The authorities are investigating the possibility of foul play following a report that an Italian national listed on MH370's flight manifest never boarded the plane.
According to foreign news reports, passenger Luigi Maraldi, 37, was listed on the flight manifest released by Malaysia Airlines earlier, but Italian newspaper Corriere Della Serra reported that he was not on the plane.
Maraldi reportedly lost his passport in Thailand last August.
"They (Malaysian authorities) have it (the information) but it is still under (review)," Deputy Transport Minister Aziz Kaprawi told reporters late this evening at a hotel in KLIA.
This comes as CNN reported that Austrian officials confirm that the sole Austrian listed on the manifest, Christian Kozel, did not board the plane and had his passport stolen.
"An Austrian citizen listed as a passenger on missing Malaysia Airlines plane was not aboard, and his passport had been stolen two years ago, official tells CNN," the news brief on CNN's website reads.
Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, however, cautioned against further speculation.
08/03/14 Malaysia Chronicle
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According to foreign news reports, passenger Luigi Maraldi, 37, was listed on the flight manifest released by Malaysia Airlines earlier, but Italian newspaper Corriere Della Serra reported that he was not on the plane.
Maraldi reportedly lost his passport in Thailand last August.
"They (Malaysian authorities) have it (the information) but it is still under (review)," Deputy Transport Minister Aziz Kaprawi told reporters late this evening at a hotel in KLIA.
This comes as CNN reported that Austrian officials confirm that the sole Austrian listed on the manifest, Christian Kozel, did not board the plane and had his passport stolen.
"An Austrian citizen listed as a passenger on missing Malaysia Airlines plane was not aboard, and his passport had been stolen two years ago, official tells CNN," the news brief on CNN's website reads.
Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, however, cautioned against further speculation.
08/03/14 Malaysia Chronicle
