"When I land," he told colleagues, "the only plane bigger than mine belongs to the owner of the visiting team".
He refused to speculate about whether the cockpit decision to let Mr. Lee, instead of one of his more experienced colleagues, land the plane had contributed to the accident; he said that investigators, including those from the United States National Transportation Safety Board, were looking into all possibilities.
"One of my UNICEF colleagues on the plane told me later that he took a picture of us because he thought he would not see us alive again," says Ms. De Burca.
Is he angry or just uncomfortable, like the former colleague on the plane?
Malaysia Airlines has said it did not believe Zaharie would have sabotaged the plane and colleagues were incredulous.
David Fahey, an atmospheric scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colorado, and his colleagues flew on a plane high into the troposphere, 16 kilometers above southern Florida.
"My colleagues have seen coalition planes in the area – the coalition is simply the only group that could have carried out this attack".
Like many New Yorkers, I experienced that day in an intensely personal way: I was in the World Trade Center with a colleague when the first plane hit.
My colleagues have seen coalition planes in the area – the coalition is simply the only group that could have carried out this attack Mego Terzian, president of MSF France The Houthi rebels do not have access to warplanes.
Updated at 6.01pm BST 5.45pm BST Locals describe attack on plane Our colleague Mona Mahmood has been talking on Skype to Ziyad al-Ameer, an activist and resident in the Mohassan district of, Deir Ezzor, where a government warplane was reportedly shot down today.
