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  Updated: 7:19 AM EDT May 11, 2022
  [41]Ari Hait
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  WATCH: Air traffic controller guides passenger to safe landing at PBIA
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  Updated: 7:19 AM EDT May 11, 2022
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  FELICIA: THE NEWS AT 11:00 STARTS NOW. TO: DDFIRST AT 11:00, NEW
  EXCLUSIVE VIDEO JUST INTO OUR NEWSROOM MINUTES AGO. OUR CLEAREST
  PICTURE YET OF THE LANDING PULLED OFF BY A PASSENGER WITH ABSOLUTELY NO
  FLIGHT EXPERIENCE WHO GRABBED THE CONTROLS AND LANDED A PLANE WINT
  ESPALM BEACH, WHEN THE PILOT HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY MIDFLIGHT OVER THE
  OCEAN. FELICIA: INCREDIBLE. TONIGHT FOR THE FIR TSTIME, YOU WILL HEAR
  FROM THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER WHO MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE. GOOD EVENING.
  I'M FELICIA RODRIGUEZ. TODD: I'M TODD MCDERMOTT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING
  US. GETTING THROUGH THOSE VERY TENSE MENTS TOOK STEADY NERVES,
  TEAMWORK, AND CARELFU INSTRUCTION FROM THE JUPITER MAN, WHO WAS ONLY AT
  WORK TODAY BY CNCHAE. FELICIA: WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU TONIGHT OF
  THIS MID-AIR EMERGENCY. OUR TARA JAKEWAY JUST WRAPPED UP AN INTERVIEW
  WITH TH AATIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER, WHO IS NOTHING SHORT OF PHENOMENAL.
  TODD: WE BEGIN WITH ARI HAIT, WHO HAS THE TIMELINE OF THE INCREDIBLE
  LANDING. ARI: I HEARD SOMEBODY EARLIER TODAY REFER TO THIS GENTLE MAN
  AS A PASSENGER PILOT, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A
  REAL THING. IT WAS TODAY AND SOMEHOW THAT PASSENGER PILOT WITH ZERO
  FLIGHT EXPERIENCE GOT THE PLANE ON THE GROUND SAFELY. THIS IS NOT YOUR
  ORDINARY LANDING OF A PLANE. >> YOU JUST WITNESSED A COUPLE OF
  PASSENGERS LAND THAT PLANE. ARI: THAT VOICE IS AIR TRFIAFC CONTROL AT
  PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. >> DID YOU DID YOU SAY THE PASSENGERS
  LANDED THE AIRPLANE? OH MY GOSH. GREAT JOB. I:AR GREAT JOB DOESN'T
  BEGIN TO DESCRIBE THIS. THE LANDING OF THIS CESSNA CARAVAN COMES AT
  12:30 TUEAYSD AFTERNOON AT PBIA. BUT LET'S REWIND A LITTLE TO WHEN THE
  PERSON ON BOARD THIS PLANE FIRST RADIOED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IN FORT
  PIERCE. >> I'VE GOT A SERIOUS SITUATION HERE. MY PILOT HAS GONE
  INCOHERENT. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO FLY THE AIRPLANE. >> ROGER. WHAT'S
  YOUR POSITN?IO >> I HAVE NO IDEA. I CAN SEE THE COAST OF FLORIDA IN
  FRONT OF ME. AND I HAVE NO IDEA. >> MAINTAIN WINGS LEVEL AND TRY TO
  FOLLOTHEW COAST NORTH OR SOUTH BOUND. WE ARE TRYING TO LOCATE YOU. >> I
  CAN'T EVEN GET THEAV N SCREEN TO TURN ON THAT HAS ALL THE INFORMATION.
  YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ON THAT? ARI: EVENTUALLY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL LOCATES
  THE PLANE JUST OFF THE COAST OF BOCA RATON, AND THAT'S WHERE AIR
  TRAFFIC CONTROL AT PBIA TAKES OVER, TALKING THE PASSENGER THROUGH AN
  INCREDIBLY SAFE LANDI.NG >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HEARD OF ONE
  OF THESE BEING BANDED BY SOMEBODY WHO HAS NO AERONAUTICAL EXPERIENCE.
  ARI: THE AVIATION EXPERT SAYS IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIMAE PASSENGER HAS
  LANDED A PLANE BUT IT IS THE FSTIR TIME FOR A PLANE AS LARGE AND
  COMPLICATED AS THE CARAVAN. >> THE PERSON LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY AND
  FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS WITH GREAT CALM. THAT'S WHAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE.
  ARI: ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. ATHI TS POINT, NEITHER THE NAME OF THE
  PASSENGER HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, NOR HAS THE NAME OF THE PILOT OWH
  SUFFERED THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY. THE PILOT WAS TAKEN TO T
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  Updated: 7:19 AM EDT May 11, 2022
  [44]Ari Hait
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  A passenger with no flight experience safely landed a private plane at
  Palm Beach International Airport Tuesday afternoon after the pilot
  suffered a medical emergency."I've got a serious situation here," the
  passenger can be heard telling Air Traffic Control in Fort Pierce. "My
  pilot has gone incoherent. I have no idea how to fly the
  airplane."LISTEN: Click here to listen to audio from the Fort Pierce
  tower or read the log here"Roger. What's your position?" Air Traffic
  Control responded."I have no idea," the passenger said. "I can see the
  coast of Florida in front of me. And I have no idea.""Maintain wings
  level and just try to follow the coast, either north or southbound,"
  Air Traffic Control told him. "We're trying to locate you." Four
  minutes elapse as the passenger tries to figure out what to do."Have
  you guys located me yet?" he asked. "I can't even get my nav screen to
  turn on. It has all the information on it. You guys have any ideas on
  that?"Video below: Air traffic controller guides passenger to safely
  land plane at PBIAEventually, Air Traffic Control locates the plane on
  their radar. It was flying just off the coast of Boca Raton.That's when
  Air Traffic Control at PBIA took over and was able to talk the
  passenger through a very safe landing. "You just witnessed a couple of
  passengers land that plane," Air Traffic Control said over the
  radio.Another voice responded."Did you say the passengers landed the
  plane?" he asked."That's correct.""Oh, my gosh. Great job." Video
  below: Watch the plane land safely on the runway Aviation expert John
  Nance said it goes well beyond just a great job."This is the first time
  I've ever heard of one of these being landed by somebody that has no
  aeronautical experience," Nance said.Nance said he's heard of
  passengers landing planes before, but not a plane as large and as
  complicated as the Cessna Caravan."The person on the airplane who had
  no aeronautical experience listened very carefully and obviously
  followed instructions with great calm," Nance said. "That's what made
  the difference."'Absolutely incredible': Pilot reacts to passenger with
  no flight experience landing plane at PBIAThe name of the passenger has
  not been released nor has the name or condition of the pilot.The
  Federal Aviation Administration said it believes he suffered a medical
  emergency.The FAA is investigating.
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. --

