Radarspotting
Miscellaneous => Aviation News => Topic started by: mhm on November 20, 2013, 10:23:59 PM
A stash of 24 gold bars worth more than $1.1m has been discovered in the toilet compartment of a commercial plane in eastern India.
Cleaners found the haul in two bags on board a Jet Airways flight at Kolkata airport, officials said.
India is one of the world's main gold consumers and imports are seen as a major contributor to the country's account deficit.
It recently raised duty on imports of gold jewellery to 15% from 10%.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25013393
Anyone here lost his money. ?
Indians have sometimes been accused of crippling the economies of third world countries. When I served in the Yemen in the early 60's the Indian community, mostly business owners and shopkeepers, converted a sizeable proportion of their income into gold and sent it to India.
I wonder if Cameron left it. ;D