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U.S.

Passenger with "no idea how to fly" a plane lands Cessna at Florida
airport after pilot suffers possible medical emergency

May 11, 2022 / 7:35 AM / CBS News

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Passenger lands plane in Florida
Passenger without any flight experience lands plane after pilot
suffers medical emergency 01:38

A passenger without any flight experience managed to safely land a
plane in Florida Tuesday after the pilot suffered a possible medical
emergency, the FAA said.

Dramatic audio between the passenger and air traffic controllers
revealed the tense moments before the single-engine Cessna 208 landed
at Palm Beach International Airport.

In the audio obtained by CBS News, the unidentified passenger can be
heard saying: "I've got a serious situation here. My pilot has gone
incoherent. I have no idea how to fly the airplane."

"Roger. What's your position?" a controller responds. 

"I have no idea. I can see the coast of Florida in front of me. And I
have no idea," the passenger says.

The controller can be heard instructing the passenger to "maintain
wings level" and to "just try to follow the coast, either north or
southbound."

Minutes later, air traffic controllers were able to locate the plane
on radar and walk the passenger through how to land the small plane.

"The aircraft landed safely and one patient was transported to a
local hospital," Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said in a statement.

There was no word on the name or condition of the pilot. They were
the only two people aboard the plane.

The FAA said it will investigate the incident.

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First published on May 11, 2022 / 7:35 AM

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