Marneros, who knew that the inherited form of aplasia cutis was incredibly rare, then made a second spontaneous decision—he would work with this family to find the gene behind the disease.

Capt. Adamos Marneros gazed with foreboding at the dots on the radar screen of his passenger jet as it prepared for landing on Cyprus.

Marneros was then a 27-year-old pilot with national carrier Cyprus Airways who had received his captain's stripes only two months earlier, the first Cypriot to win the post in the company's history.

THIS gorgeous trio - Nicholas , Zach and Kyton - made headlines in April when mum Katrina Marneros had to be flown interstate while in labour because NSW did not have enough intensive care ...

Marneros was then a 27-year-old pilot with national carrier Cyprus Airways who had received his captain's stripes only two months earlier, the first Cypriot to win the post in the company's history.

THIS gorgeous trio - Nicholas , Zach and Kyton - made headlines in April when mum Katrina Marneros had to be flown interstate while in labour because NSW did not have enough intensive care ...