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Police were tonigt probing a mystery Iranian called “Mr Ali” who bought the tickets for passengers who used stolen passports on the missing Malaysian plane.

“Mr Ali” purchased the flights from a travel agent after insisting he wanted “cheap” tickets.

There was still no sign of the Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 which has disappeared without trace.

Authorities admitted the incident was an “unprecedented mystery” as they struggled to make any headway in the investigation.

The FBI became involved when a Thai travel agent admitted she had arranged the travel for an Iranian customer she only knew as “Mr Ali.”

Grand Horizon travel agency owner Benjaporn Krutnait said she had been asked to book inexpensive flights for Europe on March the 1st.

Eventually she purchased the two tickets for the doomed flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and on to Amsterdam.