Flying

[Evil Eye]

A passenger managed to land a plane after its pilot fell ill. How difficult is it to bring an aircraft safely down without training?

It's the stuff of disaster films - to be left on board a plane mid-flight, without anyone to fly it. A passenger who found himself in this predicament after the pilot collapsed has been praised for taking over in the cockpit of a light plane flying over Lincolnshire.

The passenger was able to land at Humberside Airport on the fourth attempt, with the help of two instructors who talked through the process. The pilot later died.

Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24457836


Have you ever flown a plane?

 

[Nebulous]

I think most people would say no...

I don't think I could land a plane either if there was an emergency type situation, but I guess I'll never know until I am in that situation.