yes! and, iranians can enter turkey without visa. and turkish airline flights eg frbetween tehran and istanbuul or izmir are quite cheap. tuskis mediteranian coast is a often used holiday area for iranians with the money for where they can be relatively free. from there its not that far anymore to reach eu. the passport controls i mentio…
yes! and, iranians can enter turkey without visa. and turkish airline flights eg frbetween tehran and istanbuul or izmir are quite cheap. tuskis mediteranian coast is a often used holiday area for iranians with the money for where they can be relatively free. from there its not that far anymore to reach eu. the passport controls i mentioned as reason that they never would have been allowed by KLM to enter the plane to amsterdam in peking would have occured her at boarding a plane from turkey to amsterdam, frankfurt or kopenhagen. from turkey they would have had other though highly risky äh deadly ways to enter germany or denmark.
Bear with me whilst I catch up, I've had some things to do in real life and then I got lost scouring the internet and maps again.
Germanguy - 'Coming into play' - yep, we say that. I'll happily be called a weird native speaker :D
Jeff/Germanguy - I thought the route was explained by the person booking the tickets for them - it was the cheapest route that day. And didn't they have other flights booked but missed them? I'm probably getting muddled again. The stolen passports being obtained certainly led them to meeting some dubious characters, maybe the booking agent too.
Routes available today may not have been available at the time, just a thought although probably not relevant.
Germanguy - Theory 2 Question: Why would the Iranians need to cover their tracks, if they were agents/hijackers and landing in Kazakhstan?
"Deadly ways to enter Germany or Denmark" - Do you mean via unsafe passage, such as a being locked in the back of a lorry, or something else? Sorry it's late and I'm wondering if I'm missing something.
Both - Turkey is very interesting with regards to the Ukrainians too, as well as Istanbul being a gateway between Europe and Asia.
I wonder how many people took laptops onboard. You don't need to be employed as a computer expert to be a hacker, but there were an awful lot of people on the plane with tech jobs/experience.
Last question, is there any way to check if life insurance policies were taken out for the passengers, shortly before the flight? Maybe I've watched too many movies, listened to too many conspiracy theories podcasts, and that's a step too far into data protection infringement/intelligence gathering. I know families sued but there's that saying: Follow the money.
keeli - "I've had some things to do in real life" - same here. i am totally fine with that. don`t worry.
"a weird native speaker" - LOOOL. thx, you bless me with that.
" the route was explained by the person booking the tickets for them " - yes, remeber that too. CAN be true. but maybe not. all of my points about the iranians mentioned are no hard evidences. just hints to dig deeper because it sounds weird to me for the reasons i noted.
" just a thought although probably not relevant. " - VERY relevant. we can only judge on stituation on that day, not on today.
""Why would the Iranians need to cover their tracks, if they were agents/hijackers and landing in Kazakhstan?" - wehats irritating me more on this poubnt is, that the media found their official story only days after the vanishing of MH3770 wheras jeff need jeyears of recherche to find the details about the ukrainians and the russian. so a bad cover story. or a relly good one because all of us where put on wrong theory about the iranians. i dont know. something that has to be examined.
"Do you mean via unsafe passage" - i meant the 100000 people dying on mediteranian sea when trying to reach europe from lybia, turkey etc. and on the way through the eastern parts of europe starting in greece, whre also way to many refugees die every day.
"
Keelie
54 mins ago
Bear with me whilst I catch up, I've had some things to do in real life and then I got lost scouring the internet and maps again.
Germanguy - 'Coming into play' - yep, we say that. I'll happily be called a weird native speaker :D
Jeff/Germanguy - I thought the route was explained by the person booking the tickets for them - it was the cheapest route that day. And didn't they have other flights booked but missed them? I'm probably getting muddled again. The stolen passports being obtained certainly led them to meeting some dubious characters, maybe the booking agent too.
Routes available today may not have been available at the time, just a thought although probably not relevant.
