An Italian man, whose name was listed as having boarded the MAS flight MH370 that was reported missing on Saturday, was not on board the plane.

According to reports, someone else had used the passport of Luigi Maraldi to board the plane. He is alive and well in Thailand on a holiday.

Italy’s foreign ministry functionary, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed that Maraldi had reported his passport stolen last August.

According to Italian newspaper, La Repubblica, Maraldi returned home after his passport was stolen and had a new one issued.

When officials heard of the missing plane, they went to his parents’ home but they said their son was alive and well in Thailand, and had called to say he was fine.

“I am fine, I was not on the flight,” he told his parents.

London’s Daily Mirror reported that a second passenger on the flight had also used a stolen passport.

Austrian authorities have confirmed that Christan Kozel “is safe and well.”

Kozel told Austrian newspaper De Standard that his passport was stolen when he visited Thailand two years ago.

It is still unclear as to who had travelled on MH370 under the two names.

American Travellers Late for Missing Malaysia Flight Tweet Relief
An extraordinary series of Tweets between a US traveller, Kaiden Dawson and his friends appears to show the terror and relief of believing he was aboard and then discovering he and his friend had missed his flight – apparently because of a work-related row.

@KaidenDL – who according to his twitter profile is a "CEO, Fiancé, Son, Brother, Father, Uncle, Friend, Painter, Philanthropist" from the Pacific Northwest – was meant to be aboard flight MH370 with a friend, "Rory".

But he and his companion missed the flight, owing to an office row. He tweeted:

A close friend, Cylithria Dubois, apparently believing Kaiden was aboard tweeted:

"Omfg @KaidenDL please tell me uyo missed your flight to bejiing.... Dude... Where are you... @thisnamesuckz where is my kaid"

A little later Cylithria tweeted:

"Can confirm Tad & RK fine.... Can't reach kaid. I keepgetti g his voicemail. Hve office trying to locate @KaidenDL please kaid getintouch"

Cylithria's tweets become more urgent, but then a tweet from Kaiden says:

"@Cylithria I am so sorry. Get off your phone, I can't call through sweetheart. I love you. I'm so sorry."

Cylithria immediately replies:

"KaidenDL ohgod thankyu. Letme notify odfice. Omg I love you"

Explaining why he had missed the flight, Kaiden tweets: "I was very angry at Ria, because she'd gotten sick and I had to cover her. I was working on that, missed my flight to China. Grew angrier."

Once Cylithria had learned her friend was safe she tweeted:
"Please, Universe, please carry delicately the MH370 flight, people on board, and those who wait for news. Please, be tender."

As yet there is no news of the 239 passengers and crew aboard Flight MH370. Ships from Vietnam, China and Malaysia are searching the South China Sea. Malaysia Airlines' Vice President, Fuad Sharuji, told CNN's Anderson Cooper in an interview that the plane would have run out of fuel within two hours of going missing.





uk.news.yahoo.com/american-travellers-mi...4150176.html#lqkQLs6

Two additional people also missed the flight and are alive to tell the tale

funnyday wrote:
I think OI was trying to say that someone else boarded the flight as the Italian national

lol reading into it again was I. Its time for another or three!

Freescale Semiconductor Employees Confirmed Passengers on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 8, 2014-- Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) has confirmed that 20 of its employees were confirmed passengers on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Twelve are from Malaysia and eight are from China. The entire Freescale Semiconductor community is deeply saddened by this news. The company is continuing to monitor the situation and will provide more information as it becomes available.

“At present, we are solely focused on our employees and their families,” said Gregg Lowe, president and CEO, Freescale. “Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this tragic event.”

The company has assembled counselors and other professionals through Freescale’s Employee Assistance Program, with around-the-clock support for those impacted by this tragedy.

Apparently some of the passengers cell phones are still ringing but just ring out.
Thought that might yield some clues as to their whereabouts....

Aliens... it has crossed my mind, yes, or could be just another case of pilot incompetence like the crash of Air France Flight 447

Apparently (not sourced) all 20 of those employees were involved in the auto-electric industry, ie. non-petrol cars.