Air France Flight 447 Passenger List: 204 Names, 32 Nationalities

by Tina Kells | June 1, 2009 at 10:35 am

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Air France has released a preliminary Flight 447 passenger list showing the nationalities, but not yet officially listing the names, of all 228 people on board the plane which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean.

To date, NowPublic has complied a list of 204 names of passengers on Air France Flight 447 from various media reports.

It is believed that Air France Flight 447 broke up in air after a computer failure and officials for the airline has already offered condolences to the families of passengers and crew. On June 6, 2009 Brazilian authorities announced the discovery of two male bodies and a bag with a Flight 447 ticket, but they still have not released an official list of the names of those on board the plane.

Following the announcement by the Brazilian authorities that bodies have been found, Air France wishes to express its deep sadness and compassion to the families and friends of the passengers and crew lost on flight AF 447. This news is of capital importance to everyone.

The five nations with the most people on board the doomed flight are; France, Brazil, Germany, China and Italy. There were 5 Britons, 2 Americans and 1 Canadian on board.

List of Names of Passengers on Flight 447 - Ongoing Compilation from Media Reports - Current List 204 of 228 - Names in Alphabetical Order by First Name

Abdel Kader Benotmane (with Otmane Teguadon)
Adrian S (German national)
Adriana Moreira Henriques
Adriana Francisca Van Sluijs
Ahmed Faouzi
Aisling Butler
Akram Ku
Alazar Laetitia
Albert Kersten
Alexander Bjoroy, age 11
Alexander C (German national)
Aisling Butler
Ana Carolina Rodrigues da Silva (husband: Pablo Dreyfus)
Ana Luisa Curty
Andree VN (German national)
Andrei Kiselev
Andrés Suárez Montes
Angela Cristina de Oliveira Silva (husband: Enzo Canaletto)
Anidjar Shlomo
Anna Black Barrabeig
Anne Harris (wife: Michael Harris)
Anne-Marie Boulleray
Anne-Marie Wilhelm (wife: Jean-Luc Wilhelm)
Angela Cristina de Oliveira Silva
Antonio Augusto Gueiros
Arden Juguetes
Arnold Gergel
Arthur Coakley
Audrey Quesada Zrelli (husband: Hatem Zrelli)
Aurélia Pasquet
Bassam Murr
Bianca Machado Cotta
Brad Clemes
Bruno Pelajo
Cathy Arrondo
Carlos Alberto Mateus
Carlos Eduardo Lopes de Mello
Carmen E (daughter: Clara Sofie E, age 2; father: Rolf E; mother: Hannelore E)
Cécile Guitare (with François Henry)
Cédric Monteiro
Clara Sofie E, age 2 (mother: Carmen E)
Claudia Degli Esponse
Claus-Peter Hellhammer
Chen Qingwei
Chiping Chen
Christiane Zeuthen
Christin Pieraerts
Christine Badr Schnabl (son: Philipe Schnabl, age 5)
Christophe Paus
Cordioli Agostino
Daniel Bencat
Daniela A (German national)
David Sebastian
Deise Possamai
Dennis L (German national)
Elise Chabanne
Eduardo Moreno
Eithne Walls
Enzo Canaletto (wife: Angela Cristina de Oliveira Silva)
Erich Heine
Fabrice Pezzoni
Fatma Ceren Necipoglu
Ferdinand Porcaro
Flirty Caroline (husband: Sébastien Vedovati)
Fouad Haddour
Francisco Eudes Mesquita Valle (aka Francisco Valle Eudes Mosque)
François Henry (with Cécile Guitare)
Gao Xing
Georg Lercher
George Martin
Giambattista Lenzi
Gianni Zortea
Gilles Dutheil
Giovanni Batista Lenzi
Graham Gardner
Gustave Thill Guy
Gustavo Peretti Mattos
H. Claus (German national)