Germanguy - Theory 2 Question: Why would the Iranians need to cover their tracks, if they were agents/hijackers and landing in Kazakhstan?
"Deadly ways to enter Germany or Denmark" - Do you mean via unsafe passage, such as a being locked in the back of a lorry, or something else? Sorry it's late and I'm wondering if I'm missing something.
Both - Turkey is very interesting with regards to the Ukrainians too, as well as Istanbul being a gateway between Europe and Asia.
I wonder how many people took laptops onboard. " - my point was not, that they took their laptop on board. i did this too on my flights. what puzzles me is that this was almost their only baggage. again there could have been a simple reason for that. its just another one striking me and telling me: dig deeper.
"Last question, is there any way to check if life insurance policies were taken out for the passengers, shortly before the flight?" - great question. malaysian police checked that. there was a leak of that ppolice investigation, florence de "schangie" (dont know how to spell her name correctly) used it in her book. but nobody published the leaked document far as i know. wghat we know is that the captain had no life insurance. that in general there was no strange behaviour of any on the plane in that issue. but i have no solid source saved for that. anybody else?
I've had another read of the articles and if I can repeat, to confirm my understanding :
They travelled to Thailand (Phuket) to obtain stolen EU passports.
They missed 1st March flights to Europe (route unknown), and let's propose that it's a reasonable amount of time for their appearance change, beard growth etc.
They stayed with a student friend in Malaysia for a week until the 8th March flight(s), because it's cheap and he offered to drive them to the airport.
"Cheap" flights for the 8th March to Beijing, Amsterdam, then splitting to Frankfurt for Merhdad, and Copenhagen for Reza - a road bridge away from Malmo and the rest of Sweden, where Swedish Police say he was likely headed. Fun fact, it's the same bridge featured in the scandi noir tv programme The Bridge (English), Bron III Broen (Swedish/Danish).
Baggage - rucksack and laptop, bag and laptop - travelling light is normal for some people. You can move swiftly through airports, especially if you're holding stolen passports, without having to wait at the Baggage carousel. I hope they had a plastic bag, 7 pairs of underwear and socks, at the very least! If not, definitely do not dig deeper - yuk! :D
It looks like "Mr Ali" takes cash for passports and flights, he gives the booking agent a cash "incentive" to find and book the absolute cheapest way to get them to Europe, any route possible, and he keeps most of the money paid to him and tells them "Any problems, plead asylum".
Whether or not this is a cover story is another thing, but that's what it appears to be, right?
Would any of the passengers be recognised by facial recognition tech, if they were able to leave Russia? Of course, they could have cosmetic surgery and their appearance altered, but I'm just wondering if Interpol et al would pick up a 'known to be dead' person? Oh et al means 'and all the others', as in 'and all the other security bodies' - just in case that doesn't make sense.
I'm going to investigate the route and ticket prices a little bit now. Will I go on a 'watch list' if I search "how much does it cost to buy a stolen EU passport"? :D
It's Florence de Changey, I believe.
With regards to things like laptops taken onboard, I'd like to see someone say that they've reviewed what was scanned prior to boarding and didn't find anything of concern - unless I haven't come across that yet. It would be nice to know they didn't miss the cable with the sticky label that said "plug into 777". ;)
Do we know why the Russian wasn't travelling with his other diving group/friends?
The cabin being depressurised is just a theory, right? If all the passengers remained alive for the rest of the flight, then there is no need for breathing apparatus, no need for the Russian in that capacity. The passengers, all or some, could be held captive somewhere now. That's a sad thought.
Sorry if I repeat questions or sound confused. I forget what I've thought and what I've actually asked.
Keelie, Nikolai Brodsky's family gave two answers to the question of why he left his diving group early. The first was that he'd promised his wife that he'd be home to have dinner with her on International Women's Day (just imagine how wrecked he'd be after a red eye followed by a connecting flight from Beijing to Irkutsk). The second story was that he had a prearranged business trip to Mongolia.
