Jewish passengers on missing plane

JERUSALEM — Two Jewish passengers are believed to be among those aboard the missing Air France Flight 447 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean earloier this week.¬†Chabad.org reported that French businessman Serge Anidjar was traveling home from a business trip to Brazil.

“They are waiting for news, for information from the government confirming any sign and saying something for sure,” Rabbi Michael Sojcher, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in Anidjar’s hometown of Boulogne-Billancourt, said of the man’s wife and three children.¬†”The kids are praying. They still have hope, but it’s a very hard hope.”

Brazilian military planes have spotted debris in the Atlantic Ocean that could be wreckage of a missing Air France flight carrying 228 people. The flight from Brazil to France went missing on Monday a couple hours after leaving Rio de Janeiro and 30 minutes after leaving Brazilian radar coverage. 

The plane flew through a line of thunderstorms, at which time it sent out several messages indicating it was having electrical trouble. Another Jewish passenger also was on board, but no other information was available, according to Chabad.org.

JTA