According to a story on Surfermag.com one of the passengers of Air France Flight 477 which crashed into the Atlantic ocean on June 1, 2009 was a Brazilian orthodontist who was an avid surfer. His name was Jose “Rommel” Souza.

Souza was accomplished both in and out of the water, as he spoke four languages and had studied in both Brazil and Paris. But his surfing may be remembered most. “Perhaps one of his most memorable rides was at Uluwatu on a huge day,” said Gaunt. The wave quadruple overhead, he caught it right at the peak and rode it for a kilometer and a half. “He rode the wave so far he had to get a motorbike back from Padang beach,” said Gaunt.

[Link: Surfermag.com]