Two tickets for the Malaysian Airlines flight were purchased at the same time using the stolen passports.
And this is where police are focusing their inquiries at the moment.
Luigi Maraldi, 37 revealed his passport was was stolen while he was holiday in July last year on the island Phuket.
His dad Walter said: “Luigi called us early this morning to reassure us he was fine, but we didn’t know about the accident.
“‘Thank God he heard about it before us.’
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