CNN The Situation Room December 29, 2014 23:21:00
Him on social media saying dad, please come home. i still need you. the family recently suffered a loss. the captain's younger brother died of diabetes just days ago. the captain's father told the bbc, i want my son to come back alive. the captain was a veteran of the skies, with more than 20,000 flying hours. of which 6100 hours were with airasia on the airbus 320. slightly more flying time than pilot chesley sullenberger who executed a water landing in new york with 155 passengers and crew on board. all survived. the captain of the airasia plane had about the same skillset based on his exper...