Interpol confirms 2 stolen passports used on missing flight

The international police agency Interpol on Sunday confirmed that at least two passports recorded in its Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD) database were used by passengers on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370.

The two passports, an Austrian and an Italian one respectively, were added to Interpol's SLTD database after their theft in Thailand in 2012 and 2013 respectively, said the Lyon-based organization in a statement.

Since no checks of the two stolen passports were made by any country between the time they were registered in Interpol's database and the departure of flight MH 370, Interpol said it's "unable to determine on how many other occasions these passports were used to board flights or cross borders."

The agency is currently in contact with its National Central Bureaus in the involved countries to determine the true identities of the passengers who used these stolen passports to board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, the statement added.

Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370, a Boeing 777-200, was carrying 12 crew members and 227 passengers on board, including 154 Chinese, when it lost contact with Subang Air Traffic Control Saturday morning.