A SOUTHAMPTON family was today coming to terms with the loss of a son and brother after rescuers in Cameroon confirmed that no one survived the Kenya Airways plane crash.

Stuart Claisse was onboard the Boeing 737-800 carrying 114 passengers that crashed on a flight to Nairobi, Kenya, at midnight on Saturday.

The remains of the plane were found on Sunday in a mangrove swamp 12 miles south of Douala International Airport after more than 40 hours of searching.

Yesterday, Mr Claisse's brother Matthew said there was "no hope" of seeing his 45-year-old sibling again after rescuers working on the wreckage confirmed they had found no survivors.

Stuart Claisse, chief internal auditor for the African operations of the Chevron oil company, lived in Cape Town with his two sons and two daughters and French-born wife Isabelle, who is pregnant.

On Sunday the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) named Mr Claisse as one of five Britons on the flight.

A lifelong Saints fan, Mr Claisse grew up in Southampton from the age of five, later attending King Edward VI school before studying at Kingston Polytechnic.

His brother Matthew, an investment bank consultant, lives locally as does his father David, 75, the retired headmaster of Holy Family Primary School in Millbrook.

Mr Claisse, 44, of Russell Place, Portswood, told the Daily Echo last night: "We don't know any more than what you can gather from reading reports on the Internet.

"We now know the plane nose-dived into a swamp from what seems to be quite a height, and the site has been located.

"There is not much left of the plane and it has been confirmed that there were no survivors.

"There is no hope that Stuart is alive. We are in contact with Chevron who are doing a tremendous amount to help us and report the news."