AFP Vietnam spots possible wreckage from Malaysian plane

Bangkok (AFP) - Thai police said 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.

Two European names -- Christian Kozel, an Austrian, and Luigi Maraldi of Italy -- were listed on the passenger manifest of the flight MH370, but neither man boarded the plane, officials said.

Both had their passports stolen in Thailand over the past two years.

Airline rated one of world's safest | Explosions, systems failure caused crash |

Malaysia has launched a terror probe investigating the suspect passengers and the United States has sent in the FBI to assist.

Flight information seen by AFP shows that tickets were booked in Maraldi and Kozel's names on March 6, 2014, and issued in the Thai city of Pattaya, a popular beach resort south of the capital Bangkok.

The e-ticket numbers for their flights are consecutive and both were paid for in Thai baht.

Each ticket cost THB 20,215 (US$625).

Luigi Maraldi, an Italian man whose stolen passport was used by a passenger who boarded the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. Photo: AP.

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Missing Malaysia Airlines plane: Stolen passports booked onto second flight

AFP Vietnam spots possible wreckage from Malaysian plane

Bangkok (AFP) - Thai police said 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.

Two European names -- Christian Kozel, an Austrian, and Luigi Maraldi of Italy -- were listed on the passenger manifest of the flight MH370, but neither man boarded the plane, officials said.

Both had their passports stolen in Thailand over the past two years.

Airline rated one of world's safest | Explosions, systems failure caused crash |

Malaysia has launched a terror probe investigating the suspect passengers and the United States has sent in the FBI to assist.

Flight information seen by AFP shows that tickets were booked in Maraldi and Kozel's names on March 6, 2014, and issued in the Thai city of Pattaya, a popular beach resort south of the capital Bangkok.

The e-ticket numbers for their flights are consecutive and both were paid for in Thai baht.

Each ticket cost THB 20,215 (US$625).

Luigi Maraldi, an Italian man whose stolen passport was used by a passenger who boarded the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. Photo: AP.

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Stolen passports booked onto second flight

If hanging upside down in a sling isnt your idea of fun, a fitness trend thats expanding across North America may not be for you.

But if blending the thrill of a circus with the chill of yoga sounds like nirvana, youll be glad aerial yoga has arrived.

During the last decade, aerial performers based in New York have adapted the fabric trapeze into a piece of equipment that allows people to suspend themselves above the floor for superior stretching, particularly in the spine. Their trademarked techniques are called AntiGravity Yoga and Unnata Yoga

The latest entry into the field is a small studio in a Coquitlam strip mall that offers 40 per cent of its classes in the air.

Its all about release, says Prestonne Domareski, co-owner of Gravity Yoga The point of it is to relax into the pose. If you do, gravity will do its job.

Although the yoga studio just opened in January, she says evening classes are already popular.

Once youre able to flip upside-down and stay there for a few minutes, your spine decompresses, your organs shift, even your skin moves. Everything works more efficiently afterward, says Gravity Yoga co-owner Nicole Whitman.

Two other Vancouver businesses Tantra Fitness and the Steve Nash Sports Club on Granville have offered aerial yoga for the past few years, but as a small part of their larger range of exercise classes.

Trying the class once at any of the clubs will cost around $25 with the price going down substantially for a longer commitment.

Tantra Fitness founder and owner Tammy Morris says her studio, which is moving to Gastown in April, treats aerial yoga as an introductory step toward a related circus art known as aerial silks, a combination of strength and acrobatics popularized by the Cirque du Soleil entertainment troupe that uses two lengths of fabric suspended from the ceiling.

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