Hannelore E (husband: Rolf E; daughter Carmen E; grand daughter: Clara Sofie E, age 2; German nationals)
Hans H (German national)
Harold Maximillian Winner
Hatem Zrelli (wife: Audrey Zrelli)
Hélène Leybros (with Vincent Poitrenaud)
Helge Gustafsson
Hussein Khalifeh
Ines G (German national)
Iris H (German national)
Iris M (German national)
Isabelle Bonin (husband: Pierre-Cedric Bonin - Copilot)
Isabelle Hocabaeff (husband: Yvan Hocabaeff)
Isis Pinet (husband: José Amorim Ronnel)
Ivan Lorgeré
Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler
Jadir Hilton Silveira de Souza (aka Hilton Jadie)
Jane Axeldota
Jane Deasy
Jassem Zrelli, age 1 (parents Audrey Zrelli and Hatem Zrelli)
Jean-Claude Lozouet
Jiachun Zhuo
Jean-Luc Wilhelm (wife: Anne-Marie Wilhelm)
Jessica Chaves de Miranda Schmidt
João Marques da Silva Filho
José Amorim Ronnel (wife: Isis Pinet)
José Gregório Marques
Jose Souza
José Roberto Gomes
Jozsef Gallasz
Júlia Chaves de Miranda Schmidt
Juliana Ferreira Braga de Aquino
Karsten Moholt Jr
Karsten Aleksander Moholt
Katja R (German national)
Koo Hak-rim
Kristian Berg Andersen
Ku Hak-rim
Laetitia Alazar
Laura Rahal
Leonardo Veloso Dardengo
Leonardo Pereira Leite
Letícia Chem (daughter: Dr. Roberto Corrêa Chem and Vera Chem)
Lucas Galiano Juca
Luciana Clarkson Seba (husband: Paulo Valle Brito)
Luiz Roberto Anastacio
Luigi Zortéa
Luis Cláudio Monlevad
Luiz Roberto Anastácio
Lutz U (German national)
M. Owondon Owondon
Marcela Marques Pellizzon
Marcelle Valpaços Fonseca Lima
Marcelo Parente Gomes de Oliveira
Marcia Moscon de Faria
Marco Antonio Camargos Mendonça
Maria de Fátima Brito Valle
Maria G (Austrian national)
Maria Tereza Gregório Marques
Marie-Josée Treillis
Martin (German national)
Mateus Nazareth Ceva Antunes (aka Matthew)
Matthias P (German national)
Michael Harris (husband: Anne Harris)
Michael Hudec
Mingwen Li
Moritz Kock
Nathalie Marroig
Neil Warrior
Nelson Marinho Filho
Nicolas Touillou
Octavio Augusto Ceva Antunes
Olivier Guérineau (wife: Sabrina Guérineau)
Olivier Guillot-Noël
Otmane Teguadon (with Abdel Kader Benotmane)
Pablo Dreyfus (wife: Ana Carolina Rodrigues)
Pascal Tongue
Patricia Nazareth Antunes
Paulitsch Alexander
Paulo Valle Brito (wife: Luciana Clarkson Seba)
Philipe Schnabl, age 5 (mother: Christine Schnabl)
Prince Pedro Luis De Orleans E Braganca
Raja Moukha Tazi
Ralf K (German national)
Regine E (German national)
Renate W (German national)
Rino Zandonai
Rita Gallasz Jozsef Szarvas (and unidentified son, 7)
Dr. Roberto Corrêa Chem (husband: Vera Chem; father: Letícia Chem)
Rolf E (wife: Hannelore E; daughter Carmen E; grand daughter: Clara Sofie E, age 2; German nationals)
Ronald Dreyer
Ronnel Jose Amorim
Sabrina Guérineau (husband: Olivier Guérineau)
Sandrine Artiguenave
Sana Zrelli, age 3 (parents Audrey Zrelli and Hatem Zrelli)
Sébastien Vedovati (wife: Flirty Caroline)
Silvio Barbato
Simone Jacomo dos Santos Elias
Soluwellington Vieira de Sá
Sonia al Muallem
Sonia Maria Amorim
Sonia Maria Cordeiro Porcaro
Sophie Le Corvec
Stefan B (German national)
Stephane Artiguenave
Sun Lianyou
Tadeu Dias de Moraes
Valnilzia Betler
Vanderleia Carraro
Vera Chem
Veronica Ivanovitch
Véronique Gaignard
Vincent Poitrenaud (with Hélène Leybros)
Violet Bajenaru DeClerck
Virginie Mommayou
Walter Carrilho Junior
Xiao Xang
Yvan Hocabaeff (wife: Isabelle Hocabaeff)
Zhang Qingbo
Zoran Markovic
Zuobing Shen

