Foreign Affairs has yet to confirm claims by a B.C. man that his daughter was one of 89 people killed in a plane crash on the southern Thai resort island of Phuket.

Foued Fayad told CTV News on Monday that his daughter, Larisa Fayad, was aboard the ill-fated flight from Bangkok to Phuket on Sunday when it went down.

Foued Fayad said he learned the news from his other daughter's husband. His son-in-law told him he saw Larisa's name on a passenger manifest list, and that she is not among the confirmed survivors of the crash.

"The last word I had from (Foreign Affairs) is no, they do not have official confirmation that she was one of the deceased," Fayad told CTV News. "She's still listed as missing and presumed dead."

Officials said Tuesday that 68 bodies have so far been identified.

A second B.C. resident was also on the flight but managed to survive.

A spokeswoman with Foreign Affairs said Tuesday that the department had been advised that a second Canadian, Larisa Fayad, was on board and that they were investigating.

Bernard Nguyen told CTV.ca that a Canadian consular officer was currently in Phuket working with local officials to try to confirm the woman's status.

He said no further details were available but that an update could come as early as today.

Consular officials in Canada have been in contact with the Fayad family.

Fayad said his daughter was working as a theatre stage manager and a production manager.

Larisa's friend Andy Thompson of Vancouver says he and Larisa's friends are praying that she's one of the unidentified survivors. He says he still can't believe that she may not have survived.

He described her as a warm, outgoing person in her early 30s, as well as a coveted stage technician and emerging lighting designer. Thompson said Larisa may have been on tour and working in Thailand with a local theatre company, but that isn't clear at this time.

"I hesitate to refer to her in the past tense right now," Thompson told CTV Newsnet in a phone interview on Tuesday.

"If it does turn out to be her amongst the casualties, it's a huge loss for the theatre and dance community in Vancouver."

Jason Dubois, Larisa's colleague in Vancouver, said she was "someone who people wanted to be around."

"She had a charismatic, fun personality and really embraced everyone she came across and worked with," he told CTV Vancouver.

Most of her family lives on Vancouver Island.

The Canadian who survived the ordeal Sunday called her escape a "miracle." B.C. native Mildred Furlong was on board the budget One-Two-Go Airlines flight, which was carrying 123 passengers and seven crew when it skidded off a runway while landing in driving wind and rain.

The plane caught fire, engulfing some passengers, while others managed to kick out windows and escape.

"It happened pretty quick... it was pretty chaotic," the 23-year-old waitress from Prince George, B.C., recounted to CTV Newsnet on Monday.

Furlong said the pilot missed the landing, shot back up, and then the plane fell really quickly into the ground.

After landing, Furlong said she looked up and saw flames coming towards her. Fortunately, a passenger in the seat behind Furlong kicked open a door or window, allowing some to escape.

"Any longer in there and none of us would have made it out," said Furlong. "It feels like a miracle."

With a report from CTV's Todd Battis and files from The Associated Press