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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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Does "as IBM exec and two toddlers" mean "while IBM exec and two toddlers"?

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Was it a terror attack? Two people on board Boeing 777 that disappeared over Vietnam were traveling on STOLEN PASSPORTS as missing U.S passengers identified as IBM exec and two toddlers

  • Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur at 12.21am
  • Vietnamese Navy detected emergency signal 153 miles out to sea
  • Flight MH370 declared missing nearly 90 minutes after it was due to land
  • Malaysian Transport Minister said 'no crash site has been found'
  • 227 passengers and 12 crew were from 14 different countries including Malaysia, China, U.S., France, Canada, and Australia
  • Three Americans, including two toddlers, feared dead
  • IBM employee Philip Wood, 51, identified as sole adult American national aboard the missing plane
  • Two passengers believed to have been travelling on a stolen passports
  • Aviation expert Chris Yates said the aircraft will not have been carrying enough fuel to still be flying and 'will have crashed'
  • He said the investigation will look at two areas, the maintenance of the aircraft and possible terrorism
  • Vietnamese air force spot two oil slicks suspected to be from the wreckage
  

Top answer

S passengers identified as IBM exec and two toddlers No, 'identified as' means 'found to be', 'recognized to be'. eg Tom was identified as the robber. Clive

— Clive

  • S passengers identified as IBM exec and two toddlers No, 'identified as' means 'found to be', 'recognized to be'.
  • eg Tom was identified as the robber.
  • Clive
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Two people on board Boeing 777 that disappeared over Vietnam were traveling on STOLEN PASSPORTS as missing U.S passengers identified as IBM exec and two toddlers



No, 'identified as' means 'found to be', 'recognized to be'.
eg Tom was identified as the robber.
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No, identified as (an) IBM executive and two toddlers means they are now known to be an IBM executive and two toddlers.
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Oops! Sorry my question was in fact to ask:
Does " as missing U.S passengers identified as IBM exec and two toddlers" mean "while missing U.S passengers identified as IBM exec and two toddlers"?
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NL888Does " as missing U.S passengers identified as IBM exec and two toddlers" mean "while missing U.S passengers identified as IBM exec and two toddlers"?
Yes.
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