Passports stolen The flight was carrying 154 people from China or Taiwan, 38 Malaysians, seven Indonesians, six Australians and five Indians, the airline said. There were also three US citizens, four from French, two passengers each from New Zealand, Ukraine, and Canada, and one each from Italy, the Netherlands, Russia and Austria, the airline said in a statement. However, Foreign Ministry officials in Rome and Vienna later said names of two nationals listed as passengers matched passports reported stolen in Thailand. The Austrian, whose passport was stolen two years ago, was found safe at home, a ministry spokesman said. Italian news agency ANSA said Luigi Maraldi called home after hearing reports that an Italian with his name was aboard the plane. Al Jazeeras Rob McBride, reporting from Beijing, said that it is a very hard situation for the airline as it does not have the visual confirmation that its plane has crashed. The company does not want to say so until it has confirmation, he said. Al Jazeera’s Florence Looi, reporting from Kuala Lumpur, said that the search teams concentrate rescue efforts on the area where contact was last made with the aircraft. The airline said it was working with authorities in the search efforts to locate the aircraft.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 17:16:45 +0000
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