Passenger lands plane in Fla. after pilot dies

[vinnie]

FORT MYERS, Fla. ? A passenger landed a twin-engine plane in Florida after the pilot died in flight with a total of six people on board.

Federal Aviation Administration officials say the pilot died after takeoff from an airport in Naples on Sunday. It was on autopilot and climbing toward 10,000 feet when the pilot died.

The passenger who took over is licensed for single-engine planes but isn't certified to fly the larger King Air craft.

An air traffic controller helped the passanger down by calling a friend in Connecticut who knows the King Air plane and relaying instructions. The plane landed safely at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers.

The plane had been headed to Jackson, Miss. The names of the pilot and passengers have not been released.

 

[Old School]

:clap: :clap: :clap:

 

[yyz]

Sounds like a movie.

 

[Agent 0659]

1st of all, I could do that.

2nd of all, funny how this is such a big deal yet noone thinks twice about a bunch of arabs who couldn't fly maneuvering jets at 700mph into the WTC.


:shrug:

 

[yyz]

1st of all, I could do that.

2nd of all, funny how this is such a big deal yet noone thinks twice about a bunch of arabs who couldn't fly maneuvering jets at 700mph into the WTC.


:shrug:

They called Ahmed in Connecticut, who knows the 757, and he relayed instructions.........

 

[Blitz]

1st of all, I could do that.

2nd of all, funny how this is such a big deal yet noone thinks twice about a bunch of arabs who couldn't fly maneuvering jets at 700mph into the WTC.


:shrug:

THEY didn't have to land... :shrug:

 

[hedgehog]

:00hour awesome story

 

[saint]

I wonder why they are being so hush-hush about who was on board??

 

[UGA12]

THEY didn't have to land... :shrug:

 

[jer-z jock]

now there was a PILOT that landed in the Hudson who became a rockstar overnight, this guy better get blowjobs and trimm for months whenever he wants for his heroism, I think "JOE THE PILOT" has been annoitted

 

[UGA12]

now there was a PILOT that landed in the Hudson who became a rockstar overnight, this guy better get blowjobs and trimm for months whenever he wants for his heroism, I think "JOE THE PILOT" has been annoitted

The guy that landed this plane was a pilot as well, just not certified for this type of plane. Not exactly the same as calling raymond up to land the bird:shrug:

 

[Agent 0659]

THEY didn't have to land... :shrug:

Landing isn't any harder than the alleged things the alleged hijackers allegedly pulled off.

 

[gardenweasel]

uh,i think the hi-jackers attended flight school....

 

[Agent 0659]

uh,i think the hi-jackers attended flight school....

This guy FLIES planes. The alleged's paid their money at flight school, but they couldn't fly a kite. :mj07:

 

[jer-z jock]

The guy that landed this plane was a pilot as well, just not certified for this type of plane. Not exactly the same as calling raymond up to land the bird:shrug:

Yup, sorta like a guy with a drivers liscense going out and jumping in a CLASS A semi.....not exactly the same or just a little bigger. Dude has no experience in this plane, but the Hudson river hero flew his plane almost daily, so it was sorta like a routine landing for him.

 

[yyz]

Dude has no experience in this plane, but the Hudson river hero flew his plane almost daily, so it was sorta like a routine landing for him.

Yeah, it was pretty routine for him. That's why so few rescue boats came along. Most of the skippers said, "Oh, that's just what's his nuts landing on the river again."

 

[zoomer]

Yeah, it was pretty routine for him. That's why so few rescue boats came along. Most of the skippers said, "Oh, that's just what's his nuts landing on the river again."

LMFAO!

 

[cisco]

Here's how he did it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwUO5mQxMhU