"During a press conference held by Malaysias Transportation Minister, the number of Indonesians on board of the plane is revised to be 7 not 12 like what has been reported earlier," the statement said.
Earlier Malaysia Airlines on its official website malaysiaairlines.com stated flight MH370 was carrying a total number of 239 passengers and crew - comprising 227 passengers (including 2 infants), 12 crew members.
The passengers were of 14 different nationalities - citizens from China (152 plus 1 infant), Malaysia (38), Indonesia (12), Australia (7), France (3), United States of America (3 plus 1 infant), New Zealand (2), Ukraine (2), Canada (2), Russia (1), Italy (1), Taiwan (1), Netherlands (1) and Austria (1).
Flight MH370 was operated on a Boeing 777-200 aircraft. It departed Kuala Lumpur at 00.41 am on Saturday morning bound for Beijing.
The aircraft was scheduled to land at Beijing International Airport at 6.30am local Beijing time. However the aircraftv lost contact with Subang air traffic control at around 02.40 am.
Reporter: Amie Fenia Arimbi
Editor: Aditia Maruli Radja
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