RIO DE JANEIRO, June 1 (Reuters) - Eighty Brazilians were on board a missing Air France flight and one third of the passengers were French, the airline said on Monday.

German, Italian, American, Chinese, British and Spanish citizens were also among the passengers, Air France spokesman Jorge Assuncao told reporters at Rio de Janeiro's Galeao airport.

The carrier has said 216 passengers and 12 crew members were on board the flight that went missing on Sunday night over the Atlantic Ocean.

Earlier, a presidential aide told Reuters that Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had been notified that around 60 Brazilians were on board. (Reporting by Stuart Grudgings, Writing by Brian Ellsworth; Editing by John O'Callaghan)

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