I remember the first one now. It made me smile. I was oblivious to it's importance in Russian society what with the 1917 'bread and peace' strike. The other Russian husbands, partners, sons, brothers in his group are lucky to be alive, and all because all of them didn't fly home to be with and celebrate the women in their lives. Russia, with it's fine track record of human rights... Talking of women, Khaliun Batsaikhan became the first Open Water Scuba Instructor in Mongolia in April 2018.
I'll have to try to find that 'documentary' of his wife and his friends.
With regards to tickets - I found a Telegraph article stating Kayak, Momondo and Skyscanner were found to be good comparison sites for cheap flights, here in the UK in 2014. I put in various routes for 8th March 2025 so that the options wouldn't be fully booked, what's available is either an early bird discount, or they're not discounted at all in which case it would be better to search closer to the time. Overall, none of the flights from KLIA to Amsterdam went via China, and they certainly weren't cheaper if I popped Beijing in. There are some direct routes and some interesting stopover options available now.
Of course, a booking agent would have access to an industry booking system and know the tips and tricks to get a cheap flight.
kerli, yes, thats the story of the iranians as we know so far. yes, this can be the real story of them. as i said before, naivity CAN be a valid explanation why they tried that way to europe. we dont know, its just a hypothesis, not a theory. nowhere in the nh370-case we have a theory. only hypothesises.
the key problem with their plan to enter europe with stolen eu-passports is not their appearance. according to the publushrd pix of them from kuala lumpur they didn‘t alter it by surgery.
the key ussue are the passports itself. ALL eu-passports since 2009 are biometrich passports. they contain the fingerprints of the real holder in electronic form. police in germany checks the fingerprints when controlling people. the european airports border control checks the fingerprints. the airline at boarding a plane to schengen area has to check the fingerprint. if they are identical to the ones stored in passport. since you cannot alter your fingerprints you cannot pas this test in any way.
I love Kerli! I've been called all sorts in the past but this is my favourite.
We're giving the hypotheseseseses a real good going over though so that's good!
The reports mentioned altering their appearance. I assumed that would be hair related - hair colour, length and style, eyebrow thickness and shape, beard or clean shaven. You can't age or gain/lose much weight that quickly, and no, surgery would be expensive and take time to heal. The most obvious and easiest thing is to at least try look like the person in the picture, for the initial visual check.
I know the passports were stolen in 2012 but we don't know when those passports were created, it could have been before 2009 - they are valid for 10 years like ours, aren't they?
Fun fact, UK and Irish passports have never had fingerprints. We have a digitised face scan and signature.
My simple brain is getting stuck on two things: their final destinations; their ability to seek asylum and most likely be granted it, eventually. However, I agree that this is a ridiculous route to take, with issues along the way. If nothing else has come to light in 10 years, will it ever?
keeli, sorry for the typo. didn‘t see it. are you jokeing or do you REALLY love „kerli“? haha, do you know, what „kerl“ means in german? irs a very strong, huge and full of of muscles man, like arnold schwarzenegger…
but back to the mh370-drama - great findeng, the news.au-article about pourias mom. sooo sad to read about her feelings.
in general and to be clear, i REALLY hope, that my doubts on the iranians are false positive. i hope that i am wrong. my heart is with the victims of mh370 and their relatives. i don‘t want to sue innocent people. i want that all false possibilities are ruled out and that so the truth will be revealed. the truth is that what honors the victims and all all people who are and were in search of mh370.
yes, the stolen passports may have been older than 2009 and so without digital fingerprints, its something that has to be ruled out.
no, being converted to christianity is in germany not a valid reason for asylum, unfortunately. a couple of weeks ago an iranian who converted, was deported from germany back to iran.
you found the pasport - pix - great. would you be so kind to post the link? would be helpfull for us. thx
I genuinely liked the typo - my husband calls me that, I have straight hair (not curly) so its definitely a quirky way of saying my name. Definitely not a girly girl, but also nothing like Arnie :)
Perhaps converting to Christianity was what the mother wanted to go in the paper, and speculating on any other reason for requesting asylum could be insensitive and not relevant to the investigation. He seems to have a legitimate reason to leave Iran, to be with his mother and brother who must have left sometime during or after 2012.
