News Passenger lands plane, after pilot dies

[Nitz]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – A passenger landed a twin-engine plane in Florida after the pilot died in flight with a total of six people on board.

Federal Aviation Administration officials say the pilot died after takeoff from an airport in Naples on Sunday. It was on autopilot and climbing toward 10,000 feet when the pilot died.

The passenger who took over is licensed for single-engine planes but isn't certified to fly the larger King Air craft.

An air traffic controller helped the passenger down by calling a friend in Connecticut who knows the King Air plane and relaying instructions. The plane landed safely at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers.

Freaking.. In...SANE!!!! :knife:

 

[Hyuuga Neji]

holy shit!
he must have been so freakin scared
i mean the pilot died and he's the only other guy who can fly on this plane!?
what happened to the copilot?

 

[E.V.]

ain't you seen Snakes on a Plane?

 

[Hyuuga Neji]

nope, never
did a snake kill the pilot and copilot? o.o

 

[E.V.]

a passenger has to land the plane and the only experience he had was on playstation.

 

[The Legendary Saviour]

Woah this is crazy, I thought such stuff just happens in movies.

 

[Hyuuga Neji]

a passenger has to land the plane and the only experience he had was on playstation.

wow... that woulda been scary

but what do snakes have to do with the whole situation?

 

[E.V.]

wow... that woulda been scary

but what do snakes have to do with the whole situation?

they are on the plane! and on crack.

 

[Nitz]

haha ya it must be scary... but when ur trying to save ur own ass.. ull do w.e it takes with all that pressure to make sure u can save ur self....