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He posted videos on youtube. that is an elaborate thing to do. he is a bit of a hobbyist. he so manied to be a decent guy. the other video he post is a 53 year old father of three, and he's married and with mayasia 23 years and a aviation buff. and has other commercial pilots thinking, well, this doesn't sound like the person to be involved in sabstage or terrorism. take a listen. >> he loves this and his life and lives breaths. and so for the captain to try to do this, i don't really buy it. >> reporter: so it seems like a coined of guy. >> what about the co-pilot.

Malaysian authorities have refocused their investigation into the crew and passengers on board. >> reporter: the first they're looking at is the captain. he's 53 years old. he's a father of three children. he lives in a gated compound outside the capital, kuala lumpur, that's where the police went to to see if they could find anything in his home. he's an aviation buff. that's how they describe him. he managed to build his own flight simulator at home. he made a youtube video of it and posted it. that is the kind of thing he likes to do. people in the airlines industry saying, well, he looks l...

I'm being interviewed and that's expecting them to go home. it's important to remember the two men who did board that flight using the stolen passports. this was much more to do with people smuggling than any terrorist link they were going to europe for either asylum or to start a new life in some shape or form. >> police had searched the home of the pilot. what were they looking for? >> that's right. he's quite an interesting character. he's an aviation buff. the 53-year-old had more than 19,000 flying hours. when he was not flying, he had his very own simulator. it would be interesting to se...

>> that's a big deal, as we as consumers and fliers explain about delays in the air. there's something to do with the air traffic control system -- >> that's a huge contribution that he made and helped fund. >> bob francis, thank you for your input into this. the former vice chair of the national transportation safety board. investigators are en route to dillingham, alaska, to conduct the investigation that bob was just telling us about. we know that senator ted stevens was an aviation buff. he knew a lot about flying and was familiar with flying in alaska. we still don't have confirmation tha...

A man's home may be his castle, but in malibu, one house is a recycled boeing 747. his so-called wing house would not have been possible without the cooperation of 17 government agencies and the closure of five freeways to transport the plane parts. the environmental friendly structure may be the dream house. casey stegall joins us from malibu with the details. >> reporter: this could be my dream house. i'm an aviation buff. it once flew millions of people around the world. to their vacation and business and adventures and soon it will be a roof over a california woman's head. here is the pict...