Not sure what I looked at the other day, but this link will take you to The Guardian's 11th March 2014 updates. It shows Kozel in a 10.12am post, which mentions that Pouria used a version* of his passport:
If you keep scrolling down to the earlier post at 8.52am, you'll see Maraldi with his passport. Reza had a goatee beard like Maraldi so maybe he had to grow that.
* I read somewhere else that Mr Ali - Alireza Kolmoham - who bought the tickets for them, is now a missing person of interest in an investigation into stolen and *forged passports*. Seems he left Thailand to avoid arrest. Pouria probably had his photo put onto a forgery and he didn't need to look like an elderly gent after all.
Airport staff could be part of the investigation, but if there were any cash bribes we're not likely find out.
I found the passport pictures, I get what you’re saying now. How did Pouria get on the flight? He looks nothing like Kozel! At least Reza is vaguely passable as Maraldi
Pouria Nourmohammadi, as his mother calls him, claims he was a normal Uni student, changed to Christianity which is why he wanted to leave Iran, he was 18 when he boarded flight, 19th birthday end of April.
Mother: Niloufar Vaezi Tehrani, midwife - updated a family planning playlist on YouTube Feb 2023. Linkedin: living and working in Hamburg from 2015/6. Worked as Office Clerk for Sazeh Consultants co. in Iran until 2012. At some point had breast cancer so might be a gap in employment for that, as well as fleeing Iran. Doesn't wear jewellery on ring finger, but did.
Brother's name Ilia Nourmohammadi - likes football, not quite sure if he's a player or would like to be/throw media off the scent. One social media post mentions Allah is with him.
yes! and, iranians can enter turkey without visa. and turkish airline flights eg frbetween tehran and istanbuul or izmir are quite cheap. tuskis mediteranian coast is a often used holiday area for iranians with the money for where they can be relatively free. from there its not that far anymore to reach eu. the passport controls i mentioned as reason that they never would have been allowed by KLM to enter the plane to amsterdam in peking would have occured her at boarding a plane from turkey to amsterdam, frankfurt or kopenhagen. from turkey they would have had other though highly risky äh deadly ways to enter germany or denmark.
Bear with me whilst I catch up, I've had some things to do in real life and then I got lost scouring the internet and maps again.
Germanguy - 'Coming into play' - yep, we say that. I'll happily be called a weird native speaker :D
Jeff/Germanguy - I thought the route was explained by the person booking the tickets for them - it was the cheapest route that day. And didn't they have other flights booked but missed them? I'm probably getting muddled again. The stolen passports being obtained certainly led them to meeting some dubious characters, maybe the booking agent too.
Routes available today may not have been available at the time, just a thought although probably not relevant.
Germanguy - Theory 2 Question: Why would the Iranians need to cover their tracks, if they were agents/hijackers and landing in Kazakhstan?
"Deadly ways to enter Germany or Denmark" - Do you mean via unsafe passage, such as a being locked in the back of a lorry, or something else? Sorry it's late and I'm wondering if I'm missing something.
Both - Turkey is very interesting with regards to the Ukrainians too, as well as Istanbul being a gateway between Europe and Asia.
I wonder how many people took laptops onboard. You don't need to be employed as a computer expert to be a hacker, but there were an awful lot of people on the plane with tech jobs/experience.
Last question, is there any way to check if life insurance policies were taken out for the passengers, shortly before the flight? Maybe I've watched too many movies, listened to too many conspiracy theories podcasts, and that's a step too far into data protection infringement/intelligence gathering. I know families sued but there's that saying: Follow the money.
keeli - "I've had some things to do in real life" - same here. i am totally fine with that. don`t worry.
