Malaysian Airlines plane crash: All 5 Indians on board the aircraft identified, know here who they are

Kuala Lampur (Malaysia): The 227 people, including five Indians, and 12 crew members on board the Malaysia Airlines, which crashed into the South China Sea on Saturday, have been identified. The five Indian passengers who were on board have been identified as - Chetana Kolekar (55), Swanand Kolekar (23), Vinod Kolekar (59), Chandrikams Sharma (51), Kranti Shirsath (44). According to CNN-IBN, the Kolekars are from Mumbai. Their son was in China and the family was enroute to meet him. Another passenger Kranti Shirsath was from Pune and was going to meet her husband in Beijing. Chandrika is from Chennai. The Indian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has established contact with some families and is working on further details. According to latest reports, the family members are awaiting the wreckage of aircraft to be found. Meanwhile, the Malaysian Airlines in a statement has said that they are trying to locate the current location of the flight based on the last known position of the aircraft. "Malaysia Airlines is still unable to establish any contact or determine the whereabouts of flight MH370. Earlier today, Subang ATC had lost contact with the aircraft at 2.40 am. We are working with the International search and rescue teams in trying to locate the aircraft. "So far, we have not received any emergency signals or distress messages from MH370. We are working with authorities and assure that all sources are deployed to assist with the search and rescue mission. The passenger manifest will not be released until all families of the passengers have been informed. The flight was carrying a total number of 239 passengers and crew - comprising 227 passengers (including 2 infants) and 12 crew members. "We are deploying our "Go Team" to Beijing which will depart Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 4.30pm with a team of caregivers and volunteers to assist the family members of the passengers. The passengers are of 14 different nationalities. All crew on-board are Malaysians," reads the statement. The Boeing 777-200ER flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing for hours when Vietnam's Tuoi Tre news quoted Admiral Ngo Van Phat as saying he had asked boats from an island off south Vietnam to rush to the crash site. Flight MH 370 operating a Boeing B777-200 aircraft left Kuala Lumpur at 12.21 am (1621 GMT Friday) and had been expected to land in Beijing at 6.30 am (2230 GMT) the same day. The missing Malaysia Airlines flight was carrying 152 Chinese, 38 Malaysians, 12 Indonesians and seven Australians among the 227 passengers, the airline said on Saturday. There were also three US citizens, three from France, two passengers each from New Zealand, Ukraine, and Canada, and one each from Italy, Taiwan, the Netherlands and Austria, the airline said in a statement. There were also two infants. Twelve crew members were also on the flight.