'He was so happy at the birth of his daughter, and yet three weeks later he is no longer with us': Brother of British EgyptAir victim reveals family’s heartbreak

The brother of the British man who was killed when an EgyptAir plane crashed into the Mediterranean has revealed his family's heartbreak.

Passenger Richard Osman, 40, celebrated the birth of his second daughter just three weeks ago and his family have been left stunned by his sudden death. 

His brother Alastair revealed that Mr Osman was 'deliriously happy' at the birth of his daughter Olympe on April 27.  

'I still can't take it in,' Alastair said, from his home in Swansea.

Family man: Richard Osman was among the 66 victims on board the jet. His brother has described his 'delirious happiness' after the birth of his second daughter just three weeks ago. Mr Osman is pictured here with his French-born wife Aureilie and his first daughter Victios

Happier times: Mr Osman's brother has spoken of his 'shock' at hearing the news of the plane crash this morning. Mr Osman, a geologist who was travelling to Egypt for work, leaves behind a wife (pictured here on their wedding day) and two infant daughters

'I got a call from our sister first thing this morning and I'm still in shock.

'Richard was so happy at the birth of his second daughter, and yet weeks later he is no longer with us - it's an absolute tragedy.'   

Mr Osman, a geologist who was travelling to Egypt for work, was also a father to a 14-month-old girl called Victios.    

It comes as the airline confirmed the wreckage of the plane, which had 66 people on board, had been found near the Greek island of Karpathos.  

Mr Osman's name features on a list of passengers that has reportedly been circulating online. 

His two daughters are being looked after by their French-born mother Aureilie, 36, in Paris, where the couple have a home. 

Richard Osman, who celebrated the birth of his second daughter just two weeks ago and was on board the EgyptAir plane

Mr Osman's brother Alastair, 36, a biochemistry student at Swansea University, said: 'Of all the family I would've thought Richard would have been the last to go.'

'He was incredibly fit and a workaholic and since leaving university he has never stopped.

'He was really happy about having the baby and was looking forward to enjoying a lovely family life with his two girls.'   

The plane disappeared from radar 10 miles into Egyptian airspace without making a distress call, at 00.30GMT.

Mr Osman's name features on a list of passengers that has reportedly been circulating online. 

His two daughters are being looked after by their French-born mother Aureilie, 36, in Paris, where the couple have a home.  

Pictures emerged earlier today that were reported to show debris from Flight MS804, with search vessels reporting seeing plastic objects including lifejackets and seats floating in the sea around 230 miles south of the Greek islands of Crete and Karpathos.

The flight was travelling from Paris to Cairo when it vanished, in what experts claim was almost certainly a terrorist attack. 

Mr Osman went to Queen Elizabeth school in Carmarthen before going to Kingston University and then taking his masters degree at Camborn school of mining in Cornwall.

Richard's father, Dr Mohamed Fekry Ali Osman, was an Egyptian who worked as an ear nose and throat consultant at Singleton hospital, Swansea, before he died at the age of 70 in 2013. 

The family's main home is in Jersey, and Richard had worked in the Australian goldmines before returning to Europe several years ago.

Future: Mr Osman's brother Alastair described the crash as an 'absolute tragedy', adding that Mr Osman had been looking forward to a 'lovely future' with his wife and two young daughters

Mourning: His two daughters are being looked after by their French-born mother Aureilie, 36, in Paris, where the couple have a home

Devastated: Richard Osman's brother Alastair, who described his family's heartbreak at the news of the crash

Find: A Greek frigate found two large plastic objects floating in the sea about 230 miles south of the island of Crete, Greek defence sources said

Crash: A radar map shows the plane's path travelling from Paris and then stopping in the Mediterranean Sea before reaching Cairo, where it lost contact with air traffic control 

The family have a younger brother, Philip, 34, who runs a string of bars in Thailand. 

Former neighbour Audrey Jones described Mr Osman as 'a lovely, lovely boy'.

'He was such a nice lad and always very good to his mother,' she said. 

Another neighbour Maria Bengeyfield, 64, said: 'Richard was a lovely young man and was always travelling around the world.

'The children all moved off when their father died. Richard went to Jersey where he has a young daughter.

'This is a terrible tragedy for his poor family.'   

Greek defence minister Panos Kammenos said the Airbus A320 made 'sudden swerves' in mid-air, lurching 90 degrees to the left then 360 degrees to the right. It then dropped from 37,000 feet to 15,000ft before the signal was lost at around 10,000 feet.

Hunt: This image posted online purportedly shows a piece of debris from the doomed EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean with 66 people on board

Wreckage: EgyptAir flight MS804 heading from Paris to Cairo crashed into the sea after disappearing from radar. There were 66 people on board the Airbus A320 (pictured) that vanished 40 minutes before it was set to land in Egypt early Thursday morning

The revelation came as security experts, ministers and former air accident investigators said all the evidence pointed to the plane being targeted in a terrorist attack.

If confirmed, the disaster would deal another hammer blow to Egypt's crippled tourism industry just months after a Russian Metrojet plane was brought down in the Sinai peninsula by a bomb planted at Sharm el-Sheikh airport. 

The 56 passengers on board included one Briton, 30 Egyptians, 15 French, one Belgian, one Iraqi, one Kuwaiti, one Saudi Arabian, one Chadian, one Portuguese, one Algerian and one Canadian. There were 10 crew members including three security guards.