"a weird native speaker" - LOOOL. thx, you bless me with that.
" the route was explained by the person booking the tickets for them " - yes, remeber that too. CAN be true. but maybe not. all of my points about the iranians mentioned are no hard evidences. just hints to dig deeper because it sounds weird to me for the reasons i noted.
" just a thought although probably not relevant. " - VERY relevant. we can only judge on stituation on that day, not on today.
""Why would the Iranians need to cover their tracks, if they were agents/hijackers and landing in Kazakhstan?" - wehats irritating me more on this poubnt is, that the media found their official story only days after the vanishing of MH3770 wheras jeff need jeyears of recherche to find the details about the ukrainians and the russian. so a bad cover story. or a relly good one because all of us where put on wrong theory about the iranians. i dont know. something that has to be examined.
"Do you mean via unsafe passage" - i meant the 100000 people dying on mediteranian sea when trying to reach europe from lybia, turkey etc. and on the way through the eastern parts of europe starting in greece, whre also way to many refugees die every day.
"
Keelie
54 mins ago
Bear with me whilst I catch up, I've had some things to do in real life and then I got lost scouring the internet and maps again.
Germanguy - 'Coming into play' - yep, we say that. I'll happily be called a weird native speaker :D
Jeff/Germanguy - I thought the route was explained by the person booking the tickets for them - it was the cheapest route that day. And didn't they have other flights booked but missed them? I'm probably getting muddled again. The stolen passports being obtained certainly led them to meeting some dubious characters, maybe the booking agent too.
Routes available today may not have been available at the time, just a thought although probably not relevant.
Germanguy - Theory 2 Question: Why would the Iranians need to cover their tracks, if they were agents/hijackers and landing in Kazakhstan?
"Deadly ways to enter Germany or Denmark" - Do you mean via unsafe passage, such as a being locked in the back of a lorry, or something else? Sorry it's late and I'm wondering if I'm missing something.
Both - Turkey is very interesting with regards to the Ukrainians too, as well as Istanbul being a gateway between Europe and Asia.
I wonder how many people took laptops onboard. " - my point was not, that they took their laptop on board. i did this too on my flights. what puzzles me is that this was almost their only baggage. again there could have been a simple reason for that. its just another one striking me and telling me: dig deeper.
"Last question, is there any way to check if life insurance policies were taken out for the passengers, shortly before the flight?" - great question. malaysian police checked that. there was a leak of that ppolice investigation, florence de "schangie" (dont know how to spell her name correctly) used it in her book. but nobody published the leaked document far as i know. wghat we know is that the captain had no life insurance. that in general there was no strange behaviour of any on the plane in that issue. but i have no solid source saved for that. anybody else?
I've had another read of the articles and if I can repeat, to confirm my understanding :
They travelled to Thailand (Phuket) to obtain stolen EU passports.
They missed 1st March flights to Europe (route unknown), and let's propose that it's a reasonable amount of time for their appearance change, beard growth etc.
They stayed with a student friend in Malaysia for a week until the 8th March flight(s), because it's cheap and he offered to drive them to the airport.
"Cheap" flights for the 8th March to Beijing, Amsterdam, then splitting to Frankfurt for Merhdad, and Copenhagen for Reza - a road bridge away from Malmo and the rest of Sweden, where Swedish Police say he was likely headed. Fun fact, it's the same bridge featured in the scandi noir tv programme The Bridge (English), Bron III Broen (Swedish/Danish).
Baggage - rucksack and laptop, bag and laptop - travelling light is normal for some people. You can move swiftly through airports, especially if you're holding stolen passports, without having to wait at the Baggage carousel. I hope they had a plastic bag, 7 pairs of underwear and socks, at the very least! If not, definitely do not dig deeper - yuk! :D
It looks like "Mr Ali" takes cash for passports and flights, he gives the booking agent a cash "incentive" to find and book the absolute cheapest way to get them to Europe, any route possible, and he keeps most of the money paid to him and tells them "Any problems, plead asylum".
