The funeral of the Gourock man killed in the Air France plane crash off the coast of Brazil in May is to take place next week.

Graham Gardner was 52 when the Airbus A330 crashed into the sea.

The master mariner was making his way home on May 31 when the plane went down. He was one of five Britons on board the flight, which was flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.  

He worked as a ship's master for Aberdeen-based firm Subsea 7. For the past four years he had been based in Brazil, where he worked for one month on and one month off.

Last month it was confirmed that one of several bodies recovered from the disaster was that of Mr Gardner and he was to be transported to Scotland.

His wife Joyce, 51, at the time welcomed the opportunity to bring him home but added that she would "miss him enormously".

The family announced that a funeral service is to be held on Monday, July 20.  They said a service for Mr Gardner will be held at the Wellpark Mid Kirk in Greenock from 1.30pm and invited "friends, family and colleagues" to attend.  A service will then held at Greenock Crematorium.

The family have requested that donations to the Sailors' Society and the Sir Gabriel Wood Marines Home be made in lieu of flowers.