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The human face of the tragedy is felt even this far away:
EgyptAir flight MS804: passenger Richard Osman worked in Australia
A geologist and new father who had previously worked in a West Australian gold mine has been identified as a passenger on board the missing EgyptAir flight that abruptly swerved before vanishing from radar over the Mediterranean Sea.
Richard Osman, 40, was travelling on Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo, where he worked as an executive with mining company Centamin, when the plane disappeared between the Greek island of Crete and Egypt's coastline early on Thursday, local time.
Just two weeks ago, Mr Osman and his wife, Aureilie, had welcomed the birth of their second daughter, Olympe, a sister for one-year-old Victios.
Welsh-born Mr Osman was said to be "deliriously happy" at becoming a father again, his brother Alistair told the South Wales Evening Post.
"Richard was so happy at the birth of his second daughter, and yet two weeks later he is no longer with us. It's an absolute tragedy," Alistair said.
"He was really happy about having the baby and was looking forward to enjoying a lovely family life with his two girls."
Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop confirmed an Australian-British dual national was on board the missing flight. She did not name the dual national, but said Australia was working closely with British authorities, who were providing consular assistance to the man's family.
"My thoughts are with the families and friends of those affected," Ms Bishop said.
Mr Osman was the only British national identified among those on board the plane.
Alistair said his brother had previously worked in gold mines in Australia, before returning to Europe several years ago. He was living with his family in Jersey, in the Channel Islands.
Centamin has an office in Mount Pleasant in Western Australia. When contacted by Fairfax Media, a spokeswoman at the Mount Pleasant office said she was unable to comment, and referred all inquiries to the company's headquarters in Jersey.
Mr Osman is listed as a business development manager with Centamin on the company's website, which says he had more than 16 years of experience in the industry.
He previously worked for five years at the Big Bell Gold Mine, near Cue in Western Australia, when it was owned and operated by Harmony Gold. The mine closed in 2003.
Alistair said his brother travelled around the world regularly for his job.
"He's been doing this for years in the gold mining industry. This [trip to Cairo] was a regular trip. He used to do it at least once a month, year after year," he told ITV News.
He said his brother was a "very kind person, loving person, very focused" who "never deviated from the straight path".
"A lot of people admired him for his strength and values," he said.
He said he could not comprehend that his brother could have been the victim of a terrorist attack. Egypt's Civil Aviation Minister has said the possibility of a terrorist attack was "stronger" than technical failure
"This is the reality of ISIS [Islamic State] and groups like that. It's indiscriminate," Alistair told ITV News.
"They don't think any of these people have family members, or a past, or a history of hopes and dreams."
Mr Osman is the eldest of four children and grew up in south Wales after his father, a doctor, moved there from his native Egypt to work as a consultant.
EgyptAir said there were 66 people on board the flight, including a child and two babies.
Those on board, according to EgyptAir, included 15 French passengers, 30 Egyptians, two Iraqis, one Briton, one Kuwaiti, one Saudi, one Sudanese, one Chadian, one Portuguese, one Belgian, one Algerian and one Canadian.
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