NY Times:
The pilot, Liao Chien-tsung, 42, has been widely praised for avoiding buildings in Taipei’s dense urban center as the plane, an ATR 72, plummeted. He had nearly 5,000 hours of flying time, including 3,400 on ATR 72s, and the co-pilot Liu Tse-chung, 45, had nearly 7,000 hours of flight time, including 6,500 on ATR 72s, according to Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration.