Safety failures might have caused tragic plane crash

A CORONER has ordered a review of flight safety procedures after concerns were raised about a plane crash that killed a father-of-two from Carmarthen.

- JONATHON HILL

After 40-year-old Richard Osman’s death in May 2016, many theories were given as to how the commercial EgyptAir flight heading for Cairo from Paris ended up in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, including accusations of terrorism.

At the time of his death Mr Osman was living in Jersey with his wife Aurelie Vandeputte and their two children.

He was one of 66 people who died in the crash. There were no survivors.

At an inquest at Haverfordwest Coroner's Court 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.