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A young boy on his way back to school and two oil company workers heading home to their families were among those on board.

An orthodontist, a PR director and a group of young doctors returning from a holiday in Brazil were also among those thought to have perished in the crash.

Patricia Coakley's "fabulous husband" Arthur, 61, a structural engineer who was working on a survey in Brazil, was among the five Britons on flight AF447 which left Rio de Janeiro on Sunday evening.

Joyce Gardner, whose oil worker husband Graham, 52, from Gourock, Renfrewshire, was also on board, described him as "loving, caring and laid-back". Alexander Bjoroy, 11, who attended Clifton College preparatory school in Bristol, was also one of the 216 passengers and 12 crew aboard the Airbus A330 aircraft.

Orthodontist Dr Jose Souza was also on the flight. His colleagues at the Reading Orthodontic Centre said they were "devastated". Londoner Neil Warrior - a PR director for Mazda Europe, aged in his 40s - was also on the plane, colleagues said.

Three Irish women - all doctors who had graduated from Trinity College Dublin - were also on the flight with a Welsh female friend. Former Riverdance performer Eithne Walls, 28, from Ballygowan, Co Down, was travelling with her friends Aisling Butler, 26, of Roscrea, Co Tipperary, and Jane Deasy of Dublin, who was also in her 20s.

After more than 24 hours of searching, Brazilian air force planes on Tuesday found aircraft seats and other debris floating in the Atlantic about 350 miles off the coast of Brazil. They also found signs of oil and kerosene along the route the plane had been taking, flown by a 58-year-old captain who had been with Air France for more than 20 years.

The Queen sent a personal message of condolence to France's President Nicolas Sarkozy expressing sympathy for the bereaved relatives, Buckingham Palace said.

In the short message she said: "I was deeply saddened to hear of the loss of Air France 447 with 228 people on board. I would like to send my heartfelt sympathy to the families and friends of those who are involved. At this difficult time, all those affected by this tragedy are in our thoughts and prayers."