Stolen Passport In Malaysia Airlines

• Malaysia airline to check passports says Interpol head

  The head of the international police agency Interpol says a "major airline in Malaysia" soon will start checking travelers' passports against its global database of 40 million stolen or lost travel documents.

• Missing Malaysia Airline plane throws spotlight on passport theft

  When a German tourist refused to surrender his passport as collateral at a car rental stand along a popular beach in the Thai resort city of Phuket, the woman behind the counter pulled out a bag full of passport books to prove he could trust her.

• Terrorism cannot be ruled out in missing Malaysia Airlines jet: CIA

  The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency said on Tuesday that terrorism could not be ruled out in the disappearance of a Malaysian airliner.

• Stolen passports probed in missing Malaysia Airlines plane mystery

  Authorities questioned travel agents on Monday at a beach resort in Thailand about two men who boarded the vanished Malaysia Airlines plane with stolen passports, part of a growing international investigation into what they were doing on the flight.

• Thai police target 'passport ring' in vanished flight probe

  Thai police said on Sunday they were investigating a "passport ring" as details emerged of bookings made in Thailand with stolen European passports for the vanished Malaysia Airlines flight.

• Malaysia Airlines plane missing: two passengers had fake passports

  Malaysian authorities are investigating the identities of at least two other passengers on a missing Malaysia Airlines flight, in addition to two who were found to be using stolen passports.

• Two on missing Malaysia jet used stolen EU passports

  Foreign ministry officials in Rome and Vienna confirmed on Saturday that names of two nationals listed on the manifest of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight match passports reported stolen in Thailand.