Three high-ranking executives from Michelin – including the group’s head for South America – were on the Air France plane that went missing Monday between Rio de Janeiro and Paris, the company told AFP.
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The airliner carrying 228 people reportedly vanished over the Atlantic Ocean after hitting heavy turbulence.
AFP reported that the three Michelin executives were: South America president Luiz Roberto Anastacio; regional IT director Antonio Gueiros, both Brazilians based in Michelin’s offices in Rio de Janeiro; and a French executive, Christine Pieraerts.
The report said Anastacio and Guieros were on their way to Paris for a meeting at Michelin’s headquarters, while Pieraerts was on her way back to France after a visit to see the company’s operations in Brazil.
“That’s the information we have right now, and our concern now is for the families of these people,” a Michelin spokesperson told AFP, adding, “We are in contact with them and giving them all our support.”
