A newly promoted captain took a plane’s power controls seconds before it crashed a year ago in thick fog at Cork Airport, accident investigators have revealed.

THE family of the co-pilot killed in the Manx2 flight which crashed at Cork airport in February claim they still have had “no contact” from the company which also ignored a request to pay to bring his body home.

THE inexperienced captain of the Cork Airport crash flight allowed his rookie co-pilot to make three landing attempts in dense fog.

THE devastated partner of the co-pilot killed in the Cork Airport disaster said last night that he would have done everything in his power to prevent the tragedy.

Full services resumed at Cork Airport today after the plane crash that killed six people, as the chairman of Manx2 airline insisted both pilots were fully qualified.

THE grieving mother of a young co-pilot killed in the Cork air crash described her son as “an all-action hero” devoted to a flying career.

SURVIVORS of doomed flight NM7100 gave graphic details last night of the terrifying final moments on board the plane, which crashed in dense fog at Cork Airport.

The Manx2 plane which crashed at Cork Airport killing six people was put through a full maintenance check in Spain last week, it emerged today.

The two people discharged from hospital just over 24 hours after yesterday's plane crash in Cork have thanked the emergency services for their swift action, while the grieving mother of the young co-pilot killed in the crash has described her son as “an all-action hero”.

The English co-pilot killed in the Cork plane crash had previously helped rescue 66 people volunteering on a lifeboat in the north-east of England.