Air France has published a page on its website for both friends and relatives of passengers on board Flight 447.

The aircraft disappeared from radar screens on Monday morning after going through a storm. The aircraft was on route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris-Charles de Gaulle.

There were 216 passengers on board and 12 crew members. A search operation is currently underway in the Atlantic Ocean for the missing jet and its passengers, just off the coast of Brazil.

The numbers to be used by family and friends are:

+33 1 57 02 10 55

0800 800 812 in France

0800 881 20 20 in Brazil