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Tuesday 30 December 2014

Pilot’s daughter pines for papa

The young daughter of Captain Irianto, the pilot of the missing AirAsia plane posts a sad message begging her dad to come back to her.

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PETALING JAYA: With search efforts of the missing Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 already underway near Belitung Island, emotionally whipped family members and friends are struggling to come to terms with the loss of their loved ones on board that Sunday flight.

One such person was Angela, the daughter of Captain Irianto, the pilot on duty, who posted a piercingly sad appeal for her father to return home.

As reported by kompas.com, Angela posted the message on Path, a social networking site that read: “Papa pulang. Kakak masih butuh papa. Kembalikan papaku. Papa pulang pa, papa harus ketemu.” (Papa come back. I still need you. Return my papa to me. Papa come back, we have to meet.)”

Irianto, whose wife is a homemaker, has one other child besides Angela.

The pilot was well known for being experienced with 6,100 hours of flying time under his belt.

The actual cause of the plane losing contact with traffic control is as yet unknown as efforts are more focussed on searching for the wreckage.

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