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Passenger with no flying experience lands plane after pilot falls ill

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

10:58 12 May 2022


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It's the nightmare scenario, you're enjoying a flight when, all of a sudden - the pilot is out and it's up to you to bring it back to the ground.

A passenger with no experience of flying has managed to land a small plane in Florida - after a pilot fell ill.

In the audio recording - captured by LiveATC-dot-net - the man can be heard saying he has "absolutely no idea" how to fly a plane.

Passenger with no flying experience lands plane after pilot falls ill

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"I've got a serious situation here, my pilot is incoherent, and I have no idea how to fly the airplane".

Despite his lack of experience, the unnamed passenger managed to put the plane down in Palm Beach - with the air traffic controller saying he deserved "kudos".


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