Crew:

Anne Grimout, 49, French, head of the crew
Mar Clara Amado, 32, Argentina with French, crew
David Robert, 37, French, Copilot Flight AF 447
Lucas Gagriano Juca, 24, Commissioner - single crew Brazil
Marc Dubois, 58, French, commander of flight AF 447
Pierre-Cedric Bonin, 32, Copilot Flight AF447

The Air France Flight 447 Passenger List - By Nationality

61 French
58 Brazilians
26 Germans
9 Chinese
9 Italians
6 Swiss
5 Britons
5 Lebanese
4 Hungarian
3 Irish
3 Norwegians
3 Slovakians
2 Americans
2 Moroccans
2 Poles
2 Spanish
1 Argentinian
1 Austrian
1 Belgian
1 Canadian
1 Croatian
1 Danish
1 Dutch
1 Estonian
1 Filipino
1 Gambian
1 Icelandic
1 Romanian
1 Russian
1 South African
1 Swedish
1 Turk

Air France Passenger List - Names

(as collected from voluntary disclosure by family members in news reports)

Prince Pedro Luis De Orleans E Braganca

Prince Pedro Luis De Orleans E Braganca, third in line for the Brazilian throne and 35th in line for the French throne, was confirmed to have been on the missing airplane Air France Flight 447.

Aisling Butler

Jane Deasy

Eithne Walls

That's how their families want to remember Aisling Butler, 26, Jane Deasy, 27, and Eithne Walls, 29 — three of the 228 passengers who met with tragedy as Air France Flight 447 ended up in the Atlantic Ocean.

Alexander Bjoro, 11 years old

Alexander Bjoroy had been returning to Clifton College Preparatory School in Bristol from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after the half-term break when the jet went missing.

His headmaster John Milne said: "Alexander joined the prep school in January, 2009, and was a well-liked and respected boarder who will be sorely missed by his fellow pupils and staff.

"Our deepest sympathies and condolences are with the family in Brazil at this time."

Brad Clemes

Brad Clemes, a 49-year-old father of two adult sons, was on the plane, his brother Blair Clemes confirmed to CBC News. He is originally from Guelph, Ont., and has been living with his wife in Belgium and working for the past 14 years as an executive for Coca-Cola.

Adriana Francesca van Sluijs

One woman, Vasti Ester van Sluijs, told AFP she jumped into a taxi as soon as she heard her daughter's flight — an overnight Air France service from Rio de Janeiro to Paris — had disappeared from the radar over the Atlantic Ocean.

"My daughter, Adriana Francesca, was on the plane," she said, shocked. Her daughter had been on her way to Paris for a connecting flight to Seoul, for business, she added.

The situation with Air France Brazil workers and victim relatives:

Air France workers were absent Monday morning from the company's counters in Rio's international airport. Relatives were sent by the airport administration to a crisis center. Air France booked 150 rooms in a hotel to accommodate relatives as they awaited release of the passenger list.

A couple of high level international company executives are believed to have been on board; Erich Heine and Luiz Roberto Anastacio.

The Michelin tire company said three of its executives were on the flight, including the president of its South American operations, Luiz Roberto Anastacio.

It is also believed that Erich Heine, an executive board member at the German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp, was on board.

Partial List of Names From Media Reports

1.) Eirch Heine - President of Admistration Council of ThyssenKrupp-Companhia Siderurgica do Atlantico(CSA)

2.) Luis Roberto Anastacio - President Michelin South America

3.) Antonio Guerios - IT Director Michelin

4.) Christin Pieraerts - Employee Michelin

5.) Dr. Roberto Correa Chem - Plastic Surgeon - Director of Skin Bank and Chief of Plastic Surgery Service of Porto Alegre Hospital.(Porto Alegre is a City in the South of Brazil)

6.) Vera Chem (Wife of Dr. Chem)

7.) Leticia Chem (daughter of Dr. Chem - International Roaming manager of OI Phone Company

8.) Deise Possamai

9.) Marcelo Parente - Chief of Staff of Rio de Janeiro Mayor.

