Originally published on October 10, 2013
A passenger with no flying experience made an emergency landing at Humberside Airport in England under the instructions of a flight instructor on the ground after the pilot fell ill on Tuesday (October 8). The passenger and the pilot are understood to be the only people onboard the aircraft.
According to Reuters, "the two men, who had been enjoying a day's flying, were in a four-seater Cessna 172 when the pilot, who later died, became unwell as they headed back to the small Sandtoft airfield near Doncaster in northeast England on Tuesday evening.
"Having received a mayday message, a decision was made to divert the plane to the larger Humberside Airport nearby where a flying instructor was called in and emergency services alerted, a spokesman for the airport said.
"Instructor Roy Murray was taken to the control tower and he gave instructions to the passenger, whose name was only given as John.
""You can imagine it was getting dark, this guy's had about half an hour experience of flying an aircraft, he's never landed one, he's sitting in the wrong seat - in other words he hasn't got any of the dials in front of him and he has to land this thing," the spokesman said.
"After flying over the airport a couple of times, the passenger was able to bring the plane down.
"Police said an inquest would be held to determine the cause of death of the pilot, who has not yet been named."
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