Passenger lands jet after pilot falls ill
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A passenger with no flying experience has made an emergency landing in a light aircraft in Britain after the pilot became ill.
He safely brought down the four-seater Cessna 172 on Tuesday evening with the help of two instructors on the ground, a spokesman for Humberside Airport in eastern England said.
The passenger was unhurt although police said the pilot later died, without giving details. The pair were the only ones onboard.
One of the instructors who helped talk the passenger down, Roy Murray, said he did a “remarkable job.”
“He made quite a good landing, actually. He didn’t know the layout of the aeroplane, he didn’t have lights on so he was absolutely flying blind as well,” Murray told the BBC.
He said there were cheers in the airport control room as the plane landed on its fourth attempt.
The plane took off from an airfield in Yorkshire. At 6:20pm last night, the pilot declared an emergency shortly before falling ill and becoming unable to fly the plane.
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