10.) Leonardo Veloso Dardengo - Oceanographer

11.) Pedro Luiz de Orleans e Braganca - Prince - Descendant of Don Pedro II Brazilian Emperor 1822-1831

12.) Rino Zandonai - Director of the Trentini Nel Mondo Onlus Association - Italy

13.) Giambattista Lenzi - Regional Conselor of Trentino Alto Adige - Italy

14.) Gianni Zortea - Mayor, Canal San Bovo - Italy

15.) Silvio Barbato - Conductor Rio Municipal Theater.

Aisling Butler, 26, Doctor

Brad Clemes, 49 - Canadian from Guelph, Ontario; Coca-Cola executive

Arthur Coakley, 61; British, Structural Engineer for PDMS

Jane Deasy, 27; Irish; Doctor

Michael Harris, 60: American from Lafayette, Louisiana; Geologist

Anne Harris; American, Wife of Michael Harris

Zoran Markovic, 45; Croatian, from Kosteji, Croatia; Sailor

Eithne Walls, 29; Irish; Doctor

Alexander Bjoroy, 11; British

Xiao Xang, 35, Chinese Scientist

Ku Hak-rim, 39; Korean, Head of Shipping Company

Hatem Zrelli, 30; French-Tunisian, Control Agent for Carrefoure

Audrey Zrelli, 27; Wife of Hatem Zrelli

Sana Zrelli, 3; Daughter of Audrey and Hatem Zrelli

Jassem Zrelli, 1; Son of Audrey and Hatem Zrelli

Kartsten Moholt, 58 - Company director

Karsten Aleksander Moholt, 35 - Company director (son of Karsten Moholt).

Christiane Zeuthen, 47- Shock and Trauma Therapist

Air France will be held a public memorial in Paris at Notre-Dame on Wednesday June 3, 2009 at 4pm local time. Media has been specifically told not to attend the memorial. An official passenger list of all 228 people on board, called a passenger manifesto, has not yet been released.

An inter-religious ceremony for the relatives and friends of the victims will be held on Wednesday 3 June at 4pm at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.

Nelson Marinho Filho

Nelson Faria Marinho said his son, Nelson Marinho Filho, 40, was on his way to Angola to work as an engineer on an oil platform when the plane went down.

He said he still has hopes his son is alive because he was trained in underwater crisis survival with his work on deep water platforms.

"If there was even a little chance of survival, my son would have survived," Faria Marinho said.

Pablo Dreyfus and Ana Carolina Rodrigues - Newlyweds

In the Rio de Janeiro offices of Viva Rio – an anti-violence non-profit organisation - colleagues are not holding out hopes of survival for Pablo Dreyfus and Ana Carolina Rodrigues.

Dreyfus was a gun violence analyst, and one of Brazil's most senior gun control advocates.

Rodrigues worked in a Rio shantytown keeping kids out of violence.

Moritz Kock

Juliana Ferreira Braga de Aquino

Also among the plane's passengers, according to a German newspaper, was the German architect Moritz Kock, 54. According to the newspaper, as reported in Brazil's Folha de São Paulo, the architect had been visiting Rio de Janeiro (where the flight originated), where he met with associates of legendary Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer. According to the German newspaper, Kock had wanted the opinion of Niemayer's team regarding the construction of an aquatic park in Potsdam, Germany, near Berlin.

Juliana Ferreira Braga de Aquino, 29, a Brazilian singer (also pictured above, second from top left), also was among the reported missing passengers.

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albertacowpoke

at 14:11 on June 1st, 2009

Tina I will link this to my story as well. Thak you:)

Marge (not verified)

at 14:27 on June 1st, 2009

unlike ships which go missing every single day, it's very unusual for a plane to suddenly disappear over the oceans, especially one this advanced which flies itself or can even be controlled from Paris.

