Stolen Passports Prompt Terror Concerns in Missing Jet, Officials Say -- NBC
U.S. officials told NBC News on Saturday they are investigating terrorism concerns after two people listed as passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines jet turned out not to be on the plane and had reported their passports stolen.
“We are aware of the reporting on the two stolen passports,” one senior official said. “We have not determined a nexus to terrorism yet, although it’s still very early, and that’s by no means definitive.”
U.S. officials said they were checking into passenger manifests and going back through intelligence.
Luigi Maraldi, 37, was the only Italian on a passenger manifest released by the airline after the jet disappeared over the South China Sea.
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Update: Stolen European passports on missing plane -- AP
My Comment: Terror concerns are being raised. Will update as more information becomes available. (This will be later tonight .... I have a family engagement to attend to this afternoon/evening).
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