Passenger lands plane after pilot becomes incapacitated
https://nypost.com/2022/05/11/air-traffic-controller-coaches-passenger-on-landing-plane/
The air-traffic controller who helped a passenger land a plane in Florida when the pilot became incapacitated said he knew he had to keep the novice “calm” as he coached him through the heart-racing ordeal.
Longtime aviator and flight instructor Robert Morgan was outside the tower at Palm Beach International Airport reading a book while on break Tuesday afternoon when a colleague flagged him down about the emergency, WPBF reported.
“There’s a passenger flying a plane that’s not a pilot and the pilot is incapacitated so they said you need to help them try and land the plane!” the co-worker yelled to him, according to the outlet.
The air-traffic controller who helped a passenger land a plane in Florida when the pilot became incapacitated said he knew he had to keep the novice “calm” as he coached him through the heart-racing ordeal.
Longtime aviator and flight instructor Robert Morgan was outside the tower at Palm Beach International Airport reading a book while on break Tuesday afternoon when a colleague flagged him down about the emergency, WPBF reported.
“There’s a passenger flying a plane that’s not a pilot and the pilot is incapacitated so they said you need to help them try and land the plane!” the co-worker yelled to him, according to the outlet.
