By Jonathon Hill
A coroner has ordered a review of flight safety procedures after concerns were raised about a plane crash which killed a father-of-two from Wales. Following 40-year-old Richard Osman’s death in May 2016 many theories were given as to how the commercial EgyptAir flight headed for Cairo from Paris ended up in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, including accusations of terrorism. Mr Osman, who was from Carmarthen and was living in Jersey at the time of his death with his wife Aurélie Vandeputte and their two children, was one of 66 people who died. There were no survivors. At an inquest at Haverfordwest Coroners’ Court heard in May assistant coroner for Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire Mark Layton issued a narrative conclusion and has now published a prevention of future deaths report after safety concerns emerged during the inquest. He said: “Richard Osman was a passenger onboard commercial flight MS804 travelling from Paris to Cairo which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on May 19, 2016 following a fire onboard caused by an ignition source of unknown origin most likely associated with the first officer’s oxygen supply system, which either resulted from or was fed by an oxygen leak.” Mr Layton asked for a full review to be carried out by aviation authorities into cockpit fires and smoke procedures on flights including recognition of an oxygen fire and the cutting off of that oxygen supply, the installation of protective equipment to deal with cockpit fires, a review of the effectiveness of Halon fire extinguishers to deal with onboard fires, and a review of regulations to prevent the use of cigarettes in a cockpit. There were some accusations that someone had been smoking onboard the flight but those accusations were not substantiated. Don’t miss a court report by signing up to our crime newsletter here Mr Osman was a geologist on a business trip on the commercial EgyptAir flight MS804 which had departed the day before the crash during the evening of May 18. The inquest heard the plane crash occurred just two weeks after the birth of his second child. Rugby fan Mr Osman, who was also a keen runner, was “fascinated with gold” and had been voted to become the new chief executive officer of the gold mining firm he worked for just a week before the accident. Ms Vandeputte said she had met her husband onboard a plane “as the sun was rising over the Egyptian desert” and they had married in a ceremony held in three different languages. She told the inquest: “He was flying from Paris where his plane crashed between Greece, Turkey, and Egypt, three countries we loved.” She explained how their youngest daughter was just 22 days old on the night of the crash and their eldest was two years old. “Richard was highly committed to his work and had decided to go to Egypt for a few days,” she added. “He trusted I was strong enough to manage on my own with our young daughters for the few days he could be away.” Get daily breaking news updates on your phone by joining our WhatsApp community here . We occasionally treat members to special offers, promotions and ads from us and our partners. See our Privacy Notice