Also, it seems they might cut a deal with those pilots and crew if they spill the beans on who they worked with, and help them trace the route. This would be interesting, the connection between North Korean official companies such as Air Koryo which is a party to international agreements, and internal black weapons dealers in the Ukraine, and then the final (assumed) destination of Iran.
Also, this:
Crew of plane carrying North Korean arms may face death sentence--The Kazakh and Belarusian crew of a plane caught transporting arms from North Korea may face the death penalty, a Thai paper said on Wednesday, citing police. The Il-76 cargo plane, carrying about 40 tons of weaponry, was seized after landing for refueling at Bangkok's Don Muang airport on December 12. Officials said the weapons included missiles and rocket-propelled grenades. The paper quoted a senior police official as saying that the crew would be charged with the illegal possession of explosives, punishable by "from two years to death." The plane's five crew members, one Belarus national and four Kazakhs, were taken to Bangkok's Klong Prem Central Prison after their arrest. The Bangkok Post quoted investigators as saying the crew were planning to offload part of their cargo in Sri Lanka and the Middle East. However, the suspects reportedly refused to name the buyers or locations. The plane's Belarusian commander earlier said that the plane had flown from Ukraine, and claimed that neither he nor the other crewmembers knew of the military nature of the cargo. (RIA Novosti Press)