$625K in gold disappears off AA flight in MIA
06-05-2013, 09:47 AM
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06-06-2013, 10:29 AM
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[QUOTE=N9373M;1411024]That's about 40 pounds. My initial thought was: wow, how did they lug all that gold without getting caught.
Let's say gold is $1000/oz. 625,000/1000 = 625 oz
625/16 oz per pound = 39 pounds.
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Gold is approx. $1400/oz, and gold is sold by the troy oz. 12 troy oz.=a pound so, that`s 37 pounds.So, the 39 pound figure is close, 9373Mike
Let's say gold is $1000/oz. 625,000/1000 = 625 oz
625/16 oz per pound = 39 pounds.
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Gold is approx. $1400/oz, and gold is sold by the troy oz. 12 troy oz.=a pound so, that`s 37 pounds.So, the 39 pound figure is close, 9373Mike
06-06-2013, 10:53 AM
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I once signed for a shipment of 300Kgs of gold from BRU to Bordeaux. We were flying an EMB-120 so there were only 3 of us. As it happened the FA that day was one of the hottest we had and the FO was cool. For a brief moment we wondered how we could get away with it. I'm still here so I guess you know we didn't do squat.
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06-07-2013, 09:30 PM
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You're still here because it's morally difficult to snuff a cool FO.
06-08-2013, 09:03 AM
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