'I don't know how to land this.' After a pilot becomes incapacitated midflight, a passenger with no flight experience quickly realizes he's going to have to land the plane. Could you do it? The mid-air emergency - Tonight at 11 from ABC7.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL. -- A passenger on board a single-engine plane was forced to land at the Palm Beach International Airport Tuesday after the pilot reportedly suffered a medical emergency.
In audio obtained by ABC News, the passenger can be heard telling Air Traffic Control he's got"a serious situation."In another audio clip, Air Traffic Control asks the passenger where he was located. "I have no idea," the passenger responded."I see the coast of Florida in front of me and I have no idea."
Air Traffic Control located the plane - a Cessna Caravan - on its radar flying just off the coast of Boca Raton. Source told ABC News the controller involved is a certified flight instructor with experience working with Cessna aircrafts."The person on the airplane who had no aeronautical experience listened very carefully and obviously followed instructions with great calm," said Aviation expert John Nance."That's what made the difference."The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.
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