[monkeywrench]

Obviously. Is that his age? Definately, I mean?

[RoughDobermann]

The pilot was described as between 65 and 75 years of age, and was known to people at Locarno Airport.

From CNN

[Utopia]

Obviously. Is that his age? Definately, I mean?
Age shouldn't be a big deal (competence varies from person to person). Chuck Yaeger is an example of an more seasoned pilot.

[Doctor Stochastic]

I don't know his age. I'm just quoting from clueless posts of even more clueless news sources. Planes are usually rather stable in flight (else we would say "raining airplanes" rather than "cats and dogs" which are not so stable, [or maybe hailing taxicabs, really dangerous storms]) so if the guy was dead or he engaged the autopilot while trying to lower the wheels, the plane may have flown itself into the building. Payne Stuart's plane and (earier) the plane carrying the East Carolina football coach flew themselves on a straight an level path with all the passengers being dead. (Of course only until they ran out of fuel.)