A passenger without any flying experience managed to land a private plane safely at an airport in Florida after the pilot became incapacitated.
The unidentified man used the cockpit to make an urgent plea after he realized that the pilot was too ill to handle the controls. He got a response from air traffic controllers in Fort Pierce, who then guided him to a safe landing at Palm Beach International Airport.
“I’ve got a serious situation here,” the man told the controller on Tuesday, according to audio from LiveATC.net. “My pilot has gone incoherent, and I have no idea how to fly the airplane.”
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