Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pilot incapacitated
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#2That auto-play video is annoying!
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#3That auto-play video is annoying!
They're commenting on parts of the source video that we can't even see! What is the point of that?
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#4>air traffic controllers were able to locate the plane on radar and walk the passenger through how to land the small plane
Are ATCOs actually trained for this kind of situation?
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#5>air traffic controllers were able to locate the plane on radar and walk the passenger through how to land the small plane Are ATCOs actually trained for this kind of situation?
Yes, in most cases, but also modern aircraft over the last 50 years has become very safe. The plane practically flies itself.
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#6>air traffic controllers were able to locate the plane on radar and walk the passenger through how to land the small plane Are ATCOs actually trained for this kind of situation?
Not really. The controller who helped was a flight instructor.
If there's one around (sometimes there is), they're usually the best option.
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#7bravo! any idea how hard or easy this is? did the passenger land on an airstrip or where? all details lacking
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#8Similar thing happened to Doug White in 2009 while in a twin-engine King Air 200. He had limited flight experience on single-engine Cessna 172s, but no flight experience on a King Air 200.
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2009/april/14/u...
Simulation of the flight set to ATC recordings:
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#9ATC audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MDwzNtDMlA
Listening to the passenger, it does sound like they have a modicum of flight experience.
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#10>air traffic controllers were able to locate the plane on radar and walk the passenger through how to land the small plane Are ATCOs actually trained for this kind of situation?
One of the better snl's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGRcJQ9tMbY