I suppose we will never know what happened.

jtr (not verified)

at 20:30 on June 2nd, 2009

ships? maybe boats. Ships with 230 people on board don't go missing everyday, and when they do, they have an EPIRB (emergency position indicating radio beacon) that is released when it goes down, or can be set off manually. Jets should have a similar EPIRB that is separate from the plane and will detach on impact or if manually released. Trying to find a plane in 3000 ft of water is quite difficult. When a large ship goes down, they know immediately where to look because of the EPIRB.

Jesper Thomsen (not verified)

at 12:03 on June 6th, 2009

I'm actually astonished about the fact that I, on board any vessel over 500GT can push ONE botton and thereby alert basically the whole world transmitting position and type of emergency. I I don't have time for that my EPIRB will do it for me automatically when it is automatically released to floating when going under water.

Obviously flying is so safe that this kind of safety measures are not necessary on a plane.

Well, Sic Transit gloria Mundi.

Airplane mechanic (not verified)

at 04:42 on June 17th, 2009

Though the A330 is the latest and greatest technology let it be known that this aircraft or none in its family can be controlled from anywhere other than the flight deck. What do you think terrorist would think if airbus or boeing installed this technology allowing for a plane of this class to be controlled from the ground, no less full of passengers!

j.j@me (not verified)

at 23:27 on June 20th, 2009

Remote control of commercial aircraft isn't a risk anymore than it getting shot down by a much more serious threat of a SAM. There are safeguards that prevent just anyone from taking control of an airliner. The same if not more safeguards would be employed on the ground. A good safeguard would be an override switch inside the cockpit that would disengage any remote control of a planes controls. To say that this type of technology is too dangerous because it MIGHT get into the wrong hands is not a legitimate reason not to use employ it.

kuuva

at 16:34 on June 1st, 2009

Rest in Peace

Pughster (not verified)

at 06:55 on June 2nd, 2009

Rip is very True in the fact that if they are dead

But there is no evidence to suggest that the passengers are dead

With FINGERS CROSSED these people will have evacuated the plane safely if the plane has crash landed in the ocean and everyone is in Life Rafts I Just hope they all Come back Safe And Sound

Julesh64 (not verified)

at 07:45 on June 2nd, 2009

How extremely optimistic and kind of you...... if only everyone in life had the same outlook as you. I pray too that everyone is safe. I really can't imagine the terror people have gone through before the plane crashed....... my worst nightmare. My heart goes out to all of the relatives and friends concerned.

Mike Mike (not verified)

at 19:58 on June 2nd, 2009

Evacuation at 500 miles per hour? Hitting water at that speed (or any speed) is like hitting a brick wall.

Prayers to the victims and families. God Bless.

Jeremy856 (not verified)

at 00:16 on June 5th, 2009

yeah, right. Maybe they are all in Costa Rica on the set of "I'm a celebrity, get me outta here!"

albertacowpoke

at 16:49 on June 1st, 2009

Brazil said that three airplanes and three navy ships are en route to search for the missing Air France 447. Read more here

Pythiian1

at 17:02 on June 1st, 2009

This is one among a slew of the latest updates:

The mystery continued to vex investigators from several nations. Flight 447's last communication was an automated message at 10:14 p.m. ET Sunday reporting a technical problem before the jet reached a monitoring station in Cape Verde.

No mayday call was sent, indicating that the jet may have developed a sudden problem. Air France spokesman Francois Brousse said it is possible that lightning hit the jet, although experts expressed doubts that a lightning strike could bring down a major airliner. The last time lightning caused a major crash was in 1963, and significant improvements have been made since then.

Samb (not verified)

at 02:57 on June 16th, 2009

This is a lesson to everone flying in a stormy wheather northeast ward(Brazil-Frnace), why don't take the route northewest- then westward( Brazil-California-France).which do you prefer in going home ''fast but dangerously or slowly but safely''

Pythiian1

at 17:06 on June 1st, 2009

The US military plane departed the air base used by the US Southern Command Air Base in Comalapa, El Salvador at about 6.10pm (2210 GMT, 6.10am Singapore), the Pentagon said.
Earlier on Monday, French Defence Minister Herve Morin asked for US help in locating the disappeared passenger plane, during a conversation with his American counterpart Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

Brazil's air force deployed aircraft with radar and infrared technology during an overnight search for the missing plane, that was carrying 228 people when it disappeared over the Atlantic.

