Stewardess leaves final note for family

Ms Goh's body was one of the last to be found

An air stewardess killed in the Singapore Airlines crash in Taiwan last week left a moving letter telling her family how much she loved them.

Goh Boon Hwee carried the note in her handbag just in case something happened to her, Singapore's Straits Times newspaper reported.

"I'm so sorry I can't tell you face-to-face that you're the best father one could ever have," she wrote in the note, found by investigators in the wreckage.

I know 'thank you' isn't enough to cover all the things you have done for me

Goh Boon Hwee

She thanked her father "for all that you have given me", and added, "Presume that you will be strong as always.''

The 26-year-old Singaporean died when the plane carrying 179 passengers and crew members crashed in Taipei's Chiang Kai Shek airport, killing 82 people.

Message to mother

Ms Goh had carried the letter - written in capital letters on filofax-sized sheets of paper - after surviving a major earthquake in Taiwan.

Goh's sister believes she was seated by an exit near a fuel tank

She also wrote messages to her mother and sister.

"I know 'thank you' isn't enough to cover all the things you have done for me," she wrote to her mother.

She called on her younger sister to study and to take care of her parents.

"Though we always quarrel, I care for you a lot," she wrote. "I know you can make it to university... We have high hopes for you. When you grow up, make sure you find someone who loves you a lot."

Ms Goh's family spent days wondering whether she was dead or alive after the crash.

Her body, discovered four days after the tragedy occurred, was one of the last to be found.

Ms Goh had worked for four years for the airline, which has never had a crash before in its 28-year history.