The Red Sea Sharks

Tintin and Capt. Haddock are returning from a movie, when they have an unexpected meeting with General Alcazar . Alcazar speaks very little, saying that he is in a hurry. While leaving, he drops his wallet. Tintin retrieves it and tries to return it to him, but by then, he's out of sight. Tintin searches for him at a hotel, but fails to locate him. They open his wallet to find some peculiar photographs of fighter aircraft. Tintin rings up a location given in Alcazar's wallet, but fails to locate him there. They come home to find the pesky Abdullah up to his pranks. The captain is told that he has come from Israel, sent for safe-keeping by his father. Abdullah makes Haddock furious. Next morning, the Thompsons come to Marlinspike . They are on Alcazar's tail. They inform Tintin of Alcazar's deal with a man named Dawson , in smuggling aircraft. Tintin sees Alcazar chatting with Dawson in a hotel. He decides to follow Dawson and comes to a warehouse complex. But a cheap trick of Abdullah's makes Tintin flee from the crime-scene. Tintin comes home and decides to go to Wadesdah . The Captain agrees to accompany him. They fly to Khemed , but are rounded up and sent back to Beirut . Unbeknownst to them, a time-bomb is on the plane. Suddenly the aircraft's engine catches fire and the pilot is forced to land. After all the passengers have escaped, the bomb explodes, luckily harming none. Tintin and Haddock decide to travel to Wadesdah by foot. Midway, the Captain