Blue Crush

at 17:24 on June 1st, 2009

The lone Canadian was Brad Clemes, 49 year-old father of 2 from Guelph, Ontario - he lived and worked overseas as a exec for Coca-Cola. Photo here.

albertacowpoke

at 17:35 on June 1st, 2009

Great Work Blue Crush:)

Pythiian1

at 17:59 on June 1st, 2009

Apparently, this Airbus is relatively new in service, according to the New York Times.

The missing aircraft was relatively new, having gone into service in April 2005. Its last hangar maintenance check was on April 16, Air France said. No Airbus 330-200 passenger flight ever had a fatal crash, according to the Aviation Safety Network.

The new Airbus 330 was a “fly-by-wire” plane, in which signals to move the flaps are sent through electric wires to small motors in the wings rather than through cables or hydraulic tubing. Fly-by-wire systems can automatically conduct maneuvers to prevent an impending crash, but some Airbus jets will not allow a pilot to override the self-protection mechanism.

Pythiian1

at 18:34 on June 1st, 2009

Apparently, the Airbus 330 is heavily dependent on computers, which didn't allow for a lot of human pilots' control:

No airliner at cruising altitude has been brought down by storms since 1966, when a BOAC Boeing 707 crashed in Japan, killing 124.

Investigators will want to know how the Air France aircraft, with an experienced crew, flew into the middle of a brutal storm that it could not handle. The Airbus flight system will be examined again; some pilots distrust the Airbus family’s heavy reliance on computers (last October a Qantas A330 went into a 600ft dive over the Indian Ocean when the automatic pilot disconnected itself).

kriszti (not verified)

at 07:28 on June 2nd, 2009

Hungarian girl was Rita. Rest in peace.

Marinal (not verified)

at 13:43 on June 4th, 2009

I cannot believe that Rita and Andriusha were there...Life will never be the same without them.

ALINE COSTA (not verified)

at 07:30 on July 10th, 2009

Dear Marinal,

Do you know Rita Szarvas and Jozesf Gallasz?

Best regreds
Aline

albertacowpoke

at 18:58 on June 1st, 2009

Canadian Broadcasting Corporations Story as of 7:15pm EST and some detail on the Canadian aboard. Read Here

raghuram murthy (not verified)

at 20:00 on June 1st, 2009

http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/air_france_plane_wreckage_spotted_in_ocean.php

Cyber Angels (not verified)

at 21:58 on June 1st, 2009

Air France has also established a special toll-free number for the attention of relatives and friends of passengers who may have been on board. They can use this number to obtain information on whether or not a member of their family or friends was on board. Phone number reserved for relatives and friends

0800 800 812 in France,

0800 881 20 20 in Brazil,

and + 33 1 57 02 10 55 for calls from all other countries.

Other News

Doha-based Qatar Airways, which operates one of the youngest and most modern fleets in the skies today, has reached the 1 million flight-hours milestone with its GE CF6-80E-powered Airbus A330* aircraft. That equates to nearly 400 flight-hours per day since the airline began operating CF6* engines in 2002.

“GE is proud of the exceptional performance of its CF6-80E engines operated by Qatar Airways, and we join them in celebrating this significant achievement,” says David Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation. “Qatar Airways and GE have worked together to keep these engines in pristine condition, and Qatar Airways has proven the outstanding performance capabilities of the engine.”

gc-lfw (not verified)

at 01:53 on June 11th, 2009

Cyber Angels - are you actually advertising for another airline?!?

richard mchale (not verified)

at 23:19 on June 1st, 2009

Does anybody know when Air France are likely to release a list of names of passengers and crew?

wiseman51 (not verified)

at 14:17 on June 4th, 2009

There are already a few websites with partial passenger lists - names, nationalities and other info - so far listed predominantly Brazilian victims

Hendie Grobbelaar (not verified)

at 23:50 on June 1st, 2009

Erich Heine was my manager, mentor and friend. He was an incredible person with an amazing ability to bring out the best in people. The shock is almost too much to bear for all of us. Our hearts go out to Alet, his kids and his family.