Whether or not this is a cover story is another thing, but that's what it appears to be, right?
Would any of the passengers be recognised by facial recognition tech, if they were able to leave Russia? Of course, they could have cosmetic surgery and their appearance altered, but I'm just wondering if Interpol et al would pick up a 'known to be dead' person? Oh et al means 'and all the others', as in 'and all the other security bodies' - just in case that doesn't make sense.
I'm going to investigate the route and ticket prices a little bit now. Will I go on a 'watch list' if I search "how much does it cost to buy a stolen EU passport"? :D
It's Florence de Changey, I believe.
With regards to things like laptops taken onboard, I'd like to see someone say that they've reviewed what was scanned prior to boarding and didn't find anything of concern - unless I haven't come across that yet. It would be nice to know they didn't miss the cable with the sticky label that said "plug into 777". ;)
Do we know why the Russian wasn't travelling with his other diving group/friends?
The cabin being depressurised is just a theory, right? If all the passengers remained alive for the rest of the flight, then there is no need for breathing apparatus, no need for the Russian in that capacity. The passengers, all or some, could be held captive somewhere now. That's a sad thought.
Sorry if I repeat questions or sound confused. I forget what I've thought and what I've actually asked.
Keelie, Nikolai Brodsky's family gave two answers to the question of why he left his diving group early. The first was that he'd promised his wife that he'd be home to have dinner with her on International Women's Day (just imagine how wrecked he'd be after a red eye followed by a connecting flight from Beijing to Irkutsk). The second story was that he had a prearranged business trip to Mongolia.
I remember the first one now. It made me smile. I was oblivious to it's importance in Russian society what with the 1917 'bread and peace' strike. The other Russian husbands, partners, sons, brothers in his group are lucky to be alive, and all because all of them didn't fly home to be with and celebrate the women in their lives. Russia, with it's fine track record of human rights... Talking of women, Khaliun Batsaikhan became the first Open Water Scuba Instructor in Mongolia in April 2018.
I'll have to try to find that 'documentary' of his wife and his friends.
With regards to tickets - I found a Telegraph article stating Kayak, Momondo and Skyscanner were found to be good comparison sites for cheap flights, here in the UK in 2014. I put in various routes for 8th March 2025 so that the options wouldn't be fully booked, what's available is either an early bird discount, or they're not discounted at all in which case it would be better to search closer to the time. Overall, none of the flights from KLIA to Amsterdam went via China, and they certainly weren't cheaper if I popped Beijing in. There are some direct routes and some interesting stopover options available now.
Of course, a booking agent would have access to an industry booking system and know the tips and tricks to get a cheap flight.
kerli, yes, thats the story of the iranians as we know so far. yes, this can be the real story of them. as i said before, naivity CAN be a valid explanation why they tried that way to europe. we dont know, its just a hypothesis, not a theory. nowhere in the nh370-case we have a theory. only hypothesises.
the key problem with their plan to enter europe with stolen eu-passports is not their appearance. according to the publushrd pix of them from kuala lumpur they didn‘t alter it by surgery.
the key ussue are the passports itself. ALL eu-passports since 2009 are biometrich passports. they contain the fingerprints of the real holder in electronic form. police in germany checks the fingerprints when controlling people. the european airports border control checks the fingerprints. the airline at boarding a plane to schengen area has to check the fingerprint. if they are identical to the ones stored in passport. since you cannot alter your fingerprints you cannot pas this test in any way.
I love Kerli! I've been called all sorts in the past but this is my favourite.
We're giving the hypotheseseseses a real good going over though so that's good!
The reports mentioned altering their appearance. I assumed that would be hair related - hair colour, length and style, eyebrow thickness and shape, beard or clean shaven. You can't age or gain/lose much weight that quickly, and no, surgery would be expensive and take time to heal. The most obvious and easiest thing is to at least try look like the person in the picture, for the initial visual check.
