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US tech firm had 20 employees on missing Malaysian plane

AP | By, Austin
Mar 09, 2014 09:35 AM IST

A US technology company says 20 of its employees were aboard the Malaysia Airlines plane that went missing over the South China Sea.

A US technology company says 20 of its employees were aboard the Malaysia Airlines plane that went missing over the South China Sea.

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Jacey Zuniga, a spokeswoman for Freescale Semiconductor, says 12 Malaysian and 8 Chinese employees are "confirmed passengers." She says no American citizen Freescale employees were on the flight.

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"At present, we are solely focused on our employees and their families," Gregg Lowe, president and CEO of Freescale says in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this tragic event." The company, the statement reads, has assembled a team of counselors for those impacted by the tragedy.

Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 airplane, was last seen on radar at 1:30am (1730 GMT Friday) above the waters where the South China sea.

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