The sister of Remi Plesel, the French co-pilot of the AirAsia jet that has disappeared with 162 people on board, paid tribute on Monday to an “excellent” pilot who had dreamed of flying as a boy.
Aviation was his “passion”, his sister Renee told French radio station RTl. “Since he was very young, it was his dream to be a pilot and the dream came true. He had been in Indonesia for three years...He was a very good pilot, an excellent one,” she said.
Flight QZ8501 disappeared over the Java Sea on Sunday and a top official warned that the Airbus A320-200 was likely at the bottom of the sea.