MH370, Ada Kargo Misterius Tanpa Manifes Penerbangan?
MH370 Had Been Loaded with Items Not Specified on the Manifest?
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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MISTERI yang menyelimuti kargo yang dibawa MH370 muncul kembali Jumat lalu ketika diketahui bahwa kargo tersebut memuat item-item yang tak diterangkan dalam manifes penerbangan.
MH370 dilaporkan mengangkut 4,566 ton manggis dan baterai lithium yang merupakan bagian dari konsinyasi terpisah, seperti dilansir Mail Online pada Minggu (4/5).
Baterai-baterai ini sendiri berberat 200 kg, sedangkan konsinyasi terpisah berberat total 2,453 ton. Jadi, ada sisa 2,253 ton barang yang tidak diketahui yang diangkut MH370. Barang apakah ini?
Pertanyaan ini muncul kembali setelah pencarian MH370 di Samudera Hindia yang sejauh ini tidak membuahkan hasil apa-apa. Pencarian di Samudera Hindia itu telah menutup sementara kecurigaan pada sisa 2,253 ton muatan MH370 yang tak diketahui jenis barangnya itu.
Misteri ini mencuat setelah seorang juru bicara Malaysia Airlines menyatakan tak akan mengungkapkan sisa 2,253 ton isi kargo MH370.
"Saya tak bisa mengungkap lebih dalam lagi karena investigasi tengah berlangsung," kata sang juru bicara kepada koran Malaysia The Star. "Kami telah disuruh para penasehat hukum kami untuk tidak membicarakan soal itu."
Juru bicara itu juga mengatakan dia bahkan tidak boleh menyebutkan nama perusahaan yang membuat baterai lithium itu dengan alasan rahasia.
Sisa kargo itu tak pernah disebutkan dalam manifes MH370 namun Malaysia Airlines berkata kepada The Star bahwa konsinyasi sisa itu berisi aksesoris radio dan charger.
Manifes MH370 hanya menyebutkan NNR Global telah mengapalkan 133 bagian dari sebuah item berberat 1,99 ton dan 67 bagian dari item lainnya berberat 463 kg sehingga berat toral 2,453 ton.
Berapa banyak dan seberat apa baterai lithium dimuatkan di MH370 tak dirincikan dalam manifes, kendati bos Malaysia Airlines Ahmad Yahya berkata kepada media 24 Maret lalu bahwa itu adalah baterai-baterai dengan berat total 200 kg.
Apa yang diterangkan dalam manifes berkaitan dengan baterai-baterai litium itu adalah bahwa paket itu mesti ditangani hati-hati karena mengandung bahan mudah terbakar.
Menurut The Star, NNR Global terletak di gudang kargo bandara kurang lebih 100 yard dari Bandara Internasional Penang.
"Kompleks itu dijaga polisi dan hanya mereka yang berkartu pengenal yang boleh masuk," lapor The Star.
Baterai lithium dan item-item misterius itu disebut sebagai suku cadang radio yang dialamatkan ke NNR Global Logistics di Beijing, namun sebuah perusahaan bernama JHJ International Transportation Co Ltd di Beijing terdaftar sebagai pengoleksi kargo atas nama NNR.
A MYSTERY surrounding the cargo being carried by the missing Malaysian Airlines plane emerged on Friday when it was discovered that it had been loaded with items not specified on the manifest.
The aircraft was carrying 4.566 tonnes of mangosteens - an exotic fruit - and a shipment of lithium batteries, which were part of a separate consignment.
The batteries weighed 200kg, but that separate consignment totalled 2.453 tonnes. So what was being carried to make up the 2.253 tonnes in that separate shipment?
Questions have been raised as Malaysia Airlines said it will close assistance centres in Beijing and Kuala Lumpur for the families of the 239 passengers and crew on board the Boeing 777-200ER jet.
The closures come after rescuers abandoned their fruitless air search for the missing jet, which had focused on a remote area of the Indian Ocean off Australia´s west coast.
The mystery was sparked by a spokesman for the company that shipped the batteries telling a Malaysian newspaper that he would not reveal what the remaining 2.253 tonnes of cargo were.
´I cannot reveal more because of the ongoing investigations,´ the spokesman told The Star newspaper. ´We have been told by our legal advisers not to talk about it.´
The spokesman said he could not even name the company which manufactured the batteries, insisting that the matter was confidential.
Questioned about the fact that a mystery cargo was not stated in the manifest, Malaysian Airlines told the paper that the rest of the consignment was ´radio accessories and chargers.´
A statement from the airline said that the freight not specified had been ´declared as radio accessories´, despite there being no reference to this in the manifest released publicly last Thursday.
What the manifest does say is that NNR Global shipped 133 pieces of one item weighing 1.99 tonnes and 67 pieces of another item weighing 463kg for a total ´consolidated weight´ of 2.453 tonnes.
Just how many lithium batteries had been loaded, or their weight, are not specified in the manifest, although Malaysian Airlines boss Ahmad Yahya told a media conference in Kuala Lumpur on March 24 that the batteries weighed a total of 200kg.
What the manifest does say, in respect of the lithium batteries, is that ´the package must be handled with care and that a flammability hazard exists if the package is damaged.
´Special procedures must be followed in the event the package is damaged, to include inspection and repacking if necessary.´
There has been earlier speculation that a fire involving the batteries might have been the cause of the aircraft´s fate.
According to The Star, shippers NNR Global are located at an air freight forwarding warehouse located less than 100 yards from the Penang International Airport.
´The complex is guarded by the police and only those with passes are allowed entry,´ the newspaper said, following its investigation into the unspecified cargo.
A consolidated shipment combines several individual consignments to make up a full container load.
At the port of destination, the consolidated shipment is separated back into individual consignments for delivery to their respective consignees.
The lithium batteries and the other mystery items that are said to be radio parts were addressed to NNR Global Logistics in Beijing, but a company named JHJ International Transportation Co.Ltd of Beijing was to collect the cargo on its behalf.
