The family of crash pilot Captain Jordi Sola Lopez have revealed that the Spaniard had only recently started taking charge of flights.
The 31-year-old pilot, who died on Thursday alongside his co-pilot and four passengers when Flight NM7100 crashed on its third attempt to land in fog at Cork airport, had held his licence for some time but had only recently begun captaining flights.
He had worked as a flight instructor in Spain before taking his current job with Air Lada, the company that owned the plane involved in the doomed Manx2 flight from Belfast to Cork.
Meanwhile, the mother of co-pilot Andrew Cantle has revealed that her son had only been in his new job, flying Manx2 flights, for two weeks.
On Friday, two of the six survivors were released from hospital, and flights resumed at the airport on Saturday morning.
Passengers intending to fly out of Cork are being advised to contact their airline before travelling in case of delays or changes to schedules.
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