228 nationals from 32 countries on board AF 447

Buenos Aires: Air France has identified 32 nationalities among the 216 passengers on board Air France 447, which has been missing since Monday over the Atlantic on its flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

The information was posted on the airline's website.

Not apparently included in the list on the website were the 12 crew members.

Passengers included 61 French, 58 Brazilians, 26 Germans, nine Italians, nine Chinese, six Swiss, five Lebanese, five Britons, four Hungarians, three Slovakians, three Irish, three Norwegians; two each from Spain, US, Morocco, Poland; one each from South Africa, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Gambia, Iceland, Netherlands, Philippines, Rumania, Russia, Sweden, Turkey.