Passenger lands light aircraft after pilot falls ill

[PixieUK 0]

How well do you reckon you would have done?? I think he did an amazing job though unfortunately the pilot died (of natural causes)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24534013

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[quade 4]

Pretty sure I'd do okay. Of course, I used to teach people how to fly airplanes so I got that going for me.

This sort of thing happens every year or two. AOPA has a program for nervous non-pilot flying partners (spouses usually) to teach them the basics should it ever come up.

http://www.aopa.org/letsgoflying/dream/whyfly/spouse.html

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[Ron 10]

I think I would have been OK

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[wmw999 2,588]

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How well do you reckon you would have done??

I've flown a parachute, so I'd be a fast learner .

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

As Quade said, it happens every so often.

Sometimes they get an instructor into the control tower, other times they get one to fly another plane up near the one in trouble.

Considering that a flight instructor's job is to tell people how to land the plane, the fact that it often turns out well isn't too surprising.

"Well" meaning that the plane lands in one piece. Sometimes not completely without incident, and the stricken pilot often is dead, but the passengers usually survive.

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