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Romanian Woman Onboard Missing Air France Flight

Romanian Foreign Ministry on Monday confirmed one of the passengers aboard the Air France jet that went missing over the Atlantic Ocean is a Romanian woman.
Romanian Woman Onboard Missing Air France Flight
01 iun. 2009, 20:46, English

 

The Air France plane, carrying 216 passengers and 12 crew members from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, fell off radars as it went into thunderstorms and heavy turbulence over the Atlantic on Monday morning, AFP reported.
 
The plane is presumed to have crashed into the ocean and the passengers are given slim chances of survival.
 
According to the carrier, 80 of those onboard are Brazilian and 73 French. The passengers list includes 18 Germans, nine Italians, six Americans, five Chinese, four Hungarians, two Spanish, two British, two Moroccans and two Irish. 
 
On board were also one national each from the following states: Angola, Argentina, Belgium, Island, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey, Philippines and Switzerland, AFP mentioned.