Student Pilot Takes Over From Incapacitated Instructor, Lands Plane Successfully
September 2, 2019
A student pilot has averted a tragedy by landing a plane single-handed after his instructor passed out at the controls.
29-year-old Australian Max Sylvester took control of the two-seater Cessna and was guided in to land by air traffic control on Saturday, reported NBC News.
“Do you know how to operate the airplane?” an unidentified air traffic controller asked Sylvester, according to edited audio obtained by the Australian media.