Nationalities Of Passengers Aboard Jet
Air France Confirms Nationalities Of Passengers Who Were On Board Flight 447
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Undated file photo made available by Airbus, showing an Airbus A330-200 jetliner from the French company Air France. (AP Photo/Airbus)
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A man, looking for information on the Airfrance flight 447 that was reported missing on its way between Rio de Janeiro and Paris, is escorted by airport employees to a private room at Tom Jobim airport in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, June 01, 2009. (AP Photo/Ricardo Moraes)
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An unidentified man, third right, looking for information about the Air France flight reported missing, is escorted by airport employees to a private room at Tom Jobim airport in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, June 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Ricardo Moraes)
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Air France is now able to confirm the nationalities of the passengers who were on board flight AF 447 on 31 May 2009, which disappeared between Rio de Janeiro and Paris-Charles de Gaulle. This list is based on the information provided by the Brazilian Authorities.
• 2 American
• 1 Argentinian
• 1 Austrian
• 1 Belgian
• 58 Brazilian
• 5 British
• 1 Canadian
• 9 Chinese
• 1 Croatian
• 1 Danish
• 1 Dutch
• 1 Estonian
• 1 Filipino
• 61 French
• 1 Gambian
• 26 German
• 4 Hungarian
• 3 Irish
• 1 Icelandic
• 9 Italian
• 5 Lebanese
• 2 Moroccan
• 3 Norwegians
• 2 Polish
• 1 Romanian
• 1 Russian
• 3 Slovakian
• 2 Spanish
• 1 Swedish
• 6 Swiss
• 1 Turkish
Air France expresses its deepest sympathy to the relatives and friends of the passengers and crew who were on board this flight.
Air France is doing its utmost to provide support to relatives and friends: counselling with physicians and psychologists as well as specially trained Air France volunteers has been set up at the airports of Paris-Charles de Gaulle 2 and Rio de Janeiro.
Air France has also established a special toll-free number for the attention of relatives and friends of passengers who may have been on board. They can use this number to obtain information on whether or not a member of their family or friends was on board.
Phone number reserved for relatives and friends
0800 800 812 in France,
0800 881 20 20 in Brazil,
and + 33 1 57 02 10 55 for calls from all other countries.
Air France will release further information as soon as it is available.
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