A passenger with no flying experience sprung into action and made a miraculous landing when their pilot suffered a medical emergency midair.
After noticing something was wrong with the pilot, the passenger — whose name has not been released — went into the cockpit of the single-engine Cessna 208 and contacted air traffic control in Fort Pierce, Florida, telling them about the situation onboard the small plane.“I’ve got a serious situation here, my pilot has gone incoherent," he said on the radio."I have no idea how to fly the airplane.
The passenger responded to the controller saying that he was already descending the plane at"550 feet a minute." Then, the controller instructed,"Maintain wings level and just try to follow the coast, either north or southbound. We're trying to locate you."
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