Nationality | Pass. | Crew | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Australia | 6 | 6 | |
Canada | 2 | 2 | |
China | 152 | 152 | |
France | 4 | 4 | |
Hong Kong[121] | 1 | 1 | |
India | 5 | 5 | |
Indonesia | 7 | 7 | |
Iran[b] | 2 | 2 | |
Malaysia | 38 | 12 | 50 |
Netherlands | 1 | 1 | |
New Zealand | 2 | 2 | |
Russia | 1 | 1 | |
Taiwan | 1 | 1 | |
Ukraine | 2 | 2 | |
United States | 3 | 3 | |
Total (15 nationalities) | 227 | 12 | 239 |
2 Ukrainians and 1 Russian, even. Hmmmm.... Getting media attention away from Putin and his invasion of Ukraine?
I think that two of the Americans were pre- schoolers with Chinese parents plus the Texas IBM guy.
Malaysian police named one as Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad, 18, and said he was probably migrating to Germany.
Interpol identified the other as Delavar Seyed Mohammadreza, 29.
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing on Saturday, after taking off with 239 on board.
The search has been widened.
Experts have said the presence of two people with stolen passports on a plane was a breach of security, but one that is relatively common in a region regarded as a hub for illegal migration.
Malaysia's police chief, Inspector General Khalid Abu Bakar, said the younger Iranian was "not likely to be a member of a terrorist group",
adding that the authorities were in contact with his mother in Germany, who had been expecting her son to arrive in Frankfurt.
Speaking in Paris later on Tuesday, Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble said the two men had travelled from Qatar's capital Doha on their Iranian passports, and switched to stolen Italian and Austrian passports to board the Malaysia Airlines flight.