Nationalities on board missing Air France flight

Seventy-three French nationals, 58 Brazilians and 26 Germans were among the 228 people of more than 30 nationalities on an Air France jet that is missing over the Atlantic, officials and the airline said.

Air France said that, as well as its 12 French crew members, the following passengers were on the Rio de Janeiro-Paris flight:

61 French nationals

58 Brazilians

26 Germans

9 Chinese

9 Italians

6 Swiss

5 British

5 Lebanese

4 Hungarians

3 Irish

3 Norwegians

3 Slovaks

2 Americans

2 Moroccans

2 Poles

1 Argentine

1 Austrian

1 Belgian

1 Canadian

1 Croatian

1 Danish

1 Dutch

1 Estonian

1 Filipino

1 Gambian

1 Icelandic

1 Romanian

1 Russian

1 South African

1 Swedish

1 Turkish

AFP