, said that the Malaysia Airports has refused to give him access to his own planes saying they need to verify the paperwork first. Speaking to the BBC he said that it is ok if the officials wanted to see his registration papers “but the planes have yet to be registered as they must first undergo maintenance checks. And I can’t even go on the property to look at my own planes.”

Air Atlanta Icelandic is the Iceland based company to whom these planes were registered previously but deregistered in 2011 and 2012. Malaysia Airports said that it had ran advertisement in local print media that if the owners would not come forward till 21 December, they will scrape or sell the planes.