Missing MAS flight: Both imposters bought tickets from China Southern Airlines

BEIJING: The two imposters who boarded the missing plane using stolen passports apparently bought their tickets from China Southern Airlines, which shares the Kuala Lumpur-Beijing route with Malaysian Airlines (MAS).

China Southern Airlines on Saturday announced on its Sina Weibo microblog that seven passengers from the missing flight MH370 were their customers, including an Italian and an Austrian. It had also issued tickets to one Chinese passanger, one Dutch, one Malaysian and two Ukrainians.