The pilot of a light plane who fell ill - forcing his passenger to land it despite having no flying experience - has died.

The brave passenger managed to safely land the plane last night at Humberside Airport in North Lincolnshire with the help of two instructors.

The plane had taken off from a small airfield in Doncaster in the north of England early on Tuesday morning, carrying just the pilot and the passenger. The pilot made a distress call at 6.20pm and shortly afterwards became so ill that the responsibility of landing the plane fell to the passenger, who had never flown a plane before, according to one of the two flight instructors on the ground at Humberside airport who guided him in.

Shaken up, the passenger seized the controls and, after several passes over the airport, landed an hour later while air traffic control talked him down by radio from the tower.

Roy Murray, one of two flight instructors who guided him through the landing, said the man had no flying experience and did a “remarkable job”.

Mr Murray, who works at a flying school at the airport, said: “He made quite a good landing actually.

The pair took off from Sandtoft Airfield, East Yorkshire, when the alarm was raised and airport staff stepped into action.

Mr Murray said he tried to keep the man calm.

He said: “The last thing you want to do is panic... then all sorts can happen.”

He said there were cheers in the airport control room as the plane landed safely on its fourth attempt.


http://observerreports.com

dis would av been fp matwrial, but no source, so am not placing any comment

O ga o!

What about the co-pilot?

The guy later died? Eeeyah!

Caracta: What about the co-pilot?

The guy later died? Eeeyah!

It's a small privet jet so there was no co-pilot

It's an act of God

R

Reminds me of the movie Turbulence 2 only this time there is no freak on the plane..

JMOI: It's a small privet jet so there was no co-pilot

comprehension problems, there was never a time the plane was called a jet. please not all planes are jets.

wao! that's. great an effort,love your courage man,quick response from d watch tower helped matters alot too.

Sec5: It's an act of God

No it's not. It's been shown on Mythbusters that it's possible.

reminds me of a movie by denzel washington but with sliqht differences|

What about the co-pilot?

The co-pilot was the passenger who took over

All of una dey watch film gan.

If na me, I go don comot all liquid and solid from my body through all the openings.

Guy get liver.


Pilot, RIP o.

The plane had taken off from a small
airfield in Doncaster in the north of England
early on Tuesday morning, carrying just the
pilot and the passenger. The pilot made a
distress call at 6.20pm and shortly
afterwards became so ill that the
responsibility of landing the plane fell to
the passenger, who had never flown a plane
before

I don't know how far is Doncaster to humberside but what could they be doing in the air from early morning till 6:30pm when the distress call was made or am I missing something?

gidjah: wao! that's. great an effort,love your courage man,quick response from d watch tower helped matters alot too.

if na naija control tower, d passenger for dey rest in d bossom of d lord by now.

Ogar.monday:
Reminds me of the movie Turbulence 2 only this time there is no freak on the plane..

^^^Reminds me more of the comedy airplane starring Leslie Nielsen......the poor guy that volunteered to land the plane was so petrified that he was literally sweating buckets!

Remarkable feat by the senior citizen. RIP pilot

Marotzke: comprehension problems, there was never a time the plane was called a jet. please not all planes are jets.

Ok