Is flying a plane easy as f*ck? You would think so after watching this footage of a passenger landing a plane at a Florida airport this week, after the pilot fell unconscious mid-air:
🛫 NEW VIDEO: Watch the intense moments as a passenger lands a plane after the pilot was “incoherent.” Hear how the air traffic controller describes what it was like to talk him through it: https://t.co/W5I7NneRZM pic.twitter.com/GuR0Ws0ntL
— WPBF 25 News (@WPBF25News) May 11, 2022
There’s also this audio of an air traffic controller talking the passenger through it:
“I have no idea how to fly the airplane.” Pilot of small plane passes out while flying off the coast of Florida. Passenger, who had never piloted a plane before, successfully lands it after air traffic controller Robert Morgan talks him through the procedure. pic.twitter.com/vDxWSgsPvz
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) May 11, 2022
Unbelievable. Keeping that plane in line with the runway, angling the nose just right, and managing to keep a straight line after touching down is just an incredible feat on your first try. I mean this guy definitely played Flight Simulator as a kid, right?
According to Metro, the current condition of the pilot is ‘unknown’ although there’s no way he’s going to believe this story until he sees the video for himself. Amazing.
For the Karen who lit a cigarette during her flight because she’d had a ‘long day’, click HERE.