I know the passports were stolen in 2012 but we don't know when those passports were created, it could have been before 2009 - they are valid for 10 years like ours, aren't they?
Fun fact, UK and Irish passports have never had fingerprints. We have a digitised face scan and signature.
My simple brain is getting stuck on two things: their final destinations; their ability to seek asylum and most likely be granted it, eventually. However, I agree that this is a ridiculous route to take, with issues along the way. If nothing else has come to light in 10 years, will it ever?
keeli, sorry for the typo. didn‘t see it. are you jokeing or do you REALLY love „kerli“? haha, do you know, what „kerl“ means in german? irs a very strong, huge and full of of muscles man, like arnold schwarzenegger…
but back to the mh370-drama - great findeng, the news.au-article about pourias mom. sooo sad to read about her feelings.
in general and to be clear, i REALLY hope, that my doubts on the iranians are false positive. i hope that i am wrong. my heart is with the victims of mh370 and their relatives. i don‘t want to sue innocent people. i want that all false possibilities are ruled out and that so the truth will be revealed. the truth is that what honors the victims and all all people who are and were in search of mh370.
yes, the stolen passports may have been older than 2009 and so without digital fingerprints, its something that has to be ruled out.
no, being converted to christianity is in germany not a valid reason for asylum, unfortunately. a couple of weeks ago an iranian who converted, was deported from germany back to iran.
you found the pasport - pix - great. would you be so kind to post the link? would be helpfull for us. thx
I genuinely liked the typo - my husband calls me that, I have straight hair (not curly) so its definitely a quirky way of saying my name. Definitely not a girly girl, but also nothing like Arnie :)
Perhaps converting to Christianity was what the mother wanted to go in the paper, and speculating on any other reason for requesting asylum could be insensitive and not relevant to the investigation. He seems to have a legitimate reason to leave Iran, to be with his mother and brother who must have left sometime during or after 2012.
Not sure what I looked at the other day, but this link will take you to The Guardian's 11th March 2014 updates. It shows Kozel in a 10.12am post, which mentions that Pouria used a version* of his passport:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2014/mar/11/malaysia-airlines-mh370-search-refocused-on-malacca-straits-live-updates?page=with:block-531edfd6e4b06823468fb583#block-531edfd6e4b06823468fb583
If you keep scrolling down to the earlier post at 8.52am, you'll see Maraldi with his passport. Reza had a goatee beard like Maraldi so maybe he had to grow that.
* I read somewhere else that Mr Ali - Alireza Kolmoham - who bought the tickets for them, is now a missing person of interest in an investigation into stolen and *forged passports*. Seems he left Thailand to avoid arrest. Pouria probably had his photo put onto a forgery and he didn't need to look like an elderly gent after all.
Airport staff could be part of the investigation, but if there were any cash bribes we're not likely find out.
I found the passport pictures, I get what you’re saying now. How did Pouria get on the flight? He looks nothing like Kozel! At least Reza is vaguely passable as Maraldi
Brief bit of investigation/stalking...
https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/mother-of-mh370-passenger-with-stolen-passport-breaks-silence/news-story/a10a3b2d76e50d273d6c4b32f61150c4
Pouria Nourmohammadi, as his mother calls him, claims he was a normal Uni student, changed to Christianity which is why he wanted to leave Iran, he was 18 when he boarded flight, 19th birthday end of April.
Mother: Niloufar Vaezi Tehrani, midwife - updated a family planning playlist on YouTube Feb 2023. Linkedin: living and working in Hamburg from 2015/6. Worked as Office Clerk for Sazeh Consultants co. in Iran until 2012. At some point had breast cancer so might be a gap in employment for that, as well as fleeing Iran. Doesn't wear jewellery on ring finger, but did.
Brother's name Ilia Nourmohammadi - likes football, not quite sure if he's a player or would like to be/throw media off the scent. One social media post mentions Allah is with him.