Eight Chinese nationals onboard missing Air France plane: Chinese Embassy

EIO DE JANEIRO, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Eight Chinese nationals were onboard an Air France passenger plane missing over the Atlantic off the Brazilian coast, the Chinese Embassy in Brazil said on Monday.

Flight 447, an Airbus 330-200 bound for Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, lost contact with the control center shortly after its takeoff from Rio de Janeiro on Sunday at 7 p.m. (2200 GMT). It was expected in Paris on Monday at 11:15 a.m. (0915 GMT).