  A passenger with no flight experience safely landed a private plane at
  Palm Beach International Airport Tuesday afternoon after the pilot
  suffered a medical emergency.

  "I've got a serious situation here," the passenger can be heard telling
  Air Traffic Control in Fort Pierce. "My pilot has gone incoherent. I
  have no idea how to fly the airplane."
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  LISTEN: Click [46]here to listen to audio from the Fort Pierce tower or
  read the log [47]here

  "Roger. What's your position?" Air Traffic Control responded.

  "I have no idea," the passenger said. "I can see the coast of Florida
  in front of me. And I have no idea."

  "Maintain wings level and just try to follow the coast, either north or
  southbound," Air Traffic Control told him. "We're trying to locate
  you."

  Four minutes elapse as the passenger tries to figure out what to do.

  "Have you guys located me yet?" he asked. "I can't even get my nav
  screen to turn on. It has all the information on it. You guys have any
  ideas on that?"

  Video below: [48]Air traffic controller guides passenger to safely land
  plane at PBIA

  Eventually, Air Traffic Control locates the plane on their radar. It
  was flying just off the coast of Boca Raton.

  That's when Air Traffic Control at PBIA took over and was able to talk
  the passenger through a very safe landing.

  "You just witnessed a couple of passengers land that plane," Air
  Traffic Control said over the radio.

  Another voice responded.

  "Did you say the passengers landed the plane?" he asked.

  "That's correct."

  "Oh, my gosh. Great job."

  Video below: Watch the plane land safely on the runway

  Aviation expert John Nance said it goes well beyond just a great job.

  "This is the first time I've ever heard of one of these being landed by
  somebody that has no aeronautical experience," Nance said.

  Nance said he's heard of passengers landing planes before, but not a
  plane as large and as complicated as the Cessna Caravan.

  "The person on the airplane who had no aeronautical experience listened
  very carefully and obviously followed instructions with great calm,"
  Nance said. "That's what made the difference."

  'Absolutely incredible': [49]Pilot reacts to passenger with no flight
  experience landing plane at PBIA

  The name of the passenger has not been released nor has the name or
  condition of the pilot.

  The Federal Aviation Administration said it believes he suffered a
  medical emergency.

  The